Joey has a Forever Home!!

JOEY

Joey is a male Wheatable.
His est. DOB is 11/10

Joey is very small and weighs about 15
lbs right now but is underweight

We know very little about Joey at this
time other than he was hit by a car and
then taken, injured, to an animal shelter.
His owner was contacted and said they
would come and get him but never did.

We were alerted about him by a Rescue
supporter on Facebook and as soon as
we saw the pictures of this injured boy
sitting in a cage we knew we had to help
him.

It took a lot of jumping through hoops
but he is now safely in Rescue and will
be getting the veterinary care he
desperately needs. We have found out
troubling information that he was hit by
the car way back on Oct. 31 and has a
tooth hanging, road rash you can see in
these pictures and also a gash in his leg
that goes down to the bone and may be
broken as well. Poor guy is
understandably a little growly and snippy
as we are sure he is in a lot of pain.

Nov. 19th Update

We got him in to the vet today. He will be
undergoing surgery either this
afternoon or in the morning. The easy
parts are that he has a tooth that needs
to be removed and he needs to be
neutered. The hard part comes with his
rear leg. The injury is to the hock and
they really cannot tell by x-ray if it is
broken or dislocated. They are going to
have to go in and look. A decision will be
made by the vet when they are in there
whether or not the hock will heal. If they
feel it is not something that can heal
they will amputate his back leg. I can't
imagine the pain this little guy went
through in the shelter for the last 18
days but we are getting him fixed up. A
huge thank you to those of you who
have already become Angels to Joey -
he needs them!

Nov. 20th Update

Good news for Joey today. Although the
joint was dislocated and the tendon torn
they were able to stabilize the joint
using pins and we believe Joey will not
lose his leg. He goes back to the vet in 2
weeks to get the stitches out and have
the splint replaced and in 4-5 weeks he
will have to have the pins removed. He
still has a long road to healthiness but
luckily he has a great foster mom
committed to seeing him through. The
tooth removal and neutering went off
without a hitch as well.

Dec. 1st Update from Foster mom:

Joey is doing really well. We are trying to
keep him from jumping onto beds, but
we keep finding that he doesn't want to
be held down! He is as smart as a whip,
and very protective of the household!

Dec. 5th Update

Joey got a glowing bill of health with the
vet today! They removed his sutures and
checked his hock and changed the
wrap. He's healing so well that the vet
said we'll look at it again in two weeks
instead of four!

Jan. 24 Update

Just back from the vet with Joey. They
took new X-rays to make certain all is
well. There is a good build-up of
repaired bone in the hock now. NO
MORE CASTS! Now we just have to
re-build the flexibility in the affected
joints and muscle. He will probably not
regain motion in the hock, but it's
strength will be enough so that it won't
(has not) stopped his activity. Also, the
road burn is always going to be a battle
scar, but since his hair is on the longer
side, it won't be very noticeable. Two
weeks of home PT until the next vet's
visit

Joey is neutered and up to date on
shots. He is located in Hazel Crest, IL

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