Zeke
Adopted!
New Name:
Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Breed: Bullmastiff
Weight:
Current Location: Waxahachie, TX
Adoption Date: November 9, 2020
Adopted by: Julie Spriegel
Latest Update:
About Zeke:
Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Breed: Bullmastiff
Weight:
Current Location: Waxahachie, TX
Adoption Date: November 9, 2020
Adopted by: Julie Spriegel
Latest Update:
Well sometimes things work out in spite of the difficulties we face. Zeke was an owner surrender, emaciated, with a sock in his belly. We were told he was good with dogs….which turned out to be untrue.
We had to keep him isolated because he was unsafe with other dogs which is always a challenge for us at the Ranch. I hadn’t even posted that we would need to find an only dog home when Laura found an application that might just be exactly what he needed.
Julie Spriegel from Waxahachie, TX. came to meet Zeke yesterday and fell in love with him. Their last Mastiff lived to be 14 years old. They have been looking for a dog to adopt for 2 years. Zeke will be the only dog in the home. Her husband travels a lot for work and Julie wanted a companion to keep her company and Julie works from home.
A perfect home for a difficult placement.
We are thrilled for all of them.
Happy life Zeke…
We were contacted this morning by Debbie Nash from Bullmastiff rescue to see if we could help with this boy. He’s an owner surrender who is struggling to take care of him with Covid hurting his income. They think he has a blockage and he was in Houston but they had no ability to care for him anymore financially. All I know right now is he is supposed to be a good boy with other dogs and kids and hasn’t eaten in two weeks. They are suspecting perhaps a blockage or even a metabolic issue, but whatever is going on it needs to be addressed asap.
We reached out to Mary Jones and she hopped in her car and met the owner over at Blue Pearl down there to check him into the ER to start taking care of him. The owner has a good heart and loved his boy but knew that he could no longer care for him. We are happy to help and appreciate him reaching out for help.
Welcome to Dog Ranch Rescue Zeke, lets see what we can do…
UPDATE 11/4/2020
Zeke was examined by the ER team at Blue Pearl in Houston, lots of tests were run, some x-rays and ultrasounds and they felt pretty sure that Zeke had something fabric in his stomach. It hadn’t moved any further so they went after it with a scope instead of surgery and they did grab it and pulled it out. It was a very large sock.
He was picked up by foster mom Mary and we could then see just how thin this boy is, he appears to be in pretty bad shape and has been for quite a while, and he is a very hungry dog. Unfortunately he displayed some food aggression at Mary’s house with her Bordeaux in the kitchen and we are hoping it is food aggression due to his condition, and his state of mind about being starved. It’s not the least bit uncommon for dogs in this condition.
He has been transported to the Ranch and now has the lounge to himself to relax and decompress and have himself 4 meals a day where he can start to feel better about making sure that food will never be an issue again for him.
In a few days we will begin introducing him to other dogs and see who he is, we were told he was good with dogs and children but sadly we cannot rely on what people say and instead have to figure it out ourselves. He is a sweet boy with us and right now needs time to rest physically and mentally and that is what we will give him…
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