Rainbow Is a Miracle!
This is Rainbow. This beautiful dachshund was seized from a breeder, where she spent her life in a filthy bathtub. According to her vet, her spinal column was injured by blunt force trauma several years ago, so she has spent most of her life in pain. Since she is so gorgeous, her former owners bred her constantly, even though being pregnant was incredibly painful and caused further strain on her back.
Diamond Dachshund Rescue of Texas now takes care of Rainbow. DDRTX took her to the vet in San Antonio on December 21, 2009. The vet found multiple spinal fractures, some old, some new, but many, many fractures due to a lack of bone density. She had wasted muscle in all four of her limbs, severe calcium deficiency, due to chronic lack of proper nutrition and her unfortunate life. Being continuously bred, her puppies had literally sucked the calcium out of her system, and her body had to give up calcium from her bones to support her litters. Additionally, since she lived in a bathtub inside a house, she lacked Vitamin D from sunlight.
DDRTX put out a call for help with Rainbow. Her care required a lot of money. DDRTX needed $1800 just to have a vet diagnose her. People from San Antonio and across the country answered the call. We received over $9,000 in cash for her care. Pet Supplies Plus at Brookhollow donated $500 worth of food to her. Rainbow has received chewy bones, blankets, and toys from caring folks all over the country.
Now Rainbow is living with DDRTX. For the first time in her life, she is free from pain. Rainbow has a super personality and is incredibly sweet. She lives with foster parents who specialize in dogs with therapeutic needs. In her foster family, she is thriving.
In February 2010, Rainbow visited her vet and received a clean bill of health! She is now available for adoption! Submit your application for her here! Rainbow is still on pain medication twice a day. In the next couple months, she will probably be able to stop taking it. At this point, she can still get a little sore because she is finally getting the chance to walk and play, so her body has to adjust to all that movement! Because of the damage to her spinal column, Rainbow will always need to be monitored, so her new home will need to have no stairs, no jumping, no small children, and no overly active dogs.
Rainbow loves, loves, loves attention, so she would like someone who stays at home or works from home. A relatively calm doxie friend would also make her happy. As you can imagine, Rainbow is very special to all of us at DDRTX, so we want the very best for her! Submit your application for her today!
You can read more about Rainbow and watch the KSAT News Report about her here: http://www.ksat.com/ news/22011262/detail.html.
This is an article about the Bandera Puppy Mill Seizure from December 17, 2009. Click here to read the article. Rainbow came from this seizure, as did several of our other dachshunds.
Rainbow was on KSAT on December 29, 2009. You can watch the video here!
Have you fallen in love with Rainbow?
For all of you who have fallen in love with Rainbow, DDRTX is selling Rainbow posters. They cost $25, $19 of which is tax deductible and goes to support the Emergency Fund. This fund is used to help other dachshunds, like Rainbow, who require expensive care to save them. The poster is an 11 inch by 17 inch glossy photo. Rainbow will pawtograph the poster, and DDRTX will ship it straight to your door. Click the Donate button to order your poster!
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Watch Rainbow enjoy a new chewy stick.
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Rainbow is getting better everyday. On January 3, 2010, she stood up several times during the day. She is also moving around quite a bit in her playpen.
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