Maylee #4163

10.31.2024: Maylee has been in foster care for over two weeks and is settling in beautifully in her foster home.  She was seen by a neurology specialist, and her seizure medication was increased a bit;  Maylee’s fosters are happy to report that she has been seizure free and seems to be feeling better.  Maylee is such a sweet girl and while she gets along fine with the resident dogs, she seems to be more of a people dog.  She can not get enough pats, and she’s apt to roll on her back for a belly rub!  Maylee is enjoying her new routine and looks forward to two good walks a day (she had a few pounds to lose and is looking trimmer already!).  Maylee is perhaps the best foster dog her foster family has ever seen in terms of her leash skills.  She does not pull one bit, and is pretty content to go whatever speed her person is walking.  She greets people and dogs politely and she doesn’t even pull when she sees wildlife.  Lastly, this girl hasn’t barked once!

November 15, 2024: Maylee continues to do well in foster care. She didn’t feel great after getting her vaccines updated last week, but after two days, she was back to her happy self and got her appetite back. Speaking of appetite, her fosters started to notice an increase in licking and chewing of paws and privates after meals, so they’ve got Maylee on a limited ingredient diet (more similar to what she was on when surrendered but with better ingredients) to try and simplify her diet and see if the itchiness goes away. Luckily, she seems to like the new food- and she LOVES her duck jerky chews. Gone are the days of her being picky about her food, but that’s perhaps because she is getting good exercise every day and working up an appetite. She’s very happy to see the leash come out and she definitely knows what “Do you what do go for a walk?” means.

Maylee loves balls but she hasn’t really figured out that she needs to bring the ball back to continue the game. But she loves when you throw it; she does the cutest thing of looking way up (too high!) to see which direction the ball is going to go.

The best news is that Maylee has gone for over 4 weeks without having a seizure! Yay Maylee! While we’d love to never see her have another one again, the neurologist said it’s more realistic to hope that they don’t happen any more frequently than every few months. So we’re hoping to keep this trend up and see if we can get to at least two months without an incident.

The good news is that her fosters are enjoying her and will keep on loving on her until it’s time for her to find and go to her furever home.

Stay tuned for updates!