WonderVet was examining the newest walk-on candidate for our canine den when I came home from work. I had looked in her mouth, seeing missing spots where teeth should have been and bad gums, and concluded she was an old dog.
"I don't think she is very old. Most likely 2 or 3. 5 years tops." spoke WonderVet.
"But why do her teeth look so bad then?" I was puzzled.
"Most likely it was due to her lifestyle." he said dryly, like always.
The good news is, once she is fed to the point of normal weight, wormed (started), and spayed (maybe in two months once normal weight is achieved) she could live a long life span as a pet dog, rather than a slave dog. Assuming the heartworm test is negative which he thought it would be. She is very sweet, but very untrained and very very persistent when she wants something. We have a gate built-in to block dogs into our kitchen. This little one can slip between the bars of the gate. My goal is to get her too big to do that!
And now we need to teach her how to be a good pet dog. The hard part begins.
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