Satin

#13-051 Satin, age 5 1/2

Weight: 74 pounds

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When they were scooped up by Animal Control right after Tax Day, 5 1/2-year-old Satin and her 3-year-old pal Jamie had clearly been on the road for a while: they were tired and scruffy and skinny (the shelter staff immediately instituted double portions to start padding those jutting bones a bit). Beyond that, though, it was clear they hadn’t had attentive care in ages. Jamie had bad infections in both ears, and as for Satin… what we first mistook for a background shadow in one of her shelter photos turned out to be a huge growth on her tummy, almost as big as a football. “It doesn’t seem to bother her that much, she’s sweet and playful, but it looks pretty scary,” reported the shelter.

Both pups were intact, too, so the vet spayed Satin and removed that monster lump at the same time. He was concerned it might be malignant, but a few days later we got some great news: “rather bizarre, but quite benign.” The huge growth turned out to be mammary gland hypertrophy—an overgrowth of mammary tissue, with some fluid accumulation.  And a smaller, hard bump on Satin’s side was nothing more than a plain old lipoma. Hurray!

After bouncing from countryside to shelter to vet clinic to foster home (with major surgery in between), Satin understandably took a little while to settle in. Her foster folks made sure to give her some space, peace & quiet – and in a few days, she was ready to pal around with her foster brother Metro, another GRR rescue. “She’d be fine as an only dog, but given time, she’ll accept a nice laidback canine friend.” She’s still staying in her “private bedroom” (AKA the laundry room) when nobody’s home, but foster mom and dad are confident that she’ll be just fine loose in the house soon. She arrived housebroken (always a pleasant surprise!).

Satin loves being brushed. After all, she does want to live up to her name & get that golden coat soft and satiny. She likes to ride in the car, and would like it even better if she could sit next to the driver. She is a counter surfer at times, which isn’t surprising—it’s clear she missed more than a few meals during her time as a stray.

Satin does like to dig, and like many a rescue dog, she has a habit of looking for escape routes—she’ll test the gate and poke her nose up against the slats for a peek outside. Her new family will just need stout, secure gates & a tall fence, and they’ll want to keep her company out in the yard until Satin figures out that she belongs right where she is… and she’s ready now to find that forever home. Her stitches came out today, she no longer has to wear the hated plastic conehead, and the vet has pronounced her in the pink of health!