“Koda was very territorial of his home and I didn’t introduce him to Winston properly.
Meanwhile, my dog was diagnosed with bone cancer.
Koda sensed that and responded with typical animal instincts and didn’t want him to be part of the pack.
After a few months, the more time they spent together, the more they warmed to each other.
They had a year together.”
“A woman had driven by him day after day and noticed that he was tied up, his body was fly bitten, emaciated and deteriorating.
One day she knocked on the owners’ door and asked if she could take him home with her.
They told her, take him.
He was transported to Denver, where we lived at the time, and saw him at the Petco adoption event.”
My ex saw this dog that he wanted to meet.
He was being walked on a leash so we thought he belonged to someone, but he was indeed up for adoption.
We talked to the people at Petco, where the event was being held to ask about the health history of the dog called, Lyle.
He was really sick and emaciated.
They told us that he was a rescue from Texas.”
“He had three surgeries in one week and even then, he still had an 80% chance of survival as well as keeping his infected leg.
The hardest part was just seeing him so sick, but I had a lot of confidence in the Doctor’s at the Animal Medical Center.
It took Oscar three months to recover.
One week in the hospital and then intensive care at home.
I remember the nurse taking off his collar and leash and his watching that.
I think he thought I was leaving him and it broke my heart.”
