Huey

HUEY was found on the streets a few months ago and made his way to us - we could not turn this sweet Schnoodle mix boy away. He's just over 15 lbs and it was estimated he was a senior (best guess around 10 years old) and he had a huge tumor in his mouth that was severely limiting his ability to eat and he was very unwell. His bloodwork was terrible, and he was very shut down. We did an intake and placed him with hospice fosters to make his likely last days/weeks full of love and kindness as he deserved. As he was with them, just from basic care and quality food, he started to put on some weight and getting a pep in his step. He went back to the doctor and it was decided we would try surgery because if he was going to fight to live, he needed every chance of success he could get. He was approved for surgery and got the tumor removed the middle of June 15th and has bounced back SO hard his fosters' heads are spinning. We think that tumor was causing him more issues than was first suspected, and we've never seen a dog, much less a supposedly senior, recover so quickly from a surgery. It's truly miraculous and his fosters love him so much and he's so lucky he landed in their home! He's good with other dogs, super sweet, now full of energy and playfulness, BUT... the only "but" is his behavior with cats. No good. He can't be in a home with cats, unfortunately. But everyone and everything else - great! The growth is sent away to be tested which we're waiting on, but the doctor said he wouldn't be surprised if it was benign. Fingers crossed! He's housetrained but you can see in some of the pics, he was wearing a belly band before his neuter just to make sure no marking. Also you can see in some of the pics the condition he came in and also some that show a little of the growth. Age estimate is hard to tell - like we said, the initial doctor thought maybe older like 12 or so, but since this surgery, there is some second guessing going on for sure that he may be younger. <br/><br/>Adoption fee INCLUDES: all vetting to age (including deworming, flea & tick etc), spay/neuter and microchip (if the dog is under 6 months, alter and chip will occur after they're 6 months, covered in full at our clinic or reimbursed partially at a vet of your choosing). If the dog is older than 6 months and not yet altered, we will schedule ASAP (normally within 30 days) at our clinic . We also provide as an incentive a $60 rebate for completion of positive-based training classes. Adoption also includes lifetime support of the rescue.<br/><br/>Please go to www.secondhanddogrescue.com/apply and select their name from the dropdown to apply!<br/><br/>APPLICATION PROCESSING: We do most application processing virtually and dog meets will be individually by appointment with ONLY APPROVED APPLICANTS. We are not a shelter and are completely volunteer foster-based, so there is no central place to come see all of the dogs available.<br/><br/>IMPORTANT NOTES: ** Housetraining with rescues is sometimes a work in progress and even if a dog is 100% in a foster's home, it should be expected there will be an adjustment period as a dog adapts to a new environment. This is even more true if the dog has not by chance had their altering appointment at time of adoption. ** Also, we highly recommend some form of 2-week shutdown and decompression for dogs going to a new home for best results. -- Lastly, breed guesses in rescue are just that (GUESSES!!) 99.9% of the time. We do not do DNA testing and our breed guesses are based on appearance and sometimes other traits, but we know the dog breed guessing game is a fool's errand even for those with LOTS of experience.<br/><br/>ADOPTION AREA: several hour radius of Rochester, NY (Canada within 3 hours IS allowed, except that young puppies need to be old enough to have gotten their rabies vaccination to cross the border - usually around 16 weeks)

HUEY was found on the streets a few months ago and made his way to us - we could not turn this sweet Schnoodle mix boy away. He's just over 15 lbs and it was estimated he was a senior (best guess around 10 years old) and he had a huge tumor in his mouth that was severely limiting his ability to eat and he was very unwell. His bloodwork was terrible, and he was very shut down. We did an intake and placed him with hospice fosters to make his likely last days/weeks full of love and kindness as he deserved. As he was with them, just from basic care and quality food, he started to put on some weight and getting a pep in his step. He went back to the doctor and it was decided we would try surgery because if he was going to fight to live, he needed every chance of success he could get. He was approved for surgery and got the tumor removed the middle of June 15th and has bounced back SO hard his fosters' heads are spinning. We think that tumor was causing him more issues than was first suspected, and we've never seen a dog, much les

HUEY was found on the streets a few months ago and made his way to us - we could not turn this sweet Schnoodle mix boy away. He's just over 15 lbs and it was estimated he was a senior (best guess around 10 years old) and he had a huge tumor in his mouth that was severely limiting his ability to eat and he was very unwell. His bloodwork was terrible, and he was very shut down. We did an intake and placed him with hospice fosters to make his likely last days/weeks full of love and kindness as he deserved. As he was with them, just from basic care and quality food, he started to put on some weight and getting a pep in his step. He went back to the doctor and it was decided we would try surgery because if he was going to fight to live, he needed every chance of success he could get. He was approved for surgery and got the tumor removed the middle of June 15th and has bounced back SO hard his fosters' heads are spinning. We think that tumor was causing him more issues than was first suspected, and we've never seen a dog, much less a supposedly senior, recover so quickly from a surgery. It's truly miraculous and his fosters love him so much and he's so lucky he landed in their home! He's good with other dogs, super sweet, now full of energy and playfulness, BUT... the only "but" is his behavior with cats. No good. He can't be in a home with cats, unfortunately. But everyone and everything else - great! The growth is sent a