Ezekiel !!

August, 2024 - Rest In Peace dear Mr. Ezekiel!
You are so very loved, forever!!

Status Seeks Sponsor Only	Age 10	Sex Male	Color Black	Date Listed 10/20/22	Location Fillmore, CA
Bella and Sunshine Rescue					Contact:  Annalisa Mai President/Director Bella and Sunshine Rescue Email: bellaandsunshinerescue@gmail.com

Meet Ezekiel !!

He's feeling lots better and he's a VERY happy Dude now...

Here's his happy ear-do!!!

Ezekiel was known as "Harrison" while he was at the shelter. He was picked up from the streets by animal control as a stray, covered in ticks, barely being able to walk. Ezekiel was not originally fostered with our rescue; he was originally being fostered thru the county shelter, where one of our very long-time fosters and Dobie godparents saw him on the shelter rescue-needed/euthanasia page, and thought this was a dog that needed a home to spend his final days in. The fosters believed that the shelter would take care of his medical needs and make him comfortable. (Bella and Sunshine Rescue originally declined to take Ezekiel because we were so overwhelmed with medicals/foster/boarding issues as it was.) Well, in short, the shelter didn't do much to help him. They did x-rays, but no pain meds for the hip. They gave him doxycycline, but he started to get worse and the shelter didn't help or change his medication. So basically he just existed in pain, and with an upper respiratory that was getting worse each day.

The fosters ended up taking him to our vet to get him medication even though they weren't supposed to do that because it wasn't "our dog" yet, but he probably would have gotten worse; instead his pneumonia improved quickly after the medication change. The private vet also put him on some meds for his hip and he's able to prance around a bit now. Because he was a medical case, only a rescue could take over his care and ownership. So of course BS&R wasn't going to let the poor dog stay under the limited and lacking care of the shelter any longer. So I told the foster family if they commit to fostering him for the rest of his life (however long that is), I'd take him under our care.

Special Needs if any:  He's going to be a forever foster/hospice/medical. The femoral head is not sitting properly in its hip socket; vet does not believe anything can be done at this point due to his age and heart issues. He has an enlarged heart. He's got pneumonia. When they picked him up, he was covered in ticks and could barely walk.  His medical issues are being addressed one by one while he basks in the love and care of his foster family.

Geographic Areas: California and the surrounding states but Ezekiel will unavailable for adoption.

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