The status of Kizzy - SPECIAL NEEDS FOSTER OR FOREVER FOSTER ME! was
last posted on 12/13/24 by
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Female Dog, Boxer
Boxer
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8/15/24 UPDATE....We continue to work on figuring out Kizzy's potty accident problem. It seems to be more prevalent when foster mom is at work, so possibly a little bit stress related. Kizzy just vistied the vet again yesterday and we did a full bloodpanel including urinalysis and thyroid tested and will go from there on what is next. In the meantime, she is still the sweetest most loving girl and loves it when foster mom is home to take her for walks or just have some girls time :) 8/23/24 UPDATE....Kizzy is being treated for a urinary tract infection. Her bloodwork looks really good and everything else seems to check out OK. We are leaning towards stress/anxiety as the major cause of her potty issues. Kizzy would likely thrive and have way less issue with potty accidents with a family where someone is home all or a lot of the time. 9/20/24 UPDATE...This girl just continues to puzzle us. She is doing well on her daily medication but has potty issues while foster mom is at work. After sooooo much testing and soooo many vet visits, we are leaning towards the problem being mostly behavioral. We believe that is is part of her separation anxiety when left home alone while foster mom is at work. She was doing much better then foster mom changed jobs so the routine changed and we are back at square one. We truly believe that Kizzy would do just fine in a home where someone was home about 90% of the tiime. It is *possible* that she could live with an older/calm dog, but she would likely do best in a home with no other dogs. She would still need to be on the daily dose of Incurin, which is an inexpensive medication. 12/13/24 UPDATE: WE HAVE AN EXCITING UPDATE.....Kizzy spent some time at board & train while her current foster mom was out ot town over a long weekend and Kizzy did GREAT with the big older male dogs there! She hung around with them and ran in the yard like a puppy!! She was also around two young girls and did amazing, so we have updated her information to good with kids and we are also confident that she would be just fine in a home with an older, calmer, large male dog. She is an absolute rockstar on car rides and loves to go for walks. Do we have any homes out there who would be open to a quirky girl who requires daily medication and LOTS of time with her person or people?
