Maylee #4163
Great things about Maylee:
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- Sweetest and calmest temperament
- House trained and trustworthy in home
- Fully vaccinated and spayed
- Walks beautifully on a leash
- Greets new people and dog calmly and politely
- Good with other dogs, cats and kids
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What Maylee needs to thrive:
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- Patient, loving adopters who aren’t phased by her medical issue. Her meds have been adjusted, and we hope she won’t have another seizure for a good long while, but the reality is that it’s an unknown. But dogs live long full lives with managed seizures. It’s very important to give her daily meds on time.
- A family that is home with her more than not, or that could take her to work. She loves to be with her people more than anything.
- A family dynamic that is generally on the calmer side. As such she’d probably do best in an older kid or kid-free home.
- A family that enjoys taking walks with their dogs. She looks forward to them and gets excited when she sees the leash come out.
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February 15, 2025: Maylee is doing much better and has just adjusted to her new medication levels. Walks are still a bit shorter than before, but she’s working her way up to longer distances. She also is managing stairs just fine. Maylee recently had another blood test and everything looks good, so there is no need to adjust her medications. Even though her fosters are getting awfully attached to her (her challenges have only strengthened the bond), they think it’s time to make her available. She’ll be looking for just the right home, and while her seizures aren’t fun for anyone, they don’t define her, and she deserves the best life, and has so much to offer. Stay tuned for more information when she is posted as available.
Video: Maylee rocking the stairs
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January 26, 2025: This is a post that I hoped I wouldn’t have to write. After not having seizures for 13 weeks, sweet Maylee did have an episode of cluster seizures last week, and after having one too many in a 24-hour period, ended up in the emergency room. They only kept her overnight, and since adding a medication, she is no longer having seizures, so we’re back on track. But this was an eye opener for foster mom and dad, because even though the neurologist had said that the goal had been to keep her seizure free for two months and they achieved that, she assumed Maylee had beat the seizures. Unfortunately that was not the case.
Through it all, Maylee has continued to be the sweetest girl. Even though she is still adjusting to the medication which has a sedating effect at first, her tail is always wagging when we speak to her, and not once has she had an accident, even though getting around has been tough. Foster mom is sleeping on the couch so Maylee isn’t alone or tempted by the stairs, and the last two nights they’ve been head to head on the large sectional. So sweet. Every day Maylee is getting better though, so we hope to get her back to her normal self and out walking on the trails and loving life again.
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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.
Video: Maylee getting the zoomies
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October 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 cannot 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!
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