Oh Boy!

Just got my confirmation email that a World Vets packet is on the way - complete with another World Vets scrub top! Now I won't have to jump in a pool every day on this trip. Thank goodness, since I understand Romania in October is much colder than Nicaragua in March.

On the little dog front, two of our li'l projects have eye ulcers, but we can't send them to an opthamologist yet as the owner has still not relinquished ownership. So we're medicating as best we can until the owners finally admit that they can't proplerly care for 40 small dogs, at which point we'll be looking for new owners/wealthy sponsors willing to cover the cost of eye care/skin care/general grooming care. I hope. If the owners admit they can't properly care for the dogs. I hope they "get it" really soon.

More New Faces:

A few days ago, a warehouse-type hoarding facility burned down, displacing at least 40 dogs, cats, birds, what have you...
8 of the dogs are now in our care. They were in horribly matted condition with long toenails, etc. We had a grooming party on Wednesday and several foster folks brought their fire dogs too. We washed, clipped, cleaned, and loved up on the pooches and gave them all some flea meds. Now our 8 enjoy running around in the back yard several times daily.
We don't know their real names, but nicknames are Cracker, Jack, Circus, Peanut, Laffy, Taffy, Cookie, and Candy. They are all very nice little dogs, but half are very timid. Surprisingly, most (if not all) of the male dogs are neutered, and we found spay scars on some of the females as well.
Here are some photos I got during this morning's "Little Dog Party":

Kongrats, Karoo!

A huge round of "ap-paws" for Karoo the border collie (and his Mama Dr. Steele) for walking 100 miles for pets in just 6 days! They are still collecting donations here at the Ocean Shores Animal Hospital, or on Karoo's blog (www.karoo100mile.blogspot.com).

Meet little Buzau!

This sweet little ragamuffin (or "Romanian Wiggy") was brought to his new home on Memorial Day. Buzau's (pronounced Boo-zoe) new mama, Judy, met him on a World Vets trip to Romania, where he was deemed "too sick" for surgery and was supposed to be left out in a park to die. Judy just couldn't leave him behind. So far, he's doing much better on proper nutrition and some parasite control. I'm sure I'll refer to the li'l guy every so often, since he's now a patient at our office!
Welcome to America, Buzau!