Ruth
Adoption Status: Accepting Adoption Interest
Ruth is available as a foster to adopt
Gender: Female
Breed: Heeler Mix
Age: DOB: 12/10/2025
Dog Friendly: Yes
Cat Friendly: Likely due to young age
Kid Friendly: Likely due to young age
House Trained: Doing great!
History: I am Mayzee’s puppy and was born in rescue!
A beautiful stocky heeler mix named Mayzee arrived to rescue when she was found as a pregnant stray in a very rural area where she was fending for herself with another dog. She arrived to rescue very scared and uncertain of people around her. She had her litter of puppies and her journey with her puppies in rescue have been unique to work towards gaining her trust while helping her with her confidence.
Her puppies are doing well however and are each ready to start their journeys in finding forever homes of their very own soon!
Heeler and heeler mix dogs are a working dog breed and would thrive best in an active household that is excited to provide lots of physical exercise and go through training. These dogs are very smart and love learning. They do best when they have a job to do and are generally not couch potatoes. They can also make great family pets as long as they are still given the appropriate outlets for their energy and drive. We recommend doing research on the Heeler aka Australian cattle dog breed prior to applying to adopt to ensure they are a good fit for your family.
Over a 2 day period of time, starting on Jan 29th, Ruth started to talk “bull-legged” in all legs. The signs progressed to the inability to walk. On Jan 30th, a CBC and chemistry (check liver, kidney, electrolytes, calcium, and phospohrus) was done. This was all normal. X-rays were normal as well. At that time, she was started on an antibiotic (clindamycin) and carprofen (pain med). On Jan 31st, she was seen by a neurologist. A spinal tap was done to check for any infectious or inflammatory causes. She was started on a steroid and pregabalin (pain med) at that time as well. With time, these tests all came back normal or negative. The clindamycin was stopped on Feb 5th since the infectious disease panel was negative. She was then tested for myasthenia graves (a neuromuscular disease). This came back negative as well.
Starting on about Feb 7th, she was able to start walking and as of now (Feb 13th), is back with her littermates and is back to normal. She has. recheck scheduled with the neurologist early March. At this time, we do not have an official diagnosis. She is currently still on prednisone (steroid) 1x a day and the pregabalin still.
A Note from the Foster: more info to come
Adoption Fee: $760 + tax
Adoption Status: Is this dog available? Submitting an application is the best first step to learning if a dog is still available. There is a chance this dog could have a pending adoption when your application is submitted, however our team will offer approved applicants to be put on a waiting list for that dog. Additionally, we can make recommendations on other dogs that may be a match. Pending adoptions do not mean the adoption is finalized. Why did we implement this change? We implemented this update because, unfortunately, dogs were pending for applicants for several weeks and then the applicant would change their mind. This happens more often with puppies, as applications are submitted impulsivly more often for them. Our process is great because it takes a little time, so impulsive decisions fade. However it was unfortunate for the dogs, and the foster homes, as then the process needed to be re-started. By securing a wait-list we are able to move forward more quickly if a pending adoption falls through. This is a new process for us, so your feedback along the way is helpful! Thank you for supporting rescue and adoption!
