Sprite the Foster Dog has Arrived!

Lovable, calm personality!

Our Foster Dog "Sprite" here! He had fleas when the rescue got him (and they got rid of them),but he's got a bunch of other medical issues (lots of teeth removals coming, too). He hadn't been to a vet since 2006. I learned by calling that vet that he's going to be 14 Years old this Dec. 23rd! He's housetrained, laid back, friendly, and calm. Great dog!

Here's what the Vet said: He now has worms as a result of the fleas. Apparently, the worms come after flea infestation. Amy, the rescuer from Coast-to-Coast Dachshund Rescue did a FANTASTIC job of ridding him of all the fleas before I picked him up last night. 

Sprite's neck lump

Sprite has a fatty tumor on his neck, which is bothersome and interferes with his collar. That has to be removed. He also has a little growth in his mouth, too, which has to be removed. He was given all his shots at the Vet today, so he's updated there. I cleaned his ears thoroughly last night, so they were clean. I did learn, however, that he has a HEART MURMUR. That means that operating on him is risky, especially because he's 14 years old.

At 18 pounds, he's so adorable and tiny!

Sprite did get a de-wormer at the Vet's office and that should clear up his worms in 7 days. Meanwhile he has to stay confined to a cage (as the worms can make their way out of his rear end), so I had to vaccuum everywhere that he went. The vet recommends that he stay apart from Dolly and Franklin for a week, and I have to pick up his #2 immediately (because that's where the worms come out)... Ewww. Yeah, a lot of info, but if you have a dog, you NEED to know.

Sprite's TEETH are in very, very bad shape. His breath is so rancid that you can smell it in a car. He's never had his teeth taken care of. Now, many of them need to be pulled, and that means putting him under... SO, we're waiting for the okay from the rescue to go ahead and have the teeth removed, the growths removed, and have him neutered.