Margie SPECIAL NEEDS

Margie is a sweet Shetland Sheepdog Sheltie/Australian Shepherd mix girl weighing in at 46 pounds. Paws and Prayers received her after she and her sister were hit by a car. Another rescue took her sister. Margie limped and had a luxated patella so we took her to access possible surgery. Unfortunately when blood work was completed she had all three tick diseases with a finding of 467. The three kind of tick diseases were Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis and Lyme. A reading of 30 means they are experiencing problems with the tick disease so three vets were talked to had NEVER seen 467 and referred the findings to specialty vets who said it was not a time for surgery.. Also, she had a corona virus in her blood. Surgery could not be completed under these circumstances. If the leg was operated on it would probably get infected and would be of no use.

So we waited and she had several doses of antibiotics. It took 5 months to clear her blood but by that time scar tissue formed on the leg and she would not get much relief from surgery. She will always have a little bit of a limp and need medication as arthritis will probably set in as she gets older. She will need Carprofen and Gabapentin the rest of her life. Her foster mom has been paying for it and says it would cost about $33 a month. She would also need to be checked in another six months to verify extent of tick disease and recovery rate. And of course, she will need to be on heartworm and flea medications. Definitely needs a home without too many steps. She can go down my three steps to the outside but I have to lift her back end up to get her up the steps.

Margie is frightened of new people but once she bonds with you , she will love so deeply, you will never be able to let her go. Her adoption fee is $350. You will need to complete a non-obligatory application at www.pawsandprayers.org in order to meet her. Any questions, email [email protected].

This pet qualifies for the Pets for Patriots program https://www.petsforpatriots.org/veterans/