Mika - In Memory

 

Name: Mika (Meeka)

Age: 15 years 

Sex: Female (altered)

Breed: Pekingese

Location: Nashville, TN

Vet Info: Mika is confirmed spayed and had her three-year rabies vaccine on 4/18/14.  She is heartworm negative and her owner uses monthly heartworm and flea preventative.  Mika had both eyes enucleated in February, 2015.  She weighs about 12 pounds.

Owner Info: Mika's owner is heartbroken, but feels Mika would do better in a new home.  Mika is a gorgeous blind senior, and may also be deaf.  Her owner writes, "She is 15 and has been a sweet companion but I have a 3 year old son and after my divorce we moved and mika is not doing well in our current home. I have a longer commute and though I can't find where she is having accidents she is now wetting her bed and sleeping in it. I think if she had someone with more time that could be remedied but leaving her out in a fenced in area isn't for her either as she gets too frightened if left out too long."  Mika is an indoor dog confined to one area of the house, she is housebroken and leash trained, although her owner wrote that her vet thought Mika may be having accidents in her bed because she may be afraid to get out of bed. Mika is a sweet and gentle little girl and good with people of all ages.  She is not possessive of toys, treats, or food.  Mika's owner checked that she is good with female dogs and was raised with other dogs and cats, but doesn't live with any currently.  Mika has only been around one male dog, and her owner writes that they got on very well!  Mika used to warn her owner's son with a growl before she went blind, but has become very quiet since her eyes were removed.  Her owner writes, "now she rarely even growls even if he puts a hat on her".  She also told us, "She had glaucoma we didn't know though she had very regular vet visits. It was too far gone when discovered. They said she had been blind for a while ..... I don't believe she had been blind as the dog I brought home was not the same dog. She had been playing daily with a large bulldog and was no longer able to play or find her way around." When answering if your dog adapts well to new situations despite his/her visual impairment, Mika's owner told us, "Yes, but she had been able to walk herself with a doggie door and now she can't so that has been an adjustment but with more availability to be walked I think she would do well. She finds her way to her two beds, her food and water but not back to the patio when she walks herself. She doesn't do as well on a leash now because she wants to walk in circles to find her way around."

Mika's owner is heartbroken because she doesn't feel she can provide the best home for Mika any longer and is desperately hoping she can be saved.  "My mika was my first baby. She was and has been babied, well treated and we'll taken care of, she is in excellent health except for her blindness and possible hearing loss. If I was stay at home I could probably take care of her and maybe that would work better but it's just not possible....This is a Hail Mary to see if there is another option for her."