Adoption Status: Adopted!
Amai is a female, senior, red Shiba Inu with severe allergies.
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Hello everyone, my name is now Amai, and it means, ‘Sweet’ in Japanese. I am a senior Shiba Inu that was living in the streets of North Carolina. I was just trying to survive when a car ran me over. Surely I would have died alone on the side of the road is a good Samaritan hadn’t seen me get run over. That person took me to the shelter where I was treated by a vet and stabilized while the shelter looked for my owners. My microchip wasn’t registered, and after my stray hold, the shelter reached out to DC SIR to help me. Immediately, DC SIR worked with the shelter to find me a surgeon to repair my crushed leg. Luckily, I got the best surgeon in the area to accept me into surgery! The shelter took me to the surgery center early in the morning. When the surgeon called DC SIR to tell them I pulled through, he said that my surgery was complicated. I had an open compound fracture that required 9 pins & shaving my bones. I will need weekly vet visits to remove my cast and clean my open wounds. I am restricted in the movement for 6 weeks and have to wear a plastic bag over my cast every time my foster mom carries me out to potty. DC SIR can only walk me in a slip lead for the next 6 weeks since I can’t have any pressure near my leg but I don’t move too fast, and I don’t mind being carried either. Actually, I love to be touched. Anytime my foster family touches or holds me, I just melt into their arms. So let me tell you a bit about myself. I can hear & see well. I can move well in my cast & I enjoy going for walks. I do have a lot of fur missing from my back, butt, and legs but DC SIR knows how to clear that up with proper nutrition and overall care for my microbiome. I am grateful to everyone who felt that despite my age, my life was worth saving. I am thankful to be in a home. I am thankful to have a soft bed. I am thankful to feel a tender caress. I am thankful that I did not die in the shelter. Please consider donating to help me in my recovery and share my album to help me find my forever home when I am ready.
Location: Extended
Dogs: Yes
Cats: Yes
Kids: Yes
Weight: 20 lbs
Age: Senior
Intake Date: 6/27/19
Available Date: 9/9/19
Medical/Special Considerations: Hit by car. DC SIR covering all medical prior to adoption. Allergy dog
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