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Quade
Name: Quade

Breed: Australian Terrier

Sex: Male

Age: approx. 8yrs

Level of blindness: nearly completely blind. may see shadows, but does bump into things in his path and will fall down stairs (can go up stairs)

Cause of eye issues: diabetes

Health issues: he is an insulin dependent diabetic

Weight: 15 pounds

Good with dogs: has enjoyed each dog he has met so far, including a senior Great Dane and an energetic puppy

Good with cats: has not met a cat yet while with us, though does live with a foster bird that he ignores

Good with children: he loves people, and would likely be good with respectful older children. 
 
Currently being fostered in: Michigan


Information:

He was discovered as a stray and taken to the local animal shelter. He is diabetic and was found very underweight and very thirsty. When BDRA rescued him, he was drinking too much water and unable to hold onto calories, so was very hungry. He has since been diagnosed with diabetes is being treated with insulin and is able to retain calories and looks much better! He is a happy little boy, that comes when you call him. His tail is always wagging. You can get him riled up in play and he will bark joyfully and then stop when you ask. He rides like a dream in the car and loves to go to a dog food store where he can sit in the cart and pick his treats! He easily accepts strangers reaching into the cart to pet him. He has the cutest squeezable little face, he likes to rub his face on your hand or leg and rest it there...adorable! He enjoys baths, and even has fallen asleep while being massaged with shampoo! He appreciates the blow dryer and likes how you rub his pretty red fur with your hand while you blow him dry. He is low energy, and will follow you around a bit, but then settles easily into his bed. He does like to lay with his foster dog sister at night, and will push into her bed to share, but is also calm by himself as the only dog. He would sleep in bed with you or lay on your lap while you watch TV, if you let him. He is easily carried, and does not startle when you go to pick him up. He does need help with housebreaking, though he will crate for a treat. He has learned how to sit for his treats. He gets insulin twice a day and does great! He does not mind getting his shots at all.
Quade walks like a gentleman on the leash.


If you would like to adopt Quade, please fill out our adoption application.

If you would like to donate to Quade's care please send to:

BDRA
PO Box 63401
Philadelphia, PA 19114

Or donate via Paypal (below):
Update 5/4/10
Quade's foster mom reports:

What a neat little man he is! 
Quade is doing great with: Fiona (JRT x cattle dog), Deefer the Lab, Fabio 
the Mostlyweiler and Henry the rambunctious young pit bull. And five cats. 
He is very unreactive, so once everyone sniffed him and figured out he was 
neither going to play or challenge them, he was ignored and just integrated 
right into the little pack here. Even Fiona, the little bossy girl, has 
accepted him without feeling it necessary to boss him all over the place or 
herd him around the house. 
This morning I found him curled up on my bed with Fiona. He likes the bed 
and has claimed it as his place. 
I'm an awful foster mom, he is not crated but sleeps on the bed. When I had 
to go work yesterday for several hours I left him in the office and lots of dog beds on the floor...he's 
sleeping on one behind me right now. 
I vacuumed this morning, he wasn't a bit bothered. In fact he curiously 
followed the vacuum around. 
I also brushed him, which he liked. 
He likes wandering around the back yard and exploring under the deck. 
Shots are no problem. 



Update 6/21/10
Quade's foster mom would like to add:

He is absolutely fine with cats. If he bumps into one by mistake, he'll back up to go around it.
He has yet to meet a dog he doesn't get along with.
He is not yappy or barky.
He loves the vacuum cleaner, he follows me around when I vacuum.. Actually, he enjoys being vacuumed with a hose. You can vacuum his fur into punk spikes.
He is extremely stoic. Pays no attention to his shots, lies there quietly when you clip his nails, doesn't mind baths. 
Will eat pretty much anything that won't try to eat him first. He's a little pig and loves his food! Takes it very gently out of your hand.

It is quite inexpensive for the insulin and needles. WalMart syringes are $12 for a box of 100. I understand the insulin is about $20, and a bottle will last...several months. You can pre-load syringes and keep them in the fridge so it's very quick to do, just have to remember to roll them between your hands for a few seconds first.

He likes the covered back deck, there's a dog bed out there. At night he will take himself out there to sleep sometimes.
I don't often crate him but he is quiet in the crate when I do.
Mostly he will just follow a human around and lie down next to them when movement ceases. Sometimes he asks to get up on my lap. When you go to pick him up, he does a little hop to accomodate being lifted.
True terrier style, when he is someplace unfamiliar, his nose goes down and he starts following scents and suddenly becomes deaf as well as blind.
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