Heathers Foster Dogs Senior Dog Care Program

12/18/2024

news from 13 y.o. Skylar's foster mom:
Just got the official text- Skylar is adopted! It is a senior for senior adoption💗
Even better, kids, grandkids & great-grandkids live very close & come by almost every day, it’s a true family adoption & Skylar will be surrounded by love.
Their granddaughter is none other than the tech that brought the famous Hambone into our lives. 🥹 Her kids are pros at interacting with dogs.
It took a village to save Skylar. Our rescue community is the BEST.

11/21/2024

Ringo took Santa off the shelf at The Barketplace, got him home, removed Santa's tag & then lost interest completely, leaving the fun for fellow fosters Carl & Ta**us.

09/20/2024

Geordi of Heather's Foster Dogs on the shelf.

07/10/2024

We welcome Darla to the rescue🩵
This senior girl was left in a box not far from one of our veterinary partners. No owner was found despite their efforts. She has substantial lumps & bumps hanging off of her body that need further evaluation. She could be cleared for surgery, or she may be one of our comfort cases, where she will get to live out her days safe & cozy in a loving foster home.
Either way, nobody deserves to be discarded in a box in their old age, so Darla will be getting the love & care she needs. We love our senior dogs.

We welcome Darla to the rescue🩵
This senior girl was left in a box not far from one of our veterinary partners. No owner was found despite their efforts. She has substantial lumps & bumps hanging off of her body that need further evaluation. She could be cleared for surgery, or she may be one of our comfort cases, where she will get to live out her days safe & cozy in a loving foster home.
Either way, nobody deserves to be discarded in a box in their old age, so Darla will be getting the love & care she needs. We love our senior dogs💕

06/24/2024

Foster boy Carl's first time in a harness. Well, second time, but the first time he didn't fight & bite when it was put over his head.

06/18/2024

Who is this? It's Carl minus a year's worth of matted hair. Ever distrustful of strangers, unsurprisingly Carl had to be sedated to be shaved.

06/14/2024

Foster boy Carl is deciding which ball is best.

06/13/2024

Foster boy Carl does not (understatement) like hands or objects to go over his head & WILL NOT enter a crate, but has decided the place to escape the pressures of everyday life & to sleep overnight is under the old man's bed. Normally Carl is completely hidden under the bed, but here chooses to expose his head.

06/06/2024

Geordi of Heather's Foster Dogs is still grumpy after earlier having paper strips placed in his eyes by the opthalmologist to see how his medications are working on his severe dry eye syndrome. FANTASTIC RESULTS. Schirmer Test showed 12's for each eye up from 7 & 4 last time. Before the tacrolimus strength was increased by 50 times (from 0.02% to 1%), the test results were ZERO for each eye. For general reference, 1 - 5 is considered "severe", 5 - 10 "moderately" & 10 - 15 "possible" dry eyes.

Somebody is still grumpy after earlier having paper strips placed in his eyes by the opthalmologist to see how his medications are working on his severe dry eye syndrome. FANTASTIC RESULTS. Schirmer Test showed 12's for each eye up from 7 & 4 last time. Before the tacrolimus strength was increased by 50 times (from 0.02% to 1%), the test results were ZERO for each eye. For general reference, 1 - 5 is considered "severe", 5 - 10 "moderately" & 10 - 15 "possible" dry eyes.

05/28/2024

With his ball, Carl is happy.

05/21/2024

Geordi of Heather's Foster Dogs had a chip on his shoulder. but no more. Look at the dark, almost football shaped area under the R on last week's x-ray. That's just a bunch of air stuck under Geordi's skin. The puffy area was discovered after Geordi was groomed last Thursday. The trapped air wasn't a problem. How it got there might have been. Likely sources were a cut in Geordi's trachea or to a lung. X-rays showed no signs of either. The air "pocket" dissipated somewhat over the weekend; Geordi no longer had a chip on his shoulder as much of the air moved mid-way down his abdomen. Again, no sign of injury to the trachea. No broken rib which might have punctured a lung. Best guess is that a couple of weeks ago as a result of a stumble or fall that the long standing (no pun intended) arthritic, dislocated shoulder made a small tear to his trachea which has healed on its own. The vet aspirated the area (even let Geordi's foster grandpa help pull on the syringe), so very little of the air is still trapped inside Geordi. Had she not done that, the vet said the air would have been absorbed by surrounding soft tissue & disappeared over time

Geordi had a chip on his shoulder. but no more. Look at the dark, almost football shaped area under the R on last week's x-ray. That's just a bunch of air stuck under Geordi's skin. The puffy area was discovered after Geordi was groomed last Thursday. The trapped air wasn't a problem. How it got there might have been. Likely sources were a cut in Geordi's trachea or to a lung. X-rays showed no signs of either. The air "pocket" dissipated somewhat over the weekend; Geordi no longer had a chip on his shoulder as much of the air moved mid-way down his abdomen. Again, no sign of injury to the trachea. No broken rib which might have punctured a lung. Best guess is that a couple of weeks ago as a result of a stumble or fall that the long standing (no pun intended) arthritic, dislocated shoulder made a small tear to his trachea which has healed on its own. The vet aspirated the area (even let Geordi's foster grandpa help pull on the syringe), so very little of the air is still trapped inside Geordi. Had she not done that, the vet said the air would have been absorbed by surrounding soft tissue & disappeared over time

05/11/2024

Geordi of Heather's Foster Dogs tells fellow floster Carl, GET OUT OF MY WAY.