| GrayHaven Bostons Proudly Welcomes "Haley" from Brio Bostons Visit Brio Bostons! |
| Brio T-Bo's Kiss of Heaven Sire: CH Burling's Red Baron for Brio ~ Dam: Cibolo's Keepsake |
| Haley has joined the GrayHaven Gang, thanks to Kim and Whitney Rutherford of Brio Bostons in Texas. We cannot thank them enough for so generously allowing us the opportunity to call Haley our own. Hopefully, in short order, Haley will do us all proud in the show ring... |
| Photos courtesy of and owned by Brio Bostons. |
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| Haley-Bop & "her boy," Aspen. September, 2008 |
9/24/09
Haley-Bop suffered grievous injuries to both her front legs in a fight with two of our other girls on
August 29th. Without going into terrible detail, suffice it to say that it is still in question whether
or not she will still keep her right leg - if so, it will never function correctly or have full
circulation. The left leg has serious nerve damage, so it also will never function completely
normally again, either.
It is entirely possible that all efforts will fail & despite all prayers, the right leg may need to be
amputated... Worse, it is still not out of the realm of possibility that Haley could succumb to
infection & be lost to us completely. This would be beyond devastating for Aspen, as Haley-Bop is
his Heart Dog.
Please - if you are a believer - send a prayer along for Haley's recovery & for Aspen's strength
during this time of trial. If you're not a believer, please send some positive energy or good karma
Haley's way & in Aspen's direction; it is very much needed.
Thank-you for every kind thought & prayer. I will try to update this as we proceed with Haley's
recovery efforts. Email with any questions or sentiments you'd like to share with Aspen. He'd be
thrilled to hear from you.
Carlene
Haley-Bop suffered grievous injuries to both her front legs in a fight with two of our other girls on
August 29th. Without going into terrible detail, suffice it to say that it is still in question whether
or not she will still keep her right leg - if so, it will never function correctly or have full
circulation. The left leg has serious nerve damage, so it also will never function completely
normally again, either.
It is entirely possible that all efforts will fail & despite all prayers, the right leg may need to be
amputated... Worse, it is still not out of the realm of possibility that Haley could succumb to
infection & be lost to us completely. This would be beyond devastating for Aspen, as Haley-Bop is
his Heart Dog.
Please - if you are a believer - send a prayer along for Haley's recovery & for Aspen's strength
during this time of trial. If you're not a believer, please send some positive energy or good karma
Haley's way & in Aspen's direction; it is very much needed.
Thank-you for every kind thought & prayer. I will try to update this as we proceed with Haley's
recovery efforts. Email with any questions or sentiments you'd like to share with Aspen. He'd be
thrilled to hear from you.
Carlene
!! 11/10/2009 !! Scroll down for a new update on Haley-Bop's journey of recovery, & hopefully a video that will function! |
| In the three photos below, all taken Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 10 1/2 weeks after Haley-Bop's original injury, you can see the AWESOME degree of healing that has taken place. HURRAY! |
| If all worked as planned, there should be a video link directly below... this video caused our vet to nearly jump with joy this morning, after so many weeks of wondering if Haley-Bop would even be able to keep that right leg, seeing her in this short video... well, it is quite simply a TRIUMPH in every definition of the word. |
Amazing, eh? We've come from a dog that we weren't sure would even survive her injuries - then whether or not she would keep the right leg - & very questionable how functional the left leg would really ever be... To the wonderfully active dog you see in that short video! Notice: NO BRACE on the left leg, even? Somehow, even with extensive nerve damage, Haley-Bop has found a way to make that leg & paw do what she wants. Now, the prayers & waiting continue for the right leg, to see how it will fare in the coming weeks! Visit us & see! |