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July 15 2008
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Zara is a beautiful 100lb, 15 year old, spayed red female Malamute who has been in long term foster care for over three years. She is a special needs girl who is available for adoption to that special person who can give her the forever home she has been waiting so long for.
Zara has a variety of senior issues including being blind (since April 2008) worn old hips & teeth, lumps, skin tags, heart murmur and is on a daily inexpensive thyroid pill for the rest of her life. Don’t let any of that old age stuff fool you says her foster home; she is still a real fun firecracker!
Medical History: In 2011 Zara came down with an apparently contagious lung infection and was put on medication. Her foster home reported in March 2011:
"The vet still thinks that part of her lungs are "quiet" which I guess is bad, however it seems to finally be breaking up. Last week she went out for her first real walk in a few months and really, really enjoyed it. She seemed to be doing ok after wards too which is great. Zara seems to be in good spirits. I spent the evening cooking food for her and she quite happily defended the kitchen against anyone coming in to get her meat. She's such a total tyrant!"
In 2009 Zara had all of her teeth fixed and received an overall great health check. In 2010 Zara again had surgeries to fix (and then repair) her injured jaw when she was attacked by a neighbour's dog under the fence. Zara's foster home reports the following about this pretty fire cracker:
"Zara – she is one amazing girl. So confident, and so sweet. She is also so unbelievable smooshable!! Poor thing, I am forever mauling her. She is happy and confident and really, really sweet. Great with the cats too. She is so brave it blows me away. She loves being outside and just plunges ahead. She is very confident with her blindness and is into everything. Nothing really slows her down and if you didn't know, you would never guess that she was blind.
To my mind, she deserves a home with a very weak, low level boy that she can totally boss around. I think it is quite important that she has another dog in the house with her. She likes them (after she warms up to them and ensures that there is going to be no jumping on her). Mainly important though because she follows their sounds so she knows where she is going. Almost like echolocation. They seem to make her much more confident.
She adores being talked too, and being scratched. She also loves going through the toy box and I get up in the mornings to mountains of toys spread everywhere. She is silly, affectionate, good with kids and cats. She is also very smart, curious and outgoing. You wouldn't know she's blind the way she moves around.
She is happy as a clam in the car and could easily do a drive East. In terms of rehoming, she does adapt unbelievably quickly."
Zara's favorites: People, sleeping beside your bed or at your feet, toy stuffies, swimming, romping and playing fetch, going for walks and drives and of course tasty treats!
If you have room in your heart for this lovely special needs girl, please complete an application to adopt from the AMHL at:
http://www.malamuterescue.com/rescuedb/app/adoptapp.php
Potential applicants with questions about Zara, can contact Diana at: dianamac@SHAW.CA
AMHL members can contact AMHL Rescue directly at: BC@Malamuterescue.com
lease exercise caution in introducing a dog to new situations until the dog has become fully adjusted to its new environment, and the adopter has had an opportunity to become familiar with the dog's unique personality. All contractual obligations concerning this dog will be between the shelter and the adopter.
Given that it is impossible to predict with complete accuracy how any dog will react in a given situation, without completeknowledge of its life experiences, the AMHL urges the adopter to exercise caution in introducing the dog tonew situations until the dog has become fully adjusted to its new environment and the adopter has had an opportunity to become familiar with the dog's unique personality.