Dog Ranch Rescue

Pill Bug

Adoption Pending
Adopted!
New Name:
Age: Puppy
Sex: Female
Breed: French Bulldog
Weight: 9 pounds
Current Location:
Adoption Date:
Adopted by: Millie and Buzz
Latest Update:

 

Happy Anniversary to my husband.. 37 years!
From the moment Pill Bug came into our home, Buzz was totally in love with her. He even went to Laura, without saying anything to me, to tell her we wanted her.
Me: No
Buzz: But she’s so cute
Me: She, even after all this time, is not even close to being house trained.
Buzz: But she’s so cute and I love her.
Me: She’s too young and just plain wild, and LOUD (very high pitched voice that she uses a lot) plus she doesn’t snuggle with me. Always moving. Always going.
Buzz: But she’s so cute..he got everyone in the family on his side (Team Buzz)
Me: My quiet mornings will be gone… I’m the only one on Team Millie.
Buzz: But she’s so darn cute! She’s the perfect size for us. She loves us. Even the dogs have joined Team Buzz.
Me: True.. The dogs all love her.. play with her, snuggle with her and put up with her antics.. I think
I’m losing this battle…..
Buzz: Have you talked to Laura yet???
Me: No….
Buzz:😢
Pill Bug brightens our days when things have been dark. She makes us all laugh even while picking up the 5th or 6th poop of the day. (She absolutely will not poop outside.) (Occasional pees outside but not many) She might need more testing in the future and might never be house trained but she has a home with us.
Team Buzz wins!
Ps .. she might not actually snuggle with me when I’m holding her but she does have to be touching me when sleeping on the couch or in the bed…
I love her… Guess Team Millie wins too!
We’re keeping the name Pill Bug.. my mom always used to call me “Pill” …. Might say I was a handful too…
Yea, Team Buzz!!! Yea, Team Pill Bug!!!

 

About Pill Bug:
A peculiar story that we are still trying to figure out. Last night someone from Blue Pearl a vet hospital we use sometimes called us to tell us a Good Samaritan picked up this Frenchie off the street that is emaciated and dehydrated. They were looking for a rescue to take her so that she wouldn’t have to be sent to a shelter. Ricky and Terrie went and picked her up and we had them drive her to our ER that we use regularly to hospitalize her and see what might be going on with her.
She’s having trouble staying warm, she’s skin and bones and she just looks like she feels terrible. Obviously the hospital is where she needs to be and we thank Ricky and Terrie for running to get her quickly. I will update when we know more about her condition.

For now we just call her little Pill Bug.

UPDATE 10/3/2022
Let me send you Millie’s update about Pill Bug but first can you see her magic sauce?
“Pill Bug…..
What can I say about this little bit of a girl. What a personality she has! She goes full speed pretty much all day until she just crashes. She eats 3 times a day and is up to almost 10 lbs now at about 8 mos old. She makes us laugh all the time with her antics. Pill Bug gets a long with all the dogs and has just merged herself into our daily life. She loves to play with toys and really wants to play with the other dogs. We’ve started taking short walks around the driveway and she loves it and even has me running a little.
We went back to the vet the other day because she pees a lot and I mean a lot! Her UTI test came back negative but there were some signs of bacteria so she’s been started on antibiotics while we do a few more test. Add to that she really has no clue about going potty outside .. I don’t think she ever had that opportunity before. We are working on it but it’s a slow process. We go out a lot .. first thing in the morning early and again last thing at night plus many times during the day. She’s actually made it a few times outside and I’ve given her lots of praise. Otherwise paper towels , Natures Miracle and a bag are close by at all times. She’s in a large crate at night that has pee pads on one end that she’ll use during the night.

I’ve added a couple videos here so you get an idea of her personality and a photo dump of pictures. The pictures don’t do her justice because she looks bigger in them then she is. She is so tiny!”

UPDATE 9/16/2022
She is just too cute, Millie said she is doing well, eating well and getting a little personality now that she is feeling better.
She looks like she is made with a little bit of magic sauce..

Pill Bug🥰

UPDATE 9/10/2022
Millie sending us an update on little Pill Bug:
Little Pill Bug …..
All I can say is OMG !
Her pictures don’t show how really small she is.. just tiny. She’s settling in well and already knows I’m her food momma!
It just breaks my heart what she must have gone through.. her little feet/pads have sores on them and the nails are discolored from urine and feces. She’s older than we originally thought… maybe a year or two. That’s still to be determined. She’s got a mouth full of teeth with some tarter build up.
Pill Bug is gaining weight.. she’s now at 7.8 lbs from the 6.4 when I got her and is starting to have a little stomach on her. I was feeding her 4 times a day but i’ve gone down to 3 times a day starting today.
Her medicine seems to have gotten the worms under control (which I look for each time) but also makes her poop more. She sleeps quietly all night in her crate.. one side has pee pads down and she’ll get up during the night and use them. During the day she’s been out in her pen area.
She’s feeling better and starting to play with some of the toys.. I find them all around her area .. in and out of her crate so I know she’s playing. She gives lots of kisses and loves to snuggle! (She can be a wiggle butt especially if you want to get a picture so I’ve just done a photo dump of some I’ve gotten.)
Pill Bug does have an issue with her left eye and is getting medicine for that 3 times a day. She’s really good about letting me put it in.

I wonder every day how this sweet little bitty girl could have found herself on the side of the road. Unthinkable!!

UPDATE 9/6/2022

Dr Rolfe took over on Pill Bug today he ran some bile acid tests to see if her liver is functioning normally. He said she has worms crawling out of her butt so clearly she’s infested with them. I had Millie snap me a photo of her teeth because her age continues to be a question. Clearly she doesn’t have any puppy teeth the pic is a little blurry but these teeth are adult teeth. Dr Rolfe puts her as a young adult, dogs get all of their adult teeth around 6 to 8 months old. Pill Bug weighs a giant whopping 6 pounds so you can see why there is confusion. 8 month old Frenchies don’t weigh 6 pounds but this one does. I’ve still got questions about where she came from, she’s been neglected for a long time and would have died if it continued much longer. She is in the hands of Millie now and that’s just about the best place she could land to recover.

UPDATE 9/4/2022
I asked Dr. Murray to please send us photos of Pill Bug’s body condition so we could understand how bad it is. I’m trying to wrap my head around how a little Frenchie ends up on the street, emaciated and sick. She wouldn’t have lasted long out there being dehydrated in the heat outside..
Good grief, what in the world…

The good news is Dr. Murray said her bloodwork continues to improve with supportive care, she eats everything in sight and the entire staff is in love with this little baby girl…

UPDATE 9/3/2022
Little Pill bug is now in the care of Dr. Murray at the ER she said she’s doing much better. We needed to give her a blood transfusion and we may need to give her some plasma too, her albumin is low and they will be monitoring that. We are suspicious of a liver shunt but with the holiday we cannot get a test on her ammonia levels with Idexx until Tuesday. this little girl will remain in the hospital until we figure things out diagnostically.
Dr. Murry is happy that she is eating and drinking well and looking much better than she did when she came in. They are estimating that she is about 3 months old and she was scanned for a microchip but none was found.

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