Clancy ( formerly Shaggy)

* Original Post....

Just one look at Shaggy (as he was called at that time) made your heart bleed, who on earth was going to adopt this dear boy - hearts saddened just looking at him. The answer to this question came fairly swiftly and suddenly when one of our dedicated dog walkers saw him, felt the pulse of that dear heart, and after consultation with her family and input from the resident canine Tess, decided that Shaggy had a new home.

Would the meeting between Shaggy and Tess go well.....yes it did .....so soon, very soon, Shaggy became Clancy and the much loved new family member of the household. Dr. John of Caledon found that Clancy had hypothyroidism and eight month's later a diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome was also made. Thank goodness Clancy was absolutely positively "home" because these medical conditions require lifetime meds for both, but this in no way daunted his new family and he has been with them now for just over 2.5 years. It seems that poor Clancy looked much worse than the first photo for a while: less hair all over, awful scabby skin, and the tail was just a stick with half a dozen white hairs on the tip.

Looking at the picture of Clancy today, and knowing the wonderful life he has had since adoption, and the love he has given and received, we are so happy that we can print this success story of a wonderful but challenged canine who has showed fortitude throughout the ordeal of abandonment, physical discomfort exacerbated by Shelter stress, Vet visits, proddings and diagnosis all now things of the past as he struts his stuff proudly on "his" rural property with his canine friend Tess.

Once again we have proved that love, companionship and the right home and family can make a canine go from "neglected" to positively blooming which we can all see as Clancy proudly posed so all can see the handsome dog he has become.

Clancy thanks his family for the wonderful years he has had with them and looks forward to many more and now his "tail" is so bushy, he feels it is time his "tale" was told.

Judith-Anne Kolu,

UCHS Volunteer

Update....

-----Original Message-----


From: Judy
Sent: October 2, 2010 2:15 PM

To: uppercredit

Subject: Remember Shaggy?


Hi Rhonda, Andrea and anyone else there long enough to remember my boy:

I just got this photo from a friend and thought you might like to compare it to his kennel shot taken 5 years ago. Much more hair, even if most of it's gray. Still the world's sweetest boy!

The problem with the size of dog photos seems to be an old one!

Judy