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Breed
Shih Tzu
Color
White - with Black
Age
Adult
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Female
Pet ID
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My details
Good with kids
Good with dogs
Good with cats
Purebred
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
Has special needs
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Lotus is being fostered in PA.
9/14/2024
Lotus has had her dental surgery and is noticeably happier since having 12 teeth removed. She is now eating kibble soaked in water and is a little spoiled so her foster mom mixes some canned food with it.
Her blood work was very good and the best news is that she did not need surgery to open up her ears from the untreated infections she had in the past. Her ears were able to be cleaned out very well while sedated and she came home on oral antibiotics and ear drops for 10 days.
Lotus is extremely sweet and insists on sleeping in bed with her foster mom which is fine because she’s a perfect pup to sleep with.
She continues to do fine with the other dogs and cats in her foster home but will bark at the two younger dogs if they get in her face when they are playful. She does not want to play and doesn’t appreciate dogs in her face but she is perfect being in with the mix of foster siblings when they just let her alone.
Lotus is a sweet, slightly timid but gentle petite and spry little girl who has a beautiful light gray with dark gray soft coat of fur. She has dry eye and significant ear infections that are still being treated in her foster home. She will need drops for her eyes but the over the counter drops are working well for her eyes right now. She will be having dental surgery on September 11th and the veterinarian will decide then if she needs any procedures done to her ears to open the canals at that time. They are very painful right now and it is impossible to get a good look deep inside. An update will be posted after her surgery on the 11th.
She lives with several other smaller dogs, one larger dog and two cats and does very well with all of them. She is indifferent with them all and just wants to be where her foster mom is.
She is very good with her house manners and has learned to follow her foster mom to the door to go outside and can find her way around the fenced yard and back up onto the porch.
She does not tolerate being in a crate or confined area and will bark constantly. She does wonderfully when she has free roam of the house during the day when her mom is at work. She will beg to get onto her foster mom's lap during tv time at night and nuzzles in quickly to nap.
Aside from being just a tiny bit skittish, she is a perfect little girl with a sweet personality.
Lotus may need eye drops for the duration and we are not yet sure about her ears although they are improving nicely. After years of chronic and untreated infections, it's not a surprise that it may take some time to get her ears back to healthy but her hearing may not improve.
She does have issues hearing but she can hear some, and the same can be said about her vision, although she seems to see better than she hears. She has slight cataracts and some of the vision problems could be caused from chronic and untreated dry eye.
It needs to be said that she is very stubborn when it comes to getting her eye drops and ear meds in at this time. We are hopeful that as the discomfort in her ears improves and she learns to associate positives (treats given) before and after administration of her meds, that she will learn to be more calm during her medicine time of day. She does not bite but is a huge wiggle worm and can pull out of any trick or grip her foster mom has tried.
She is a joy to have as a foster dog and adjusted quickly to her foster home.
BDRA has voted against the use of electrical fencing effective immediately.
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