Cleveland, OH
We have gone The Extra Mile for a dog we took in last April and have been caring for her ever since. We never anticipated having her in our program as long as we have nor did we anticipate some of the obstacles along the way but we are proud of our work and we respect the dog.
Blossom has had some hurdles to jump over along the way during her time with us. Being an older dog her tolerance for socializing in a pack was not high on her priority list of things to do or honestly something she enjoyed when she was exposed to a group of dogs. Blossom has a distinct disliking to cats and a strong drive toward outdoor critters (many, many, many skunk baths for Blossom over this last year). The one constant bright spot in Blossom’s life has been her dedicated and committed foster dad Doug. He started fostering for us two years ago and has been a constant and committed foster provided since starting his relationship with us. When we needed a no-dog and low activity foster home we reached out to Doug, one of our constant and committed foster providers, and he stepped up and she’s never left his home.
Aside from being an older dog and arriving to us shortly after having a tumor removed by the shelter where she was previously cared for she has been seemingly healthy. This winter Doug discovered a new lump on her undercarriage and we had it biopsied at Gateway Animal Clinic. We received the results in February the tumor was cancerous. Given this health news and knowing this is one more hurdle for Blossom to jump we reconvened with Doug as a team with Dr. Liz and Emily from Gateway along side Becca and Leah and collectively agreed the likelihood of Blossom getting adopted with her other social and medical issues is an extremely low probability. We opted to have the tumor removed to give her the best change of longevity and on April 5th she had surgery and has since recovered.
Lucky for us and more so lucky for Blossom her best friend Doug has agreed to keep Blossom comfortable as he has offered her a “forever foster home” at his residence in Lakewood Ohio. Blossom is very comfortable there and has enjoyed her time sun bathing in the driveway and greeting skunks when they visit.
This Saturday, May 5th starting at 11 AM our neighboring business The Everarbor Company located next door to The Mutt Hutt (this is where we operate out of ) is hosting a Spring Equinox Festival. Thanks to Butcher & the Brewer (sister organization to our neighbors at the Tremont Taphouse) we will be pouring ‘Brews for Blossom’ until the kegs are tapped to raise the funds we have spent on her medical care and recovery.
Blossom will be making an appearance around 11 AM followed by a menagerie of our other available Secondhand Mutts and available puppies looking for homes. Come meet-our-mutts from 12-3 PM at 2603 Scranton Road in Cleveland. Parking is available on the street or adjacent streets nearby.
Thank you so very much for supporting our cause, our mission and our ability to help dogs that need our help through The Extra Mile fund. We hope to see you Saturday!
Congratulations Blossom – you’ve got a great home!
