Molly

Adopted!

New Name:
Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Breed: Dogue de Bordeaux
Weight: 105 pounds
Current Location: Dennison, TX
Adoption Date: September 19, 2022
Adopted by: Bill Roush and Ann Swain
Latest Update:

Molly has gone to live with Bill Roush and Ann Swain of Dennison Texas. They recently lost their lab boxer mix and the house was just too quiet. They loved Molly’s gentle spirit as well as her big head and ginormous paws. They may need to get a bigger dog bed but they have lots of couches and chairs she can snuggle in. She will forever be Molly and they will share her with us on the Happy Tails page. Happy life sweet girl!

About Molly:

We were asked if we could take this big girl in, her owner had lost his home and she was stuck living outside only at a friend’s house. In this heat that is deadly for a Dogue De Bordeaux. Conflicting information about her was provided, another rescue stated she loved little dogs, the owner who surrendered her said she is not good with little dogs. Fine with big ones, not little ones.

Okay welcome to rescue where you just figure it out on your own. She is a big girl, 6 years old and Travis went over and gave her a scrub and began evaluating her with little dogs. She’s interested, but apprehensive too. We didn’t see anything dangerous at this point, but assessments will continue in a controlled setting. She is at the sanctuary, she thanks Mr. Ricky Barnes for scooping her up and getting her out of that yard.

We will offer more info on her going forward.

Welcome to dog Ranch Rescue Molly

UPDATE 9/6/2022

We are moving Molly back to the sanctuary. She’s very sad at the ranch being isolated. She cannot be with small dogs and we have no choice at the ranch to keep her separate. She’s going back to the sanctuary where she will be able to have lots more one on one time with people and larger dogs. Molly just wants someone to hold her on your lap. She doesn’t care how big she is and at the sanctuary she gets lots of lap time.

UPDATE 9/2/2022

She will be the most difficult Bordeaux for us to place, she’s got multiple strikes going against her but we will keep trying anyway. Molly lost her owner and her home. She came to us and very quickly bloated and was rushed to surgery where we had little chance of her surviving, but survive she did.

Molly has been spayed and her stomach tacked, she still needs heartworm treatment and she’s an older girl which is her first strike her second strike is she can’t live with small dogs. She is a good girl with larger dogs but no small and no cats.

Molly is very docile and sensitive and corrects very easily, she insists that she is a lap dog and will get in any lap you offer, and let me tell you she is not lap dog size. Molly is a big girl and will squish you up real good but she loves it…

UPDATE 8/30/2022

Big Molly girl is hanging out at the ranch waiting for someone to apply for her. Molly cannot live with small dogs or cats. She can live with big dogs but because the ranch has both small and large she’s got to be kept by herself. We never like that but we have to keep everyone safe. Molly is feeling great after surviving her scare with bloat and her surgery and she loves being outside and rolling in the grass but we really need to get her shared to find her a home of her own.

UPDATE 8/26/2022

Molly is a great big sweet girl who wants to be a lap dog. Molly cannot live with small dogs, big dogs are perfectly fine, but we will not place her in a home with any small dog or cat either.

We are happy she is even alive after nearly dying from bloat, she is doing well, was spayed at the same time as that surgery. Unfortunately, it feels like every dog in our rescue is heartworm positive and yes Molly is too, her treatment will be coming up soon while we look for a family for her.

UPDATE 8/7/2022

Molly has checked out of the hospital. We honestly didn’t think she would make it, her prognosis was grave but the volunteers acted very quickly and she was rushed to the ER with just minutes to spare. She is headed back to the sanctuary this morning where she will eat small wet meals and leash walk only to potty and then right back to bed.

UPDATE 8/6/2022

We had to wait quite a while for an update but the news was good. Molly is doing well and resting comfortably. She’s survived bloat and the surgery to correct it and they have moved her over to oral meds and they think she can go home tomorrow. This was a very close call to be able to save her life. Bloat can come on so fast and they will be dead in no time. Fortunately it looks as though fast action by volunteers knowing what they were looking at saved her life.

UPDATE 8/5/2022

I haven’t had an update this morning on Molly so all I can tell you is as of last night around 11:00 pm she made it through surgery. They had to remove her spleen and they spayed her while they were in there watching and waiting to see if her intestines would pink up.

Half of her stomach was compromised and her intestines were full of air which can damage them with lack of motility. Her red blood cell count is low and they are worried about her blood pressure. She is nowhere near out of the woods so we just wait at this point.

UPDATE 8/4/2022

A couple of hours ago Molly began wretching and only getting up a small amount of foam. Her belly distended and big and Travis raced down there and was 95% sure she’s bloating. We got her in Cassandra’s car and have rushed her to the ER. The doctors aren’t hopeful. She’s in shock and in tachycardia. They have been told if she codes in her condition that we will peacefully let her go and they agreed that was best. She will need lots of thoughts and prayers that we can help her survive this.

I’ll update tomorrow on what we have learned.

UPDATE 7/30/2022

I’ve shared with you before that big Molly girl is a lapdog. Never mind her size, Jennah says she’s so gentle about it too, very meticulous about where her paws are and only goes up there if you call her up. Such a sweet girl.

Molly is one of many Bordeaux’s in our rescue with no home.

UPDATE 7/10/2022

Molly is a great big happy girl who would like to sit in your lap and play with any and all toys you have but…. She is not going to be able to live with small dogs.

She lived with another Bordeaux and we are told she’s good with big dogs but we haven’t assessed that yet, so we aren’t vouching for that yet either.

One step at a time….

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