Lana & Margo

Lana and Margo: "We were saved just in time ..."
Donations are needed to help Lana & Margo... Please click on the donation button below and you will be taken to Pay Pal and you will need to type in the donation amount you would like to give. Then pay by credit card or you can access yourPay Pal account Contact Eva at babynugs2003@yahoo.com for any Pay pal questions.	Updated 1/16/2012 OBR was contacted by a shelter in southeast Ohio to take two young female bassets in very poor condition. Both were released to animal control by their owner who was charged with animal abuse. These poor girls, along with chickens, horses, a pig and two labs and their pups were all living in horrible conditions. All apparently had not been fed for some time. The pig was in such poor condition he had to be euthanized. Both bassets were found in a lean to shelter outside, living in filth. With the help of Monroe County shelter and OBR volunteers the dogs were transported to Columbus to be vetted. This first young girl is Lana who we believe to be 2-3 years old. Her condition is the worse of the two. Her nails were growing so long they began to curl under, she was vomiting and had diarrhea, an ear infection and had several sores on her ears and feet, probably due to the filth she was living in. She is emaciated and the vet hospital is having a hard time getting her to eat. She has received one bath but the vet hospital said it will take several more to remove the terrible odor she has. The good news is her Parvo test came back negative. She has tested positive for Giardia and the vet believes she probably has other intestinal parasites that will be determined when the rest of the test results come in. We are also waiting word on her Heartworm test. She is depressed and walks with her tail constantly between her legs. She appears to be bonded with her sister Margo so until these two are in better health they will be kept together. Because of their health condition they can not be vaccinated or spayed until they gain weight and are in decent health. The second young girl is Margo. She came into OBR’s care with her sister Lana. She is thought to be about three years old. She is in slightly better shape than her companion Lana. She came in very emaciated with overgrown nails, severe diarrhea and vomiting and pus filled ears. Despite her poor condition Margo is still able to wag her tail when someone enters the room. Both she and Lana tested positive for Giardia. We are still waiting for the results of other tests for intestinal parasites and Heartworm disease. Updated 01/17/2012 The vet hospital who is taking care of Margo & Lana called today with an update. Margo is doing better since coming into the veterinary hospital 3 days ago. She is finally able to eat without vomiting and her diarrhea is getting better. She is on antibiotics for her ears but they are still bad. The vet said it will take a day or two more of antibiotics before she can get in to actually clean her ears and start topical medicine. She is still not comepletely out of the woods but things are looking better for Margo. As for Lana she is still having a rough time. Her fever spiked to 105.3 this morning. The vet was able to bring it down with fluids and medicine to lower her temperature. She is starting to eat and so far today is able to keep it down. The vet told us today that when they were first examined on Saturday neither had a fever but after receiving fluids and food their fever spiked. She said this is an indication that their bodies were starting to shut down. When the fevers spike it means they are trying to fight whatever is going on inside. She said that if Lana had not received veterinary care when she did more than likely she wouldn’t have made it another day. Updated 02/02/2012 The girls have been eating very good - 1 cup meals topped with a dollop of chicken and rice-three times a day with plenty of treats in between. Lana started having a productive cough on Saturday and Margo started with it on Monday, so we took them to our vet on Tuesday. Both are on meds now. The vet thought maybe some of Lana’s respirations were labored (but he said it may have just looked worse because of her emaciation) and so between that and her cough, he did a chest x-ray which was negative. He started Margo on a low dose of prednisone to try to decrease the inflammation in her ears---they are still so sensitive and draining pus. We are keeping them in “isolation” until at least Lana’s diarrhea clears up and their cough clears up. We have a good system for “decontamination” going from the dog room, through the laundry room, and into the house. We have them in our dog room which is nice and bright with a view of the local squirrels and turkeys through the French doors. We keep the doors to the living room open but we have a gate up so they can see us and the other dogs. They look better in just the week we’ve had them. Lana is quite the escape artist. The minute the other dogs aren’t in the living room, she climbs over the gate. She walks across the couch, sits on the end table and then doesn’t know what to do with herself. Now that they have adjusted and have started to feel better, their personalities are starting to show. Margo is definitely vocal but I’ve only heard Lana bark about three times. Both of them want nothing more than to be around people and wherever there is action. They are complete lap dogs, with Lana preferring to lay on your chest and Margo on your lap or around your legs. They need to be touching you and each other. We have been taking them for a short walk every day. This is the only time their tails aren’t constantly wagging (their tails stop only when they are investigating the outside—they even wagged the whole time at the vet---such a big difference from those first pictures of them that were taken!) As much as it seems like they were previously ignored by humans, they really crave constant human interaction and contact. They are both just so sweet. At least one of us has been home all week so we don’t know what they will be like alone. Anthony gets home from working midnights and he sleeps the whole morning on an old chaise we have for them with both of them laying on him. They seem to be happiest then! We are just trying to give them all of the love, food, and medical care that we can and that they deserve! If you would like to help support Lana and Margo's vetting costs please send your donation to OBR via Paypal or you may mail a check made out to Ohio Basset Rescue, 6325 Manila Road, Goshen, Ohio, 45122 with a note saying it is for the care of Lana and Margo. Please feel free to email Amy & Anthony Weaver at aweaver4@gmail.com for updates.

OBR was contacted by a shelter in southeast Ohio to take two young female bassets in very poor condition. Both were released to animal control by their owner who was charged with animal abuse. These poor girls, along with chickens, horses, a pig and two labs and their pups were all living in horrible conditions. All apparently had not been fed for some time. The pig was in such poor condition he had to be euthanized. Both bassets were found in a lean to shelter outside, living in filth. With the help of Monroe County shelter and OBR volunteers the dogs were transported to Columbus to be vetted.

This first young girl is Lana who we believe to be 2-3 years old. Her condition is the worse of the two. Her nails were growing so long they began to curl under, she was vomiting and had diarrhea, an ear infection and had several sores on her ears and feet, probably due to the filth she was living in. She is emaciated and the vet hospital is having a hard time getting her to eat. She has received one bath but the vet hospital said it will take several more to remove the terrible odor she has. The good news is her Parvo test came back negative. She has tested positive for Giardia and the vet believes she probably has other intestinal parasites that will be determined when the rest of the test results come in. We are also waiting word on her Heartworm test. She is depressed and walks with her tail constantly between her legs. She appears to be bonded with her sister Margo so until these two are in better health they will be kept together. Because of their health condition they can not be vaccinated or spayed until they gain weight and are in decent health.

The second young girl is Margo. She came into OBR’s care with her sister Lana. She is thought to be about three years old. She is in slightly better shape than her companion Lana. She came in very emaciated with overgrown nails, severe diarrhea and vomiting and pus filled ears. Despite her poor condition Margo is still able to wag her tail when someone enters the room. Both she and Lana tested positive for Giardia. We are still waiting for the results of other tests for intestinal parasites and Heartworm disease.

Updated 01/17/2012

The vet hospital who is taking care of Margo & Lana called today with an update. Margo is doing better since coming into the veterinary hospital 3 days ago. She is finally able to eat without vomiting and her diarrhea is getting better. She is on antibiotics for her ears but they are still bad. The vet said it will take a day or two more of antibiotics before she can get in to actually clean her ears and start topical medicine. She is still not comepletely out of the woods but things are looking better for Margo.

As for Lana she is still having a rough time. Her fever spiked to 105.3 this morning. The vet was able to bring it down with fluids and medicine to lower her temperature. She is starting to eat and so far today is able to keep it down. The vet told us today that when they were first examined on Saturday neither had a fever but after receiving fluids and food their fever spiked. She said this is an indication that their bodies were starting to shut down. When the fevers spike it means they are trying to fight whatever is going on inside. She said that if Lana had not received veterinary care when she did more than likely she wouldn’t have made it another day.

Updated 02/02/2012

The girls have been eating very good - 1 cup meals topped with a dollop of chicken and rice-three times a day with plenty of treats in between. Lana started having a productive cough on Saturday and Margo started with it on Monday, so we took them to our vet on Tuesday. Both are on meds now. The vet thought maybe some of Lana’s respirations were labored (but he said it may have just looked worse because of her emaciation) and so between that and her cough, he did a chest x-ray which was negative. He started Margo on a low dose of prednisone to try to decrease the inflammation in her ears---they are still so sensitive and draining pus. We are keeping them in “isolation” until at least Lana’s diarrhea clears up and their cough clears up. We have a good system for “decontamination” going from the dog room, through the laundry room, and into the house. We have them in our dog room which is nice and bright with a view of the local squirrels and turkeys through the French doors. We keep the doors to the living room open but we have a gate up so they can see us and the other dogs. They look better in just the week we’ve had them. Lana is quite the escape artist. The minute the other dogs aren’t in the living room, she climbs over the gate. She walks across the couch, sits on the end table and then doesn’t know what to do with herself. Now that they have adjusted and have started to feel better, their personalities are starting to show. Margo is definitely vocal but I’ve only heard Lana bark about three times. Both of them want nothing more than to be around people and wherever there is action. They are complete lap dogs, with Lana preferring to lay on your chest and Margo on your lap or around your legs. They need to be touching you and each other. We have been taking them for a short walk every day. This is the only time their tails aren’t constantly wagging (their tails stop only when they are investigating the outside—they even wagged the whole time at the vet---such a big difference from those first pictures of them that were taken!) As much as it seems like they were previously ignored by humans, they really crave constant human interaction and contact. They are both just so sweet. At least one of us has been home all week so we don’t know what they will be like alone. Anthony gets home from working midnights and he sleeps the whole morning on an old chaise we have for them with both of them laying on him. They seem to be happiest then! We are just trying to give them all of the love, food, and medical care that we can and that they deserve!

If you would like to help support Lana and Margo's vetting costs please send your donation to OBR via Paypal or you may mail a check made out to Ohio Basset Rescue, 6325 Manila Road, Goshen, Ohio, 45122 with a note saying it is for the care of Lana and Margo.

Please feel free to email Amy & Anthony Weaver at aweaver4@gmail.com for updates.

Lana and Margo: "We were saved just in time ..."