It was a Friday afternoon in late June when we got the call from my sister-in-law. She has an Akita rescue that also sometimes rescues dogs with special needs. She explained that she was alerted to a dog that had been surrendered to the shelter in Arlington, TX that needed to be tagged for rescue and confirmed by 5:00pm or the dog would be euthanized. She had already called her normal foster in Texas, but the foster was out of town. She asked if we could go pick her up to keep her for a couple days until she could go to her normal foster to then be transferred to a foster that handled dogs in her condition.
You see, Trinny has a condition called Megaesophagus. This condition means that for one reason or another, her esophagus does not work properly and she has to be fed in an upright position to help food get into her stomach and not into her lungs.
We agreed to pick her up the following day when the shelter opened. When we arrived to pick her up, we not only picked up Trinny, but a bailey chair and a very lengthy note explaining how to feed her. Trinny was at that time almost 7 years old and had been born with Megaesophagus. It was clear by the note that her mom loved her very, very much. She had come across some hard times and currently had no place to live and could not care for Trinny living out of her car. So, she did the only thing she could possibly do and that was to surrender her to the shelter in hopes that she would find a home that would take care of Trinny as she needed to be cared for. It had to be a very difficult decision.
When we got her home, she seemed to fit right into place among our 3 dogs. When it came time for her to go to her second temporary foster home, we decided it would not be right to move her so many times, so we said we would keep her for another week or so until her special needs foster could take her. We ended up getting into a routine with her and decided that we would be her permanent foster and that if the situation ever changed with her mom that surrendered her, we would return Trinny to her rightful mom.
Her mom never came looking for her return, and we officially adopted her into our family after an encounter with bloat and a twisted stomach. Trinny just turned 9, and for a larger breed dog with Megaesophagus, she is outliving any expectations and enjoying every minute of it. We also upgraded her Bailey chair.
Sometimes all a dog needs is a second chance.
You see, Trinny has a condition called Megaesophagus. This condition means that for one reason or another, her esophagus does not work properly and she has to be fed in an upright position to help food get into her stomach and not into her lungs.
We agreed to pick her up the following day when the shelter opened. When we arrived to pick her up, we not only picked up Trinny, but a bailey chair and a very lengthy note explaining how to feed her. Trinny was at that time almost 7 years old and had been born with Megaesophagus. It was clear by the note that her mom loved her very, very much. She had come across some hard times and currently had no place to live and could not care for Trinny living out of her car. So, she did the only thing she could possibly do and that was to surrender her to the shelter in hopes that she would find a home that would take care of Trinny as she needed to be cared for. It had to be a very difficult decision.
When we got her home, she seemed to fit right into place among our 3 dogs. When it came time for her to go to her second temporary foster home, we decided it would not be right to move her so many times, so we said we would keep her for another week or so until her special needs foster could take her. We ended up getting into a routine with her and decided that we would be her permanent foster and that if the situation ever changed with her mom that surrendered her, we would return Trinny to her rightful mom.
Her mom never came looking for her return, and we officially adopted her into our family after an encounter with bloat and a twisted stomach. Trinny just turned 9, and for a larger breed dog with Megaesophagus, she is outliving any expectations and enjoying every minute of it. We also upgraded her Bailey chair.
Sometimes all a dog needs is a second chance.