Olivia is a 2 year old sweet, beautiful yellow lab that was shot in the face and leg with a 12 gauge shot gun. Olivia came up from MO on March 26th. She was taken in by a rescue worker in the area on March 12th. She was immediately taken to the vet and they did surgery on her eye in MO. She also was shot in the leg and was still not walking on her right hind leg 2 weeks after the incident.
Placing Paws was contacted by the rescue worker in MO and was brought up here on a special transport to be seen by Animal Emergency and Treatment Center in Grayslake. Dr. Baker, the surgeon that did the surgery on Black Bear, aka, Louie, examined her and it was determined that her hind right ankle had been broken. Unfortunately, too much time has passed since the injury occured to fix the ankle. It was causing her terrible pain, so the decision was made to amputate her leg.
She is such a sweet dog despite being in so much pain. Poor girl has so much buckshot in her that it is unbelievable. The x rays showed nearly 50 pellets best as I could do a quick assessment of the number. The good news about the buck shot is that they should not affect her. She is in a lot of pain now, but her prognosis is good. Please look at the photos and video of her on Facebook. She is so pitiful.