Weimaraner With Gigantic 12 Pound Tumor

Tickled Pink Weimaraner Rescue reacted immediately to a report. It was about a Weimaraner, on death row at a high-kill shelter.

When the rescue team arrived, it was horrified to see dog with a massive tumor on his underbelly. Gilbert Grape was his pseudonym. It is unknown how he managed to survive as long as he did, or how he lasted so long without medical attention.

“Two committed shelter volunteers informed Tickled Pink Weimaraner Rescue, and we jumped in to aid.”

Gilbert Grape’s tale was shared with DogHeirs by Keri Pink, a media volunteer related with TPWR. She tells how the wandering dog was rescued and how he is on his path to recovery.

Keri wrote: “On a typical Arizona summer day when temps top 95-degrees, a male Weimaraner was picked up as a stray by the local animal control officers. He was carrying a massive, diseased tumor, a growth so enormous he could not stand or move. The dog was put on the concrete floor of the shelter’s isolation section.”

The shelter’s protocol for strays is to store the animal without screening for 72 hours to enable an owner to claim it. Although, the county has a program that permits pre-approved, nationally recognized rescues to accept animals in under medical clearance.

Dog was transported to a 24-hour speciality veterinary facility. It was decided that dog need blood transfusions and intravenous catheter stabilization. In order for their surgeon to try a life-saving operation to remove the tumor.

For rescue volunteers and veterinary personnel, sparing the dog’s life was a no-brainer option. However, there is a narrow line in rescue between what a private owner would be required to do in order to give life-saving therapy. Private pet owners make their own pet choices, while rescues depend on public assistance.

Gilbert’s health history and precise age were unclear, however his blood testing was largely normal. His estimated age was about seven.

“As a consequence, we sought the counsel of a variety of veterinarians and surgeons, in order to make the greatest option for the dog’s future.”

Declaring that the growth was nothing more than a benign lipoma. Gilbert has been cancer-free for a long time.Gilbert, on the other hand, endured muscle loss and physiological strain.

He has very little muscular mass across his body and is ataxic in his rear legs. He walks clumsily because his center of gravity is wrong. Gilbert will shortly begin a physical therapy regimen that will involve manipulations, massages, and water treatment.

While he is still physically fragile, his charming, funny nature bursts through more to his foster father with each passing day.

Update: Gilbert has been adopted and thriving in a very loving and dedicated family a year after his rescue.

Despite his hip dysplasia diagnosis, his family has a pool where he can swim for regular water treatment. The most important: Gilbert gets along brilliantly with his new family.