Duncan Explores the backyard.
Duncan Looking Regal.
Duncan says, "hi."
Duncan and Kya playing.
Look at Duncan's nice playbow.
Here are a couple of shots of how skinny poor Duncan is, and this is after 3 weeks of beefing up at his temp. foster home, he was much skinnier when he was pulled from the shelter.
Duncan is still very thin so we are working hard at putting some weight on him. He still needs a little big of encouragement to eat. I made him a big bowl of dry dog food mixed with rice and cooked burger on Sat and he only ate a few bites even with all my cooing and hand feeding. Sunday was a different story though. I think I found the magic ingredient....CHEESE!!! Duncan seems to be a Wisconsin boy at heart, as soon as I sprinkled a little bit of shredded cheese in with his food he gobbled it down like there was no tomorrow. He is also partial to peanut butter sandwiches which I feed him laced with immune system boosters. That combined with his daily antibiotic stuffed hotdogs should help him beat his respiratory infection in no time and then we can tackle the heartworm. His cough is almost gone and he seems to be getting perkier by the hour.
Duncan loves to stand out in the backyard and watch the birds and squirrels, he has attempted to get a little closer to the wildlife by climbing my short (4ft) fence so I would recommend that he go to a home with at least a 5 ft fence. He also enjoys short walks and is pretty good about not pulling on leash, unless of course, he sees a bird. He is beautiful to watch outside. He holds his tail high and has a very regal prance. I can only imagine how handsome he will look once he fills out to a normal weight. This morning, for the first time ever he initiated a little bit of play with Kya (my 10 mo old IBR setter mix). He is not allowed to get to worked up due to his heartworm condition but I did let them have a brief go at each other and Duncan just lit up. He looked so happy with himself. It is wonderful to see that he is feeling well enough to want to play again. Things are only looking up for this happy boy!!! :)
Meet sweet Duncan. He came from a Kentucky shelter and got very sick with a respiratory infection. Duncan is also heartworm positive and will have to undergo treatments.
IBR was so lucky to found a compassionate rescue angel that got him out of the shelter, so that he could get special loving treatment at home, so that he can get well enough to be transported to a regular foster home. Debora---we THANK YOU with all our hearts!
Here's Deb's update on how Duncan is doing:
Duncan`s appetite is better this afternoon got about 800 calories of people food into him.In small amounts. He seems happy to be fed by hand the good stuff.He doesn`t seem to want Puppy Chow with wet food right now. I just want it to be as easy as possible for him to eat ,his nose ( and mine ) is so congested ..poor baby is coughing like crazy. He is a true southern gentleman, he is not spitting every where!!! He shallows it so I`m sure that is why he doesn`t feel like eating. Very common with people also when they have drainage that runs down. What I see on occasion run out is either clear or white. He is drinking good and sniffs around outside when we go out. He is affectionate. His eyes are clear no green drainage.He has only pooped one time since he has been here.. big but only one.. He has not had any vomiting. He stool is loose from eating canned and different food than he is used to to but he does not have diarrhea. I think he knows now that I know he is sick and he is trusting that he will be handled gently.
He is crate trained.. no issues there. He is easy to walk on a leash. Just a very wonderful dog. I didn`t know anything about him until Delana called me when he was HW pos and sick. I said I would take him to get him out of the shelter.. if we didn`t have 7 dogs I would be begging you to let me keep this guy.. I would pay you to keep him, he is that sweet. You are going to love him and so is the family that finally gets him. You couldn`t ask for a more beautiful boy either. Deb
