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Jake

Jake Adopted!

Jake Adopted!

As we reported last week, Jake was recovering in foster care from an operation to remove bladder stones, but it only took Mark only 5 days to fall in love with Jake and give him a permanent home!

He has now been given the official name of Jacob Marley Keating - thanks to Mark and family for adopting him, and thank you to everyone who donated for Jake at his time of rescue, for his amputation and for his recent surgery and to everyone who donates generally.  That dog lying happily on his back is only there because of you!

Follow this link to read Jake's story on his Profile Page.

Jake's Gallery

Jake’s surgery is a success!

On 11 May 2021, Doc Gama from Animal Wellness removed a lot of stones from Jake's bladder, and said it was lucky that we did the surgery when we did or it would likely not have ended well for Jake.

He stayed under observation  at Animal Wellness for three days, then moved to his temporary foster home to fully recover, away from the Sanctuary and the possibility of Jake picking up something while his immune system is under stress.

Here's some pictures of him in his new surroundings.

Jake at his foster home with Mark

Jake at his foster home

Fundraiser for Jake buys him the surgery he needs

An appeal for funds to cover Jake's surgery for bladder stones reached its target of P25,000 (around $500) in just a couple of days!

Jake


We rescued Jake back in January this year - you can read all about it on his profile page HERE. 


A few days ago, we noticed he was having difficulty weeing so Doc Pierre suspected a UTI or Kidney stones.  Yesterday he had blood dripping from his penis so we took him straight to Animal Wellness for ultrasound and urinary analysis.  He has a lot of small stones in his bladder and if we don't remove them via surgery asap, he could be in a lot of trouble.   

Doc Gama listened to his heart at the same time and he was totally relaxed, he is such a star.  Even when we put the catheter in and pumped up his bladder for the ultrasound, he didn't even flinch.

Jake before bladder surgery

We are going to do the surgery at Animal Wellness with Doc Gama as because of his age and the complexity of the surgery, we need special equipment that we don't have at the Sanctuary.

We want to give him the best chance of survival and recover. Surgery on an old dog is always risky, but we feel he is worth it.


Thanks to everyone who donated!

Jake Update March 2021

Like all older street dogs, Jake was quite unresponsive to attempts to connect with him or stroke him but he is now slowly becoming more sociable and receptive to our stroking and calling his name.
His surgical wound has taken a long time to heal as it got infected early on. It is now just a small patch -we are at the point now where we can allow it to scab over for the final bit of healing.

Doc Pierre bought special moist healing pads to put on the wound and we also use manuka honey. He is such a good patient - he doesn't move at all when we treat his wound - he just stands there calmly!  His hair has grown back completely now

He is still in quarantine but has now been castrated so in around 2 weeks he will be able to leave quarantine and join the rest of the dogs. We are hoping that he will not be bullied like Will, our other three-legged resident. Matty our adopted three-legger always stayed in the quarantine area except for a couple of times he went for a wander.

We have someone interested in adopting two older dogs when they move into their new house.  Jake might be a good choice as he isn't really attached to the Sanctuary in the way some of the other older dogs are.