Hazel

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Likes: I love to be with my people, and while I enjoy being petted, I don’t want to be held. I will let you know when I want to get up in your lap and when I want down.

Dislikes: Do not like loud noises, or when other dogs get near my food!
Medications: None, other than antibiotics to clear up the infection on my side. She went in for a teeth cleaning and found her mouth to be very infected, the infection had spread to her jaw bone and weakened it to the point it cracked. She is on antibiotics and will be for a least a month or so.
Updated 4/5/08 - Hazel’s infection in her mouth has returned, and will be going into surgery on Monday to have the last of her teeth removed. The infection has caused her cracked jaw to stop healing. She will again be on antibiotics for a while.

Other specifications: I was bitten by a larger dog, and that has become very infected, and the doctor is treating me for it. I also have some broken teeth. Once my infection is cleared up, I can have surgery to be spayed and have the broken teeth removed. I am missing an eye, and have limited vision in the other. I am 98% housebroken, and sometimes use potty pads if you don’t pay attention to when I need to go out. I am a small pug, weighing in at 11.8lbs!

Update: Hazel had to have several teeth removed, and has been left with 7, she does not do well under anesthesia. Because of the infection in her teeth it moved into her mouth and has weakened her jaw. Because the jaw was weakened it is cracked and will take several months before it completely healed. She is on antibiotics at least until the end of March.
Update 4-11-08: Hazel’s teeth have all been removed, her jaw is still broken and will never mend, as scar tissue have grown over. She will be on soft food and pain meds the rest of her life.

Why turned into rescue: I was rescued from a backyard breeder, who no longer needed my services. And it is a good thing I was rescued when I was, because two days after I got to my foster home, I went into heat.