USA, Bedias, Texas, 3 Years Old, Taddles
by Trish Gleason
(Bedias, Texas, USA)
Taddles
My name is Trish and I was given an Australian Shepherd a few years ago from my mom and her boyfriend at the time. She was only about 6 months old when they gave her to my boyfriend and I and they gave her to us because they just didn't have the energy to keep up with her. Things were great at first, but then we had our daughter and Taddles was no longer getting the attention that she was used to and that she needed.
We recently had to take her to the vet because she was constantly scratching herself and making herself bleed from it, even though she was on flea meds and is flea-free. The veterinarian said it was skin allergies and that she gave herself a secondary infection from getting dirt in the open wounds. We payed about $200 for her to get seen and to get antibiotics, steroids, medicated shampoo, and a medicated leave-in rinse. She had to keep an e-collar on to prevent her from scratching more and we were told to bathe her every 7-14 days. I have been bathing her every 7-8 days and it doesn't seem to help. She has been living in her cone (e-collar) for almost 2 months now because every time we take it off, she immediately goes to scratching and gnawing on herself. She has now chewed a hole through her cone to scratch, and she now has new wounds all over her bottom-area.
I honestly just don't know what to do for her anymore, I have kept up with everything the vet has told me to do, and I even started getting her a better dog food because I was told it would help. Nothing is helping and I feel horrible, but I can just no longer afford to take care of her and I don't know what to do to keep her from hurting herself. I really hope that someone who knows how to deal with something like this can and will adopt her.
She is a very loving dog when she's healthy. She's great with kids, will take them beating up on her and not do anything. She gets along with other dogs, she just has to have her own food bowl. She has never bitten anybody. She is very excitable and she has a slight problem with jumping on people when she first sees them. She's completely house-trained and will let you know when she needs out. She is already past chewing stuff up, she only did it when she was a puppy.
As far as obedience training goes, she knows how to sit, lay down, and stay. She really deserves a loving family, someone who has lots of energy and time to play with her.
If you would like to contact me about her, my email address is trishgleason91@gmail.com I really appreciate it and if anyone has any questions please contact me. I seriously hope I can find a good home for her. Thank you so much for giving her a chance by reading this.
