Little Olive came to us last October as one of the Parvo puppies. Thankfully she never contracted the disease like some of her siblings! She found a new home and was placed as a foster until she could be spayed. While she was waiting for her surgery her dad started to notice she seemed to be having trouble seeing. As the problem got worse, we brought her to an eye specialist for an exam and it was discovered she had bilateal cataracts. The eye doc felt she had a good chance of being able to see with cataract surgery which would be done when she was older, and her dad said he would be able to do this for her. She then developed some intestinal difficulties which delayed her spay surgery. Then, we were notified by her dad that he was very ill and wasn't going to be able to care for her any longer. So Olive came back to us. We got her spayed, and then decided we needed to go ahead with her eye surgery. And once she had her surgery, the change was immediate - Olive could see! It's been a long road for this little girl, but she's been a trooper through the whole thing!
The Daubers have a senior golden named Rosie, and they wanted to find a companion for Rosie and a more active pup for their son Gregory to play with. They had everything Olive was looking for - kids, someone home during the day, a doggy friend and lots of activity. And a big plus is that they live near her eye doctor so she can have continuity in her follow up care. And of course this little girl with a huge personality turned on her charm to 100 watts when she met the Daubers. She is doing great, and they are in love with her, although they are asking if there is a way to stop her from jumping up on the bed to wake them up at 5:30am. She and Rosie are getting along and playing and training lessons have been started. She learned to use the doggy door and is also providing great entertainment to the family. They had left the water on to soak near a tree, which ended up creating a mud puddle. The little imp found it and came running into the house with mud up to her elbows, all over her muzzle and ears. We laughed that they will never be bored with her! They have decided to keep the name her first dad gave her, which is Bootsy.
Olive thanks Denise B. for bringing her in to rescue, and to the team who helped her through her first major medical problems with exposure to Parvo. She thanks Eva for picking her up from her former foster dad when he could no longer keep her. She thanks Kriss and her family for fostering her through her spay and her eye surgery, carting her around to vet appointments, giving lots of pills and eye drops and over all just taking such great care of her. She thanks Joan and Ed for doing the home visit for her new family. And she thanks the placement team and PA Eva for matching her up with her new perfect family.
