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At least I can "talk about it" now...
After a setback a while ago Nugget was much improved. But last couple of weeks was a real struggle, in and out of vet and everything, we could hardly get him to eat, even treats. In the end an old heart and cancer in both lungs, very bad, as well as plenty in the abdominal areas won the battle during the week.
Even through all of this, he kept his smile and wag in his tail to hide his pain. At least he's now running free at the Rainbow bridge.
So sorry to hear that but it sounds like it was best for him to go. Run free over the Rainbow Bridge Nugget.
For those of you that voted for Emily in the recent Montego competition, results were announced today and guess what.
Thank you once again for all the votes and support, the prize included a years supply of food and a substantial cash prize both of which are being donated to Husky Rescue South Africa to assist the other huskies in need.
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when will you know if Emily won?
Results will be announced 4 August.
Thanks once again for all the support, I am confident that our little girl would have stayed ahead.
Here she is wearing a fans beanie at sledding last Sunday.
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We have just been told that voting has been extended until Monday morning 9am so please keep voting over the weekend, you can vote once every 24 hours from each browser on each device so plenty of chances to vote still.
They have also hidden the vote count so we won't know how we are doing but Emily was still ahead this morning.
Ok done!
...but then I saw Widget the blind basset hound and voted for him too...sorry!!!
Don't worry I have voted for him too, and some of the others with very few votes. I sent the link to my stepdaughter and she felt so bad she voted for every single one. 
You guys have all done so much for Emily but one more favour please, Emily is a finalist in the Montego Heroic Tails Competition.
Please click on the link below and vote for Emily, you can vote once every 24 hours from each device so vote from your phone and tablet and repeat every day.
Emily asked that if she does win any prizes they will be donated to Husky Rescue to help out the other less fortunate homeless huskies.
http://www.heroictai...alists/view/48/
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Please spare a thought for Tumbles. He took a bad turn last night. Struggled to get up and walk. Am rushing through my work to get home to him and see how he is.
Shame, I hope he is ok, please let us know when you get home.
Emily decided to take a nap yesterday afternoon, using big brother Panda's bum as a pillow.
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Hi Ian, unbelievably he has fought back from severe haemolytic aneamia.. No long term side affects would exist from this condition but with the agressive treatment of a whole cocktail of drugs administered intravenously through his leg, the swelling this caused has resulted in tissue damage which eventually started rotting away..
You wouldn't think he was ever sick apart from the hobbling caused by the loss of the pads and flesh on his two toes. The left foot has also been affected by to a much lesser degree.
The skin is growing back quite quickly but some of the dead tissue still remains. I've snipped away as much as he would let me and the area I was really hoping was not affected, as it still had some pad, sadly tore away today when he heard the knock at the door.. (F*&%$£g tree fellers, I can't tell you how many of them knock on my door
) The nail broke away with this piece and by the looks of things, what remained of his toe is now gone.
Shame, he's left pulling a permanent zap on his right foot!
Thanks for the support guys. My wife can't stomach the details so it helps to tell strangers who care.
Juno, pull yourself together and come get your hugs!
So Deon has the tissue damage now stopped spreading and it's a matter of treating and removing the damaged tissue. How much use of his feet is he likely to have?
Is there anything we can do to assist, will he need funds for any sort of prosthesis?
If there is anything we can do please shout I feel so bad for Juno and you and I take my hat off to you for not giving up on him.
Sorry to be miserable this morning but this post on Facebook got to me it is from Animal Welfare Helderberg, a very important message for those that still breed their pets or haven't had them sterilised. Please adopt from shelters don't buy puppies.
Tonight I write a little something from the heart. Today we had to say goodbye to some of our kennel dogs. And tonight as I sit here and write this, the tears roll down my cheeks and my heart is VERY sore. They may not have been my own dogs, but I loved them like they were. Some of the dogs had been at our kennels for close to a year, and were as special to me as my own dogs at home. People are quick to judge and slam us for euthanizing our dogs, but when we receive an astronomical amount of dogs through our doors and the kennels are FULL – what must we do? Our kennels do not believe in turning dogs away – if we do, where will they land up? At the rubbish dump or in the street? We play Sudoku on a daily basis, shuffling and re-shuffling our dogs in their kennels, trying to squeeze in an extra one here and an extra one there, trying to free up a kennel for one more dog. But we never seem to win and from where we sit at the kennels, and with all the unwanted, abandoned, stray, neglected and abused animals coming through our doors, there really doesn’t seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel. And yet people still breed and breed and breed. And there are still more people that don’t care, than people who do. If you think it’s easy for us to make these decisions, it’s not. It’s more than heart wrenching. It’s painful. And it hurts. Not temporarily, but eternally. Even though we at the kennels are NOT to blame for this, we feel responsible. We grow to love these animals and we are the ones left with the emotional heartache. Tonight, I want to say something to our special Bonzo, who was one of the dogs we said goodbye to today. Dear Bonzo, Susan and I loved you from the day we met you. You crept into our hearts faster than we ever imagined. When you arrived at our kennels, we saw the hurt in your eyes and the aching in your heart. And though you were petrified of us at first, you learned quickly to trust us and always put a smile on our faces. You went from scuttling away from us, to running up to us. You went from hiding behind trees, to jumping up for kisses. Deep in our hearts we knew we wouldn’t be able to find you a new home but we didn’t stop hoping for a miracle. In your short life time, too much damage had been done and your heart was too hurt. But we tried and we tried and we tried. Sorry we failed you my boy. Sorry we couldn’t give you the happy ending that we wanted, and though we are not the ones to blame, we do feel responsible. Though you are no longer with us – you have left deep foot prints in our hearts and we will lovingly remember you forever more. Go well boy, till we meet again.
If this carries on I'll be showing you my one pet spread over multiple posts..
FFS, that's a full toe gone!!
I can't get over this, it seems really serious, is the condition getting better and how long is it expected to last?
What is the long term prognosis?
Sorry for all the questions but I feel so sorry for you guys. Give him a big hug from me and all my pack.
Hahahahahaha! Mr Jones, the second one looks like she is mocking anyone who may have said she'd never make it! Love it, mate!
I captioned it her "Supermodel pose" strutting her stuff.
Can you believe there were some people that said we should have put her to sleep, it would have been kinder. I want them to come say that to her face.
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Hope no one minds more Emily pics, but these were taken at the Husky Rescue Mothers Day function where Emily was guest of honour.
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Taking in a rescue dog - one of the most rewarding things I have ever experienced and one of the better decisions I have made!
Couldn't agree more.
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Not a happy household at the moment, almost lost Juno.
Up to 19 tablets per day at his worst.. immune suppressants, cortisone, vitamins, antibiotics.. etc.
Because of his condition and the rate his blood was clotting, the vet gave him a 50/50 chance to survive that week.
Amazingly the meds helped but with the high doses and poor blood flow the negative side affects took hold in his feet.
His feet were so badly infected from tissue damage, his toes just fell off preceded by a distinct smell of gangrene. Back on meds he went..
For the last few weeks my days have basically been disinfecting, dressing and dosing.
I'm not even going to mention what this has cost, it's certainly a lot less than the value of what he means to us.
Shame man that is rough, let's hope he continues to recover and is soon back to full health. Not sure if I missed a post but what was the original diagnosis?
I fully agree on what you said on cost, you simply cannot put a value on a pets life and it is something people need to consider before taking on any animal.
Good luck, give him a big hug from all of us.
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My Collies, Jenny and Jemina. Always together and mimic everything the other does! Both SPCA rescues. Too clever for words and because of the herding instinct, they don't chase my pekin chickens.
Love the Border Collies, Husky Rescue has a stand in Animal Kingdom at the Rand Show and Border Collie Rescue is also there. They are doing sheepdog trials demonstrations twice daily which are always fascinating.
Of course the huskies think they could do a much better job, I was tempted to let one of ours off the leash during a demo, the only problem would be you wouldn't find the sheep or the husky ever again.
2 months on and another proud moment for me yesterday, my dry land sledding club hold walks in summer until it gets cool enough to go sledding. Yesterday we walked at Faerie Glen in Pretoria. This was Emily's first official Sled Dogs walk and she was fantastic and still had plenty of energy left to play when we got home.
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meet Moscow and Alpha
Stunning dogs, are they rescues?
Ian, two questions ... are husky's good at getting home if they know an area ? Or are they like labies, that when freedom strikes and no one's home top watch them they will just go forever ?
Second what Vet did you use for Emily ?
ok, technically 3 questions ...
Slowbee, the problem with most huskies is that if they do get out they just run and run and invariably get lost. Some do follow a normal walking route and come back. Problem is they can cover a lot of ground very quickly, our standard house check guide lines will insist on double gates or separate front and back gardens, 6ft fence etc.
Having said that some can be trained to walk off leash but they are the minority.
Our vet is the Lammermoor vet which is near Lanseria and close to Husky Haven which is why it is convenient for us. Also nice because being in the country they are a more traditional vet with lots of diverse animals. The one day I went to visit Emily she was following a lion cub around the lawn.
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Tissues may be required for this. These are all scenes from the recent Husky Rescue Open Day and all these beautiful huskies have been abandoned and are looking for homes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqNK17RPnjA&feature=youtu.be
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Who us? Nope it just fell apart Dad.
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) The nail broke away with this piece and by the looks of things, what remained of his toe is now gone.
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I would love to see this, maybe the husky has a bad hangover every morning and his eyes are bloodshot. I don't think their eyes change and normally huskies are not at all aggressive they just make a lot of noise because they want to say hello.