Mandilyn came from an overcrowded shelter in Southern Illinois and had 5 puppies Thanksgiving weekend 2009. Three of the puppies survived and her daughter Tamborine has had terrible health issues ever since she was little including a life threatening disease called Puppy Strangles. Tamborine has also had liver and kidney issues her whole young life. As most every dog or puppy we pull from Illinois is infected with a tick borne illness or two or three, we were certain that there had to be an underlying illness. Mandi started on doxycycline as soon as her daughters were finished nursing as part of her pre-heartworm treatment prep, but every tick panel we did on her was negative. I continued to be skeptical especially with her feverish behavior and daughter's poor health. Finally we have an answer as we were able to test one of the other daughters--Harmonica now known as Periwinkle. Her tick panel shows Lyme disease AND Rocky Mountain spotted fever and at low levels that indicate she was infected from birth. FINALLY an answer that can explain Mandi's struggles and Tamborine's weakened immune system. All of this testing and retesting this past year has been so expensive. With Mandi's cancer diagnosis--another huge vet bill we just weren't prepared for. Tamborine will be having follow up testing to confirm the Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but to date her vet bills have been nearly $1500. Please consider helping both Mother and daughter with a ChipIn donation. SSIIGGHH...
Dog's name: Myrna Loy
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Western, Ohio
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease, possible Lyme disease and a serious heart murmur.
Prognosis: Guarded--we will need to take our time with Myrna's treatment. She is currently doing well on doxy pretreatment. Facial motor seizures have gone away.
Adoption status: Hopefully Adoptable--she is very loving.
Myrna Loy was rescued from an overcrowded shelter west of Columbus, OH. She is a Black and White American Field bred English Setter and another senior dog that has suffered from neglect and possible abuse. We do think she was hit by a car and as she has an outside wound that is healing--she will squeal if you lift her up from her chest reason making us wonder if her ribs aren't bruised.
Myrna wandered onto a farm in Ohio and found a safe place in a barn until she went to the Animal Shelter. An IBR volunteer had seen her profile on petfinder and knew that she wanted to help. Follow up testing shows Myrna is Heartworm positive and her liver is struggling. She also has a serious heart murmur which will also complicate her treatment. Myrna also had facial motor seizures and a bladder infection but has made some huge progress since we started her on doxycycline. We suspect there is an underlying tick borne illness. As she was also limping and stiff when she arrived in foster care, 2 weeks on the antibiotics she is galloping in the yard :O).
Myrna will need a lot of TLC as we head towards her heartworm treatment and we would welcome your help with her Chip In Fundraiser. We also need to move her to a more quiet foster home as there is too much activity in her current home and she will need to be less stressed. She is a tiny little girl weighing in at about 35lbs.
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Dog's name: Buster
Breed: Cocker Spaniel
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever. While Buster is doing well with his treatment, he was probably sick a very long time. He needs a very special adopter.
Adoption status: Adoptable
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Dog's name: Winslow Homer
Breed: Beagle
State of origin: Licking County, Ohio
Diagnosed illness: Neglect and ear infections
Prognosis: Homer is deaf now and has some chronic joint pain poor fella.
Adoption status: Adoptable to a special needs home.
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Dog's name: Bonnie Lynn
Breed: Lab Mix
State of origin: Louisville, KY
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease and RMSF
Prognosis: Bonnie is doing well in foster care.
Adoption status: Adoptable.
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Dog's name: Tammy Duckworth aka Duckie
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Missouri
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease, Mammary cancer, Spleen cancer, chronic Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Prognosis: In January of 2010, the vet gave Duckie 10 months to live--she has currently passed that mark and with continued treatment for her Ehrlichia and RSMF--may live many years to come. Mammary tumors were removed in Novemer 2010 and now she is more comfortable.
Adoption status: In Hospice Care Duckie's story
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Dog's name: Jasper
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Doing well--but Jasper may be chronically infected.
Adoption status: Adoptable
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Dog's name: Trapeze
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever- possibly chronic.
Prognosis: As Trappy was most likely born with RMSF, she has some permanent brain damage--but is very loyal and loving to her foster mom.
Adoption status: Adoptable
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Dog's name: Lani aka IBR's Wild Orchid
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Kentucky
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: GREAT- post treatment!!! He's pointing now :O)
Adoption status: Adopted!
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Dog's name: Boone
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Tennessee
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever- brain damage
Adoption status: UNAdoptable or special needs foster home. |
Senior Adoptions and Those We Have Lost
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Dog's name: Clooney
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Sparta, IL
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease
Prognosis: Guarded
Adoption status: In foster care seeking sponsors for his vetting.
TERRIBLE NEWS--9-6-10 While we had found a foster home for Clooney, he succumbed to heart failure on Labor Day and was humanely put to sleep at the shelter he was in. We are devastated by his loss and had so hoped to give him a chance at a new life pain free. In his memory--please donate to help the rest of the senior dogs in IBR's program.
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Dog's name: Specktacular
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Mt. Vernon, IL
Diagnosed illness: Ehrlichia, Lyme disease and RMSF
Prognosis: VERY GOOD!
Adoption status: Adopted by foster family!!
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Dog's name: Ollie
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Kentucky
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease, Lyme disease & Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: He's got a long road to recover--but so far he is doing amazingly well!!
Adoption status: Adopted!
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Dog's name: Charlotte
Breed: Pointer X
State of origin: Kentucky
Heath status: Critical health crisis
Adoption status: Charlotte had a serious health issues and was sadly put to sleep on September 12th 2010 by her foster to adopt family. They gave her love and TLC for several months and were devastated by her loss. At least she knew unconditional love for a short time.
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Dog's name: Dashielle
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Dash is curently heartworm free and we are awaiting a new test to determine his RMSF status.
Adoption status: Adopted!
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Dog's name: Ophelia
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Tennessee
Diagnosed illness: Mammary cancer, Ehrlichia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Ophelia will continue antibiotic therapy for her Ehrlichia and RMSF--but her mammary issues are done with 2 successful surgeries. What a relief!
Adoption status: Adopted 8-2010
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Dog's name: Rory
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Ohio
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: GREAT!!!
Adoption status: Adopted!
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Dog's name: Heathcliff aka IBR's Unrequited Love
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease, Ehrlichia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Good
Adoption status: Adopted January, 2010
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Congratulations IBR's Unrequited Love JH
1st Q with foster mom- Pat 10/09.
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Pointing pheasant 2/10.
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BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Meg Hoffman and her IBR adopted English Setter Heathcliff aka Cliff for finishing his AKC Junior Hunter's title this spring. Heathcliff was pulled from a very high kill shelter in Southern Illinois by a friend of the rescue, Cancy Thomas. He was out of time and while we didn't have a foster home opening, Candy opened her home and got his vetting started until we could make room. Cliff was ornery and "snarky" upon arrival to foster care but blood work showed he was infected with Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and with the headaches, hot flashes and joint pain, that would make any dog grumpy. IBR was in the initial stages of our tick borne illness research and we knew that any aggression could be related to his low positive diagnosis. While undergoing doxycycline therapy, Cliff also suffered from severe separation anxiety and became a very challenging foster dog for his very experienced foster mom--Pat. Follow up tick panels also revealed Cliff was also fighting Ehrlichia and Lyme disease. Through patience and understanding and months of antibiotics, a very crabby, frightened senior Setter blossomed into the amazing hunting dog. Pat's love/hate relationship with Cliff turned into a true love affair as she helped him overcome his demons. It took a bit of arm pulling on my part but having noticed Cliff's very reliable off leash skills and pointing abilities, I convinced Pat to run him in a hunt test last October once we had his AKC registration accepted. Cliff's PAL name became IBR's Unrequited Love as a tribute to the book Wuthering Heights and the character he was named after. I have NEVER in 6 years of my acquaintance with Pat, saw her as happy and proud as the day she ran Cliff and worked him magnificently in her first hunt test and PASSED!! She was a natural and Cliff made it look easy.
On January 30th, Heathcliff was adopted to a wonderful family in Madison, WI and they agreed to continue his medication and retest in the spring. Cliff was their first English Setter and he started working in the field and pointing birds to their delight. In the spring, Cliff's new mom ran him in 3 consecutive AKC Hunt tests with solid scores and her first titled Setter. We could not be more proud of them both. Cliff's follow up tick panel in June shows his Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are gone--but he still has antibodies for Ehrlichia so he will continue treatment and hopefully be negative in a few more months.
Here is a nice email we got from Candy once she heard of Cliff's recent accomplishment, "Meg, what a difference a year makes !!!! It was a year ago, June 1st, that I discovered CLIFF at the pound. He came in that day and just look at him now. This exceeds all hopes and dreams we have for our rescue dogs. There is so much sorrow and pain in rescue and many times when dogs cannot be spared euthanasia or illness strikes them, this is one case that keeps the hope alive and keeps the 'fire in my belly' as the old saying goes-- to continue on when all seems futile. --Candy"
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Dog's name: Doc Wembley
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Kentucky
Diagnosed illness: Lyme Disease & Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Still undergoing treatment
Adoption status: Adopted by foster mom-2009.
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Dog's name: Grandma Katie
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Illinois
Age at rescue: 13
Adoption status: Adopted by foster mom-2009.
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Dog's name: Maggie Mae
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Indiana
Diagnosed illness: Thyroid cancer
Prognosis: Hospice care
Adoption status: Sadly Maggie died in foster care-2009.
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Dog's name: Lacey
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Ohio
Prognosis: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, cataract issue in one eye.
Adoption status: Adopted by foster mom-2009.
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Dog's name: Abbey Lane
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Good
Adoption status: Adopted by foster mom-2009.
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Dog's name: Ladybird
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Kentucky
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease, Ehrlichia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Treatment is ongoing
Adoption status: Adopted by foster family-2009.
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Dog's name: Elizabeth
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Kentucky
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Progosis: Lizzy is having seizures that are being monitored. We suspect they are related to her RMSF.
Adoption status: Adopted by foster mom-2009.
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Dog's name: GiGi
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Mammary Cancer and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: We are hopeful.
Adoption status: Adopted by foster family-2009.
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Dog's name: Cameron
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease, kidney issues
Prognosis: Had a very rough heartworm treatment.
Adoption status: Adopted- 2009, died in early 2010.
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Dog's name: Lucy
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Michigan
Diagnosed illness: Mammary cancer
Prognosis: We are hopeful Lucy has a long life
Adoption status: Adopted 2008--Canada
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Dog's name: Sara Lee
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Indiana
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease & RMSF, mast cell tumor on rear leg
Prognosis: Good
Adoption status: Adopted by foster mom-2009.
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Dog's name: Georgia
Breed: English Pointer/GSP
State of origin: Georgia
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Adopted by foster family- 2009.
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Dog's name: Sir Wallingford
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Tennessee
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease, chronic Ehrlichiosis
Adoption status: Adopted posthumously by IBR President.
He is buried near my home under a lilac bush.
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Dog's name: Reba
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Georgia
Diagnosed illness: Mammary cancer
Prognosis: Reba lived 18 months after her surgery.
Adoption status: Adopted- deceased 2009
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Dog's name: Mack
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Pennsylvania
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease 2009
Adoption status: Adopted- 2008
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Dog's name: Jordan
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Indiana
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease, Lyme disease
Prognosis: After a grueling heartworm treatment, Jordan recovered nicely
Adoption status: Adopted 2008
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Dog's name: Henry
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Illinois
Adoption status: Adopted 2008- Canada
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Dog's name: Doc Holliday
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Good
Adoption status: Adopted- 2008
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Dog's name: Sammy Anne
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Good
Adoption status: Adopted by foster mom-2008.
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Dog's name: Milton
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Ohio
Adoption status: Adopted 2008
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Dog's name: Joe Elliot
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease, Ehrlichia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Prognosis: Excellent
Adoption status: Adopted 2008
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Dog's name: Arthur
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Indiana
Diagnosed illness: Chronic Bronchitis
Prognosis: Medication needed.
Adoption status: Adopted- 2007
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Dog's name: Gizmo
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Indiana
Adoption status: Adopted by foster mom- 2007.
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Dog's name: Sir Elton
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Ohio
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease with complications
Adoption status: Elton was let go in 2009 after he started to have seizures. God Speed!!!
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Dog's name: General Lee
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Ohio
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Adopted
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Dog's name: Cali Lily
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Kansas
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Adopted
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Dog's name: Bosco
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Mast Cell Tumor
Adoption status: Adopted by foster family.
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Dog's name: Dorothy
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Michigan
Diagnosed illness: Mammary cancer
Adoption status: Deceased
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Dog's name: Willow
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Ohio
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Adopted/ deceased due to renal failure. Willow most likely had an undiagnosed tick borne illness.
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Dog's name: Mabel
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Indiana
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Adopted.
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Dog's name: Skippy
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Missouri
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Spleen cancer
Adoption status: Was put to sleep. Adopted posthumously by foster family.
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Dog's name: Case
Breed: Beagle
State of origin: Kentucky
Diagnosed illness: Heartworm disease
Adoption status: Adopted in 2007
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Dog's name: Lady Dianah
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Indiana
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Adopted in 2007
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Dog's name: Rosie
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Tennessee
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Adoption status: Adopted/ Canada-now deceased.
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Dog's name: Gideon Tate
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Indiana
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Adopted in 2006, died shortly after.
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Dog's name: Summer
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Illinois
Diagnosed illness: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Adoption status: Adopted in 2008
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Dog's name: Nina
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Indiana
Diagnosed illness: Shattered rear leg
Adoption status: Adopted in 2008
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Dog's name: Mr. Darcy
Breed: English Setter
State of origin: Kentucky
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Developed cancer and was let go in foster care.
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Dog's name: Doreen Hobbit
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Arkansas
Diagnosed illness: Spleen cancer
Adoption status: She was put to sleep and adopted posthumously by her foster family.
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Dog's name: Agnes Hobbit
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Arkansas
Diagnosed illness: Pyometra (uterin infection)
Adoption status: Adopted in 2006
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Dog's name: Ozzie/Molly Hobbit
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Arkansas
Diagnosed illness: Unknown
Adoption status: Deceased in foster care.
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Dog's name: Serafina Ballerina Hobbit
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Arkansas
Diagnosed illness: NEGLECT!!! and Ehrlchia and RMSF 2010
Adoption status: Loved and ADORED 8 blocks away from my home. I wouldn't let the foster home adopt her out--LOL!!!
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Dog's name: Laser
Breed: English Pointer
State of origin: Michigan
Diagnosed illness: Lyme disease in 2010.
Adoption status: Adopted by foster family in 2006.
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