Nala
Available for Adoption Soon
Age: Adult
Breed: French Bulldog
Sex: Female
Weight: 30 pounds
Kids: Yes
Cats: Not Tested
Dogs: Good
Fenced Yard:
Location: Anna, Texas
Special Needs:
About Nala:
Age: Adult
Breed: French Bulldog
Sex: Female
Weight: 30 pounds
Kids: Yes
Cats: Not Tested
Dogs: Good
Fenced Yard:
Location: Anna, Texas
Special Needs:
About Nala:
This girl was born in 2015 and had a family that cannot afford any medical care for her and she needs medical care. She’s got skin issues, we are told she licks her feet constantly and as you can see her ear is in terrible shape and they were told she needed a TECA but that costs several thousand dollars and they just don’t have it. She lived with children and is a good girl but the family had to move in with other family and we simply cannot judge people for what life has thrown at them. Life is a struggle for all of us right now and some are having a much harder time than others.
Our job is to help the dog, get her healthy and find her a new family who can afford to care for her.
Welcome to Dog Ranch Rescue Nala
UPDATE 7/30/222
This is a topic that I don’t think we’ve discussed before, but Nala is a good example of the problem. When she first came in the volunteers referred to her a “shadow chaser” she would constantly focus on shadows in the yard.
They sent me a video this morning when I could see the extent of the issue.
The subject is obsession and the dangers of it. Lots of people have dogs who they play with a laser pointer with and think the dog is having fun. The problem can exist with some dogs with balls or sticks or squeaky toys.
Some dogs obsess and in that obsession basically go “red” and what that means is they have lost the outside world and don’t hear or see anything else going on. You’ve heard of dogs going red with aggression but this is the same outcome only it’s with obsession. They get so fixated on what they are obsessed with and they just can’t stop.
When Nala is in the yard she becomes lost. She can’t hear you. She doesn’t see you. She can only focus on her obsession which is shadows in the yard. We have clients dogs that do this with sticks and I had a Schnauzer that did the same thing with a squeaky toy, I never let her have them.
It’s a very unhealthy thing to allow your dog to do. Nala has her biggest issue in the yard with arrival turf, so she’s being removed from that yard.
She is now going for walks during the day and she can potty that way and enjoy the outside. Her obsession doesn’t happen very much inside and the goal is to stop any obsession as soon as it’s seen by picking her up and changing the subject.
I’m convinced her previous owners played with a laser pointer with her which has created this level of obsession.
UPDATE 7/25/2022
Nala was an owner surrender with this bad ear with masses in it and an infection that won’t clear. She will be having a TECA early next month which will relieve the suffering she’s endured for years. She’s an older girl who gets along well at the sanctuary, however she doesn’t have a home waiting for her.
UPDATE 6/30/2022
This is Nala, she is one of the many owner surrenders that we have taken in in the last few weeks. Nala has a terribly infected ear that doesn’t respond to treatment. Her owners surrendered her for this reason, and we gave it our best shot to see if the ear would respond without surgery but sadly it has not.
Nala will need a TECA. I am including the link to explain to people who don’t know what that means.
Nala has suffered with this painful ear for a very long time and this is the only thing that will cure this for her. Unfortunately it is an expensive surgery, but it has to be done.