Gerda – Otramaja.lv

URGENT – we are looking for a foster family for Gerda with paid maintenance!

Due to the impossibility of further keeping a disabled dog (Gerda) in the shelter, we are URGENTLY looking for an adoptive family for her. To those who wish to take care of Gerda, the shelter is ready to pay compensation for maintenance and care – 300 euros per month. And:

payment for hydrotherapy procedures in Preili or another place (up to 35 euros per procedure) once a week;
food;
vitamins/medicines;

Tasks of the foster family:

daily care – feeding, vitamins, medicine, walks (it is necessary to artificially express urine);
trips to hydrotherapy treatments – once a week;
regular photo/video report about her life in a foster family;

What kind of person are we looking for:

responsible;
physically strong;
located primarily at home;
living in a private house with a low threshold or a house/apartment building adapted for the movement of people with disabilities;
without other dogs (but there may be cats at home, she treats them well);
with your own transport;

MORE DETAILED HISTORY OF GERDA HERE:
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The OTRĀ MĀJA shelter regularly houses about 50 animals. The staff team at the shelter is very small, so a dog like Gerda cannot receive sufficient care here. All day long (from a short walk in the morning and pee, to a short walk in the evening and pee), she is absolutely alone in her enclosure and, due to the inability to move, she does not know what to do. The constantly busy staff cannot even find the opportunity to come up and pet her once again.
Perhaps YOU are the same person who, just like her, is bored at home all day long. YOU have enough physical strength, capabilities and time that you can devote to Gerda. And the compensation that we are ready to provide you will be a way for you to slightly improve your financial situation.
GIVE GERDA A CHANCE!
For any questions, call the shelter +371 20045442, +37129790219 or write to www.otramaja75@gmail.com.

Gerda hopes to find a real home no matter what!

01/02/2023. in the village of Krauya (Augshdaugava region), a downed shepherd dog was found that did not have a chip or any other information carriers. She was taken for the first x-ray, where it turned out that Gerda (as she was called) had a fracture at the base of her tail, which means that there are chances for recovery. Despite the eternally good mood, excellent appetite, and the reaction of her hind legs to irritation, they, unfortunately, did not move on their own. Since there was a suspicion of compression above the X-ray section, it became necessary to take Gerda again for an X-ray for a more detailed examination. To our great regret, it turned out that Gerda had a displacement of the vertebrae (a fracture in two places), and this explained why she still could not walk on her own.

To solve the problem, we found a neurologist surgeon in Lithuania. Contacted, consulted, and decided to do the operation. Moreover, urgently and as quickly as possible. Thanks to kind people, in 2 days Gerda managed to collect the necessary amount for the operation, which was carried out on 01/18/2023. The operation, according to the veterinarian, was successful, although it was difficult. At the same time, 6 specialists from Yakov’s clinic in Vilnius were working on the operation. The day after the operation, Gerda was brought back to the “OTRĀ MĀJA” shelter. The road was long … everyone was tired, but in the end Gerda was taken to the place.

Gerda was provided with a 4-week rehabilitation period, during which (as before) the workers of the shelter visited her 3 times a day (without fail, several times a day, they squeezed out urine and turned it over so that bedsores did not form, they massaged the hind limbs , gave pills, and made injections prescribed by a veterinarian). Very soon it became clear that she needed a wheelchair, so she was ordered, and after the rehabilitation period, Gerda tried a new way of transportation.

Now Gerda is completely used to walking in a wheelchair. Before each walk, she herself crawls closer to her and shows her joy to everyone. Despite the fact that Gerda is different from other dogs, she is still an incredibly joyful and life-loving dog who loves people’s attention very much. Gerda can already go to a new home to a person who is ready to pay her attention, and she, in turn, will show how to rejoice, no matter what.

The adoption center of the shelter “OTRĀ MĀJA” is ready to support Gerda until the end of her life. The new owner can count on the necessary ammunition, free consultations of a veterinarian and dog handler, medicines (if they are needed). We will not abandon and betray her to the end. But what can be given to her in a real home – more attention and proper, more thorough care, she cannot receive in a shelter. Therefore, Gerda is really looking forward to her own – a real person!

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