Ruth

Arrival Date: 9/20/2020

Breed/Mix: Hound Mix

Gender: Female

Age: 2 years

Size: 51 lbs

Altered: Will be Scheduled

Location: In Foster Providers Home

Vaccinations: Up to Date

Microchipped: Yes

Personality: Sweet, happy go lucky

Dog Social: Yes

Crate Trained: Yes

House Trained: Yes

Kid Friendly: Unknown

Cat Friendly: Unknown

Intake Origin: Rescue Transfer

Adoption Fee: $200

Ruth is a gentle hound dog mix, who was found and taken to an area animal shelter that did not have the funding to provide for her. They reached out to us and our volunteer transporters hopped in the car to make the 3-hour trip to insure she will get the take care she needs.

Ruth arrived with an injured rear leg. We scheduled her for a consultation with Dr. Reeves at MedVet Cleveland West. Her leg was assessed and it was determined that surgery was necessary. Ruth had a Lateral Suture Surgery on 10/20/2020 and will recover for the next 4-6 weeks in her foster provider’s home with very limited activity. After her initial recovery period, Ruth will start 4-6 weeks of physical therapy to ensure her leg is healing properly and she regains as much mobility as possible. Ruth may always have a limp and will likely develop arthritis in her knee but will have a good quality of life following the surgery.

Ruth is receiving financial assistance from The Extra Mile fund which is funded from direct public support. On the Mend sponsorship helps pay the often extreme cost to ‘fix’ a physically broken dog. We are lucky that we don’t see too many injuries but when an injured dog is welcomed into our program, there is a serious financial dedication on our end and we go in for the long haul, without hesitation.

$25: Average cost of two rounds of pain medications
$50: Average cost of one veterinary examination and first round of pain medications
$100: Average cost we paid for laceration repairs in 2014
$150: Average cots we paid for x-rays per injured dog in 2014
$250: Average amount paid in 2014 for a first treatment for an injured dog. Includes anesthetic and pain medications, fluids, injury repair and one night of hospitalization.

By making a donation to The Extra Mile fund you’re standing with us, taking the journey with us, helping make it possible for us to continue what we do.  To support Ruth click here to make a financial contribution for her medical care.

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Typically our dogs stay in a foster home where we can learn as much about them as possible to assist with our efforts for making the best match with a new home. The adjustment period for every dog is different while they are transitioning into a foster home as well as a forever home. Our foster providers send us their foster reports and the information received is updated on our website throughout the dogs time with us.

Our Foster Provider Program is an integral part of our mission to Respect the Dog. Without fosters, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. We are always actively screening individuals and families to provide our dogs with a safe, structured, foster home to give each dog the time, love and respect they deserve while they are in search of landing their forever home. For more information click here. 

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Foster Provider Dog Report

Ruth is a real gem!!  She is truly the sweetest dog. She settled in very quickly and is thriving. She loves people and loves to be around people. She loves to put her big head in your lap and loves attention. She also loves belly rubs, and her head and chin scratched. She has been around older adults and small children and does great with both.

She listens really well. She responds to sit and down. She loves being outside.  She happily explores the backyard smelling every blade of grass and wanders around looking and listening to nature. A few deer ran through my backyard and she was fascinated. Because she is a big dog she would do best in a home with a yard. However, I believe Ruth will be happy almost anywhere. She just seems so grateful to have a home with humans that love her, take care of her and give her attention. 

Due to her injured left leg and her limp, I have only taken her on short walks AND she gets so excited when we take a walk. She looks around at everything like seeing the world for the very first time.  She does need some leash training. I am working with her but she will need additional training when she finds her forever home.

She does extremely well with my small dogs (they are under 20lbs). I am thinking with her personality she would do well with any dog but can’t say for sure how she would do with a dog her size as I have not personally observed her with any at this point.

Ruth had one accident the first day she came to my home but other than that she has been perfect with no additional accidents. It is like she knows that outside is for going potty. Every time she is let out in the backyard she goes potty.

 I have a crate for her but have not used it. Due to COVID, 99% of the time someone is at home.  When I leave they tell me she cries for a couple of minutes and then settles down. I bought a bed for her and she goes right to it. When I say lay down, she goes to her bed and lays down. She sleeps in the bed all night and does not get up until I do. 

Ruth started physical therapy in December and has been doing well. She had a minor setback after her second session but will continue to meet with the therapist for an additional 4-6 weeks.

Ruth is a great adoption option because of her personality. She is just pure sweetness and completely gentle.

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Meet-Our-Mutts

We are not open to the public. Our dogs are typically in foster homes. and therefore we ask that you not to come to our facility to meet dogs unless you have an appointment made in advance to do so.

Come to any one of our events featured on our events calendar page which are also posted on our Facebook event page. Event times and locations are subject to change.

We schedule in-store ‘Meet-Our-Mutt’ events twice a month held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. The dogs are chaperoned to the event by volunteers and we typically have the arrangements for which dogs will be on site a few days prior to the event date.

To inquire about which dogs will be at an event send our volunteer in-store events coordinator an email in advance.

Private introductions with a volunteer or the dogs foster provider are arranged after we have received an adoption application.

The Adoption Application Process

Our dogs are not placed on a first-come, first-serve basis. We carefully review the applications we receive and place our dogs in the home that best matches what is needed for each dog individually.

We are a 100% volunteer operation and ask for your patience while our volunteers process and respond to applications. 

Please research the breed or breed mix you are interested in adopting to understand the needs of the breed.

Please continue reading to understand our adoption application screening process. 

If you need additional information about your application or our adoption process please email us at adoption@secondhandmutts.org.

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If you are interested in adopting any one of our dogs please fill out our online adoption application. Applications are responded to with an auto-response message indicating your application has been received. Please check your Spam folder as our mail sometimes does not make it into inboxes due to spam filters. We are a volunteer run operation and we ask for your patience while processing and responding to applications. Please notify your references when you list them on our application and give your listed veterinarian authorization to release your current or previous animals records to our volunteers. If you have never owned a pet before please research the breed you are interested in adopting to understand the needs of the breed and list the name of the veterinarian you plan to use if you do adopt.