Brown Eyed Girl ...... Tashi

Introducing Tashi Bella

Isn't it funny how different situations can connect you to people with such a strong, common thread?

In a quick email exchange regarding business with a WAG [Whitefish Animal Group] Board Member whom I had never met in person, I discovered that his newly adopted chocolate lab Tashi Bella was going to have the same surgery as Sampson less than a week after Sampsons. We quickly began sharing our thoughts and concerns of the standard surgery vs the TPLO, natural recovery options, etc. and discovered that for many of the same reasons we were both going with the traditional surgery.

Randy found Tashi abandoned at the dog park. She was 96lbs and estimated to be about 6 years old. Though I had never met Randy I recalled seeing posters of "Dog Found" at the dog park and seeing this beautiful creature, wondering how could anyone abandon something so sweet looking. One look at those eyes and you are hooked! He took her in to his home where she met his Weimaraner Mix Liam. Big Brother Liam

Randy noticed Tashi's limp, and worked diligently to get her weight down. Even after getting her down to 72lbs she was still limping, and had now become a part of their home. Then came the inevitable decision to commit to her well being and provide her with the surgery.

It has been nearly a week

and from the sounds of it, the surgery went off without a hitch, and like most of us, the main problem Randy is having is just trying to contain some of that energy that is bounding from her.

She is a such a sweet looking dog and we will be following her progress. Hopefully by the end of the summer she and Sampson can be walking together or at least meeting each other at the dog park to celebrate their recoveries!