[Update on Felix here.]
bink adopted her wire fox terrier Alfie from Wire Fox Terrier Rescue, who take in and "re-home" all wire foxes. Since August, she has been following and helping to support the Rescue of Felix, The Crippled Wire Fox Terrier: today she sent me his illustrated tale.
"Felix" is a good name--it means "lucky," you know, and if WFR hadn't taken him in he probably would have died. But I would be tempted to rename him Quasimodo: he is a hunchback who "scootches around" on his deformed back legs.
He's been through surgery and is now in rehab. It takes more than that to get a wire fox down for good: his foster person reports that Felix's latest greatest desire is to jump in the koi pond and catch fish.
Felix is up for adoption, though he's going to need lots more rehab and even more surgery. He is also probably going to need one of those amazing doggies-on-wheels carts (links to page about caring for paralyzed dogs, includes links to wheelie manufacturers--these pictured here below are low-tech). Pretty damn amazing, if you ask me.
bink adopted her wire fox terrier Alfie from Wire Fox Terrier Rescue, who take in and "re-home" all wire foxes. Since August, she has been following and helping to support the Rescue of Felix, The Crippled Wire Fox Terrier: today she sent me his illustrated tale.
"Felix" is a good name--it means "lucky," you know, and if WFR hadn't taken him in he probably would have died. But I would be tempted to rename him Quasimodo: he is a hunchback who "scootches around" on his deformed back legs.
He's been through surgery and is now in rehab. It takes more than that to get a wire fox down for good: his foster person reports that Felix's latest greatest desire is to jump in the koi pond and catch fish.
Felix is up for adoption, though he's going to need lots more rehab and even more surgery. He is also probably going to need one of those amazing doggies-on-wheels carts (links to page about caring for paralyzed dogs, includes links to wheelie manufacturers--these pictured here below are low-tech). Pretty damn amazing, if you ask me.
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| This is what wire fox terriers whose springs work are like. From scruffydogphotography. |
