A pair of elderly patients: Part 1 Poochie
Poochie the dog is owned by a family among you dear people. He is over 60 years old, about 7 or 8" tall, and very well loved. He's had repairs before to his shoulders, and he'd been wearing a red dress for years to try to protect his skin from further wear.
His person (his original person) wanted to keep him as close to original as possible, but also wanted to stabilize and reinforce him. Here are his original diagnosis photos, sent by another family member:
I'm showing larger versions in the hopes that you can see not only his holes, but the runs where his fabric is see through.
Poochie came to the hospital last month for wound repair and supplemental stuffing... just a touch to protect him on the inside. He wasn't getting a spa, he needed to stay as original as possible. And we were keeping old repairs where possible too. Rather, the treatment for Poochie was to stitch wounds, adding fabric under his runs to take the pressure of stitches, and patches where he had holes. Just enough to stabilize him. He wasn't going on adventures with toddlers anymore, but he wanted to feel safe watching over his family. Here's Poochie all better:
He's sort of like a kintsugi vase with its visible seams, or an older person, whose wrinkles and gray hairs tell their story. Poochie earned every scar and new seam, but he's huggable and lovable specifically for those patches and seams, which are reminders of all the adventures he's had. And now, he can be hugged again and share his memories (and make new ones) with his family in Washington.
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using this post from @dino-boyo-agere , i did some alterations on an old friend of mine !! I chose this guy in particular because he's kinda similar to Tuppy ! maybe they're related .... :-0
you can't exactly see it in the picture, but theres a little heatable bag in his stomach ! i sewed two buttons for closure , but my sewing skills aren't the greatest ... <:-3
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Bernie also enjoys watching nature at the dock with me.
Please note I don't know Bernie's brand it's been a lil difficult trying to figure it out but he's very old (I got him when I was between 6-8 on vacation but my memory is quite fuzzy)
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A Muttsy aka Mutsy story
It's been a little while since I told a story about a Gund Muttsy (spellings may vary). There are a lot of them out there, each with there own story, and well loved by their person.
Here's an image of a vintage one:
Of course, by the time they get to me, the leather has worn through on their paws, or the fur has compressed, or they're balding. They're pretty thin to begin with and they get really skinny as they're hugged over the years as well.
The most recent Mutsy to visit the hospital came from New York and had an interesting balding pattern. Here are his diagnosis photos:
His footpads were surviving quite well, and he has that one inner leg that's in great shape (there's also healthy fur inside an ear) but most of him was very bald. It was important to keep as much original as possible, including the well loved eyes and nose, but to treat the balding so he could continue to go on adventures with his 8 year old human. There were concerns that he'd be too different (they didn't want him to look new) so while the plan was to recover him everywhere he was bald and give him new stuffing, I agreed to send photos after the first new fur was on for approval. If they didn't like it, I'd take it off, no harm, no foul.
There were several fur options:
I also sent swatches so they could feel the fabrics. They chose a furry fleece because it was a very good color match, and visually in between his surviving long fur and his bald skin.
Meanwhile, he got restuffed with his heart of original fabric:
Here is the first "ok to continue?" photo:
That's all one panel of fabric. The answer was "Looks good!" so surgery proceeded.
And here he is all better, ready to fly home:
His family wrote:
"B and I were so impressed with Mutsy’s restoration. Musty hasn’t been put down since he arrived home. (By B or me)
Thank you again for an amazing fix."
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.☆ . ° . *₊° .☆ . ☆ . °:. *₊° .☆ . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊° .☆
. ☆ . *₊☆ Peek-a-Boo Princess Puppy ☆ .*₊ .☆ .
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Went into CVS today to spend my $10 reward points and gravitated to the Valentine's day/Easter aisle. I'm usually super indecisive when picking out a toy, but I saw this boy and grabbed him off the shelf. Originally $25 for Valentine's day, marked down to $12.50. I couldn't use my points, but whatever. He's so cute and soft and big! 15" high and 11 1/2" across measuring his hind legs.
He's being considered for one of my Meltdown Averters, like Ted and Awiergan. If I go that way, I feel like getting a collar and leash for him just to weird people out. Well, more than usual, anyway.
His name's Nevermore.
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