Rosie, means Pink in French, and our Rosie is very in the pink at our house:) Rosie is a DDB, or Dogue De Bordeaux, and she is gorgeous! Rosie is about nine weeks old, give or take a day, depending on which story the breeder is holding to. We received Rosie from a "breeder" who got my number from a person who had actually filled out an application to adopt from us, but at the time, we didn't have any young puppies, and they found his ad in the local paper. When the applicant arrived they got to view five of the puppies, and asked where the sixth one was, and was told she had a problem with her leg, and would probably be put down if it didn't correct itself. He was we believe still trying to sell this poor girl to the first taker. Well, the applicant probably saved one of these puppies, she did buy one, a male, for a whopping $500, with that fee, came nothing, no guarantees of health, no parents that were tested, and no akc papers, no shots, no worming, no puppy records, at all. Yes, we use the term "breeder" with very loose lips here!By the grace of the world, the "breeder" called me, told me a story about a woman at the SPCA giving him my number and when I asked him who it was so I could thank them, he gave me my applicants name, so I knew right off he was lying to me. I went to his house, that day, afraid of what he might do to this little girl, who so needed someone to do the right thing with her. He met me at the truck when I drove up, not wanting me to get out, but I did. Said I wanted to see the puppy in the light, that I had to make sure she was a ddb after all. He then put this tiny little body on the grass and let her go, and I could totally see the lies he had told me on the phone, she had no blown elbow, not a torn shoulder or a shot arm, she was deformed, and in a way that would not correct itself, the "breeder" had said that he noticed it at week five, and was hoping it would self correct! OH my goodness, was he blind for almost five weeks?! How could he not have seen this when she was born, she obviously hasn't had use of it since birth! And the "breeder" says they dogs that he bred, were not related, so shouldn't be a problem, he then talked about the three dogs in the "kennel" out back, so I asked if I could see them, which he had no choice as I was a walking and a talking on my way to the side and around the house! The "kennel" he had was a few chain link sections, in the over side like a garage attached to the house that isn't enclosed, and they had less than four feet deep by maybe ten feet long, to run around inside the "kennel". And there were three, one male, and two females, one female was supposedly 5 or 6 years old, the male was two and the other female was three. He started to tell me who was the mom, but he wasn't making much sense to me as I was just seeing red at this point. I later heard from our applicant that the older female was the mom to the female and had bought the male from someone later after his other male had died. So, not really sure what is true at this point, as the three dogs I saw, all looked to have the same build, same stature, same look to their heads and the chests too, they all looked identical, and I've seen enough ddb's just recently and at the dog shows to know that they are not all the same like these looked to me. But, I'm not an expert. I don't want to be one either, I just wanted to help this little girl. And the "breeder" was calling her Cinderella! Didn't she have a grand time, dancing and running at the ball?! I think this was the cruelest of all. So, I asked him to sign our release, and he wouldn't so he gave me one of his, hand written ones, and I gladly signed it, inside his very beautiful house, in front of the wife and two nice teenage daughters, and a couple of huge McCaws, and let me tell you, this was a nice house, close to the river access, enough to walk to the river, and a huge property, not fenced for an inch or an acre! He claimed his dogs all ran loose when he was home and it wasn't dark. What a life, to run all over and never have no one to answer to, breed all you want willy nilly, and know all your pups will be sold to the first people that show up with cash! Nope, I don't want to be an expert, I know I'm not cut out of that cloth at all. So, I took my little charge, got in my truck and started the truck, got out of the driveway, and went to the nearest drive I could find to pull over and started to cry, this was not a puppy that would easily have a life full of toys and treats. She didn't have a blown elbow or a shoulder problem like the "breeder" said, she had a deformed leg, one that was bent and get this, a toe is on the outside of her bent up elbow, three toes that are deformed on the end of her foot, and one toe, very deformed on the outside of her dog gone elbow! How did they ever think this would correct itself and be a puppy they could really sell, at birth they knew they had done something very wrong, and kept her away from the litter. She had the stools of a puppy on formula, she didn't even know how to chew food when I got her home! I cried a long time, I even called my foster mom I had planned on taking her too, I told her the way she was, would or might scare her young children as she was more of a special needs dog and I thought we might actually have to put her to sleep, I was afraid if the children got attached and then big bad me came to take her to the vet and had to put her down they just wouldn't understand. So, I told her I would take her home to my house. She is ready to take her and her ailments on, when we do what we need to do. I have since had the pleasure of getting to know and name Miss Rosie, our little french darling. She is now about 20 pounds, and doing very well. We have been to a local vet in town and have determined upon examination that she sleeps very well:) Rosie slept through her entire exam, she was so content. The local vet believes, and we do as well, that Rosie will do fine with a leg amputation, up to her shoulder. We and they feel she is young enough to get it done fine and will balance out very well, as she seems to be carrying the leg mostly and at times, it is in her way, or a hindrance. We now begin the process of raising funds to pay for her care, both medically and physically:) Rosie is at my house and all my dogs, even my fosters are raw fed, and the ones we can do this with, all natural reared as well. Rosie has and had a weak immune system, so against the vets advice, we are not giving her the puppy shots they want us to. We are however keeping her raw fed, and on probiotics, and some puppy vitamins, so she is doing very well. Rosie is gaining weight, she weighed in at 14 pounds when I got her and now is at about 20, and she has been here almost two weeks now. We don't want to have her gain weight too fast, but she is a growing puppy, so we will let her eat when she is hungry. And almost all of what she wants;) We totally believe food is love. I apologize if some of this has gaps, as I'm still trying to put it all together, from information my applicant has and the information the so called "breeder" gave me, so I again, apologize if I have left a few of the details out, for this is truly a great story for someone to repeat, to anyone who will listen. Little Miss Rosie, makes me glad I do what I do, every day, I know she will raise your spirits too, just look at her pictures and her videos, she will truly make you enjoy every day, just like she does:) So, this is our little Miss Rosie, we hope you love her as much as we do. | | |
So very happy to be home and on the couch!!! 