Our Sweet Dark Shadow Needs YOUR HELP to find a Forever home!
Dark Shadow has chronic knee cap dislocation with severe
arthritis due to neglect and lack of medical care. Dogs XL cannot do this without your
help! The cost of the surgery is estimated at $7,000.
Week after week, Dark Shadow goes to adoption events and gets lots of pets and belly rubs. He kisses, wags and is pretty much the "perfect" dog families are looking to adopt. Sadly, as soon as an adopter hears about his knees, he is left standing alone and unloved with no family taking him home.
It takes a special adopter that comes along once in a lifetime that will adopt a dog that has huge medical bills. His only chance at a forever home is if we all chip in, piece by piece, to pay his bills. This way he can undergo a corrective surgery for his knees and be adopted out as a "normal" dog. With your help, Shadow, this beautiful loving dog can find his forever home!
Week after week, Dark Shadow goes to adoption events and gets lots of pets and belly rubs. He kisses, wags and is pretty much the "perfect" dog families are looking to adopt. Sadly, as soon as an adopter hears about his knees, he is left standing alone and unloved with no family taking him home.
It takes a special adopter that comes along once in a lifetime that will adopt a dog that has huge medical bills. His only chance at a forever home is if we all chip in, piece by piece, to pay his bills. This way he can undergo a corrective surgery for his knees and be adopted out as a "normal" dog. With your help, Shadow, this beautiful loving dog can find his forever home!
Did we tell you that Dark Shadow is an awesome HUNK OF LOVE yet? He loves KIDS, he loves DOGS, and you could
even say he loves CATS! He dreams of
running and chasing balls, hanging out with his family and having his belly
rubbed.
Unfortunately, Dark Shadow has had a rough go during his 3
years of life. Neglected, he found
himself in a HIGH kill (and we mean, very HIGH KILL) shelter in Missouri. He was heartworm positive and on death
row. Dogs XL Rescue saw this sweet boy
and has put forth their best effort to protect and care for him.
With his heartworm treatment complete, he was briefly
adopted to a family that lived in a multi-level home. Because Shadow was never in a house, let
alone a house with stairs, no one noticed that he had trouble with his hind
legs. He couldn’t maneuver up and down the stairs
due to a knee problem. The family was
unable to financially care for him so he is back with Dogs XL Rescue while we
help him through these orthopedic issues.
After a visit to a specialist, he was diagnosed with Bilateral
Subluxing Patellar Dysfunction… basically; his knee caps have been dislocated
to the side and never went back.
This is a VERY painful and debilitating condition. Fortunately, surgical intervention can
correct the problem!
Dark Shadow definitely needs knee cap realignment but it
gets more complicated if there is arthritis.
It is very possible he needs “implants” or in other terms… knee
replacements. The wonderful news is
that he will have a GREAT recovery and will be close to normal function after the
16 week recover.
Dark Shadow, our sweet boy, needs prolonged foster care,
funds to cover his surgery, and eventually a family to call his own.
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