BeaslyPug

Pertinent Information
1 yr. old. Black Purebred Pug
18 lb. UTD Male
Owner Surrender
Good with other dogs and cats
Being Fostered in Nassau County, Long Island
Adoption Donation $ 375 + $20 Microchipping

7/30/04 - Well its been just over a year since Beasley became  a member our our family. He even went to 
training classes and knows stay and down and sometimes even come!!! His best Pal Roxie is in love with 
him/they even sleep in the crate together. Speaking of the crate he goes in on command! AND takes 
his eye drops without any treats. Everyone who meets him loves him and thus is the happy story of the 
one eye pug.

10/21/03 - Well, Beasley is doing great! The eye surgeon is very pleased with is eye. Beas will be on drops for the rest of his life/no big deal! He has also develop a technique for getting on our bed/ he races and throws himself on it!!! He is going to begin obedience lessons this week/ already knows sit and down! (chicken dogs work real well!!!)Beasley even goes into a crate without protest if you give him a treat. Not bad for a little guy who was never crated.

9/25/03 - Beasley is truly one of the family, even Charlotte the Abbysinian has gone nose to nose with this really sweet boy. AND you should see him with our boxer Roxie. It's like Monday night wrestling!!! Beas is also a little pig. Stands on his tippy toe nails to get into Roxie's dish. His eye is looking really good and this baby takes his twice a day drops without any hassle. (Of course this good boy gets a treat right afterwards). Cannot fully express how happy everyone is with the newest member/don't know how we did it before him. Beasley is going for his checkup with the eye surgeon in 2 weeks. Will let everyone know the results.

9/7/03 - Beasley is now the new member of our little family. Roxie, the boxer is thrilled to have a "little "brother. She forgot they are both the same agE!!! ONE YEAR OLD> He can't stop sniffing around and Roxie can't get enough of him.

8/20/03 - Beasly continues to heal from his rather delicate surgery. Just as the eye specialist said, the red is beginning to fade, and the eye is doing very well. Mr Beasly is your typical pug. He LOVES everyone and everything, and he plays beautifully with all dogs, no matter what size. He just adjusts his play depending on what dog it is. When he plays with our little 13 lb foster shih tzu teddy, he gets to be the dominator. He is all over little teddy, and has taken to "chewing" on teddy's tail. VERY CUTE. They also jaw at one another none stop. When he plays with Reggie, our 65lb foster boxer boy, he goes much more with the "boxer" style of playing we boxer lovers are more accustomed to. He and Reggie get into their "bowing" posture, front end down, back and up, and slap at the floor with both paws, each daring the other to make the 1st move. Also, VERY CUTE!

We, of course, love this boy, and are so pleased to have been able to step in and help him. He continues to have no accidents in the house, but he does have one annoying habit when outside. When all of the dogs are outside, Beasly is all over the place, checking everyone out. If any of the dogs stands still for any amount of time, Mr Beasly will often take the opportunity to use them as his personal fire hydrant, if you know what i mean. You might think it cute or funny, unless you are in charge of cleaning his "victims".

So, visit the site and keep up with his update, within the next month Beasly will go back for another recheck on his eyes progress, as his journey to his forever home is getting closer.

8/11/03 - Oooops, time has flown and we need to tell you how Beasly boy is doing. We went to the eye specialist for a follow up, and he was very pleased with how the eye is healing, and i think i understand more about it too.

To close the hole in the eye, he grafted some of the tissue from inside his eye lid over the hole, that is why the eye is sooo red. The iris, the part of the eye that has color, is where the hole was, so, about 2/3 of the eye will no longer have the color of the iris. He did save the eye, and he feels Beasly will have limited vision in the eye, so this is what you call a success. Any later, and there would have been nothing he could have done for the eye, and it would have had to be removed. Here, with the procedure, Beasly will have a healthy, functional eye. Over time, the red skin from the eyelid graft will fade, and be less noticeable. If you saw the Beasly man, you would not ever know he had been thru such a delicate procedure. He is one very happy boy, and now that his cone has been taken off his head, and he doesn't need it, he is having a blast. He has that typical pug personality, loves everybody and everything he meets. He play wonderfully with the other 7 dogs in the house, i just keep my eyes on him to make sure things dog get to rough, we got a lot of bucks invested in this boy :o))

The specialist thinks it will be approx another 2 months before he will be all healed, and we are going to keep Beasly with us in foster car until he is all healed.

Stay tuned for further updates on this wonderful boy.

7/30/03 - Beasly boy continues to make progress from his surgery. The swelling has come down quite a bit since we took him home last Friday. For most of the week, when you looked at him, you saw a lot of swelling, and you could see a bit of the eye in the swollen area. Now, he has this one big red eyeball. It looks nasty, but the vet said this was the healing process. I remember what he said, "the redder the better". Well, if that is the case, Beasly is the BEST!! :o)) He gets 3 different eye drops throughout the day, along with some oral antibiotics too.

This boy has one terrific personality. He loves people so much, he can't get enough of us. He is not demanding at all, just loves attention. And he also loves the other dogs. We have been keeping him closely supervised to ensure that he does not re-injure his eye, but you can se how much he loves all the other dogs. He has been sharing the lower level of the house with another foster boy, Teddy, a 13 lb shih tzu. They get along wonderfully. Teddy likes to get along side Beasly and give him little play nips, and Beasly just keeps scooting away from him, making Teddy "earn" his nips. For a 1 yr old pug, Beasly is wonderfully gentle, and NOT a hyper boy, as I have become so used to in fostering pugs. And he is perfectly housetrained, yup, not one accident in the house.

Occasionally I put Beasly in the crate for short periods of time, mostly when it is time for my 5 guys to eat. He whines a bit, but nothing really bad. We have gated him in the kitchen and hallway at night, and he is fine. No barking at all at night. Oh, speaking of barking, he does do that rarely, and when he does, it surprising what a deep rich bark comes out of this little guy. The 1st couple of times I heard it, I did a double take to make sure it was him.....soooo deep.

7/27/03 - Beasly came home yesterday morning from his surgery. The surgeon was surprised that the ulceration was 6-8 centimeters wide. This was larger then he anticipated. He was able to repair the eye by grafting skin from his eyelid over the site where the perforation was. He labeled the surgery successful, although due to the size of the hole, Beasly’s recovery will take approximately 6 weeks. He has stitches over the corner of his eye. He will need 3 different kinds of eye drops as well as an oral antibiotic during this time. He must also wear an e collar at all times, to ensure the eye is not scratched. His next appointment is on Tuesday, 8/5. He will need several follow up appointments over the next 6 weeks. As the surgeon told us, his eye is completely red, and as he said, the redder the better. It is hard to believe when you look at Beaslys’ eye that this surgery was a success. All you see is one totally swollen and red eye.
This young pug boy is a total love, and you would never think that he had just gone thru what he did. He has kisses for all, and one very happy tail. We are keeping him away from all the dogs to ensure there are no accidents to his eye. He is very happy though, seeing the dogs thru the gate, but you can also tell by his whimpering that he wants to come out and play with them. All in good time for our little Beasly boy.
Beasly appears to be totally house trained, as there has been no accidents in the home since he arrived Thursday.
Come back soon for further updates on our sweet little pug boy.

7/25/03 - We rushed Beasly over to my vet 1st thing this morning to have Beasly evaluated. He examined the eye and quickly concluded that the eye had already ruptured, and felt that possibly the retina was actually plugging the rupture so that it had not lost much fluid. But clearly the situation was urgent, and Beasly needed to see a specialist quickly. He called the premier specialty hospital on Long Island, but the eye surgeon was tied up in surgery all day. With some strings (he knows the surgeon), he got us a 4:30 appointment for a consult.
We arrived at 4 and were seen by the surgeon. He confirmed the eye had indeed ruptured and there was also scare tissue, meaning that this condition actually had existed longer then the 2 days the owner had told us. He felt this was caused by some trauma and is not a genetic problem. So, this was all bad news, now the good news. He felt there was almost a 100% chance of saving the eye, and less then a 5% chance that this would reoccur. He also said he was going to stay (this is a Friday nite) and do the surgery now, as this is something that just cannot wait. We were fortunate to get him there when we did.
The cost of this surgery, if you haven't guessed, will not be cheap. Because of the rupture, and the scare tissue, this procedure will cost over $2,000.00. But how can you deny a 1 yr old baby his sight? Nope, you just can't do it, so Beasly is undergoing surgery as we speak. He will be home with us tomorrow to recuperate. Honestly, we don't know how we are going to pay for this yet (Beasly is a "Friends of BAR” dog, so BAR will not be paying for this). The cost will be borne by the volunteers who took Beasly in. Watch for further updates on this special little guy.

7/24/03 - Tonight I met with a woman who had to make one of the toughest decisions any of us will ever have to make. She had to give up her 1 yr old male pug Beasly.
Beasly was born 7/15/02, and has been a normal healthy pug boy until yesterday. His mom noticed his right eye had become inflamed, and had developed a hazy film over it. She went to her vet to have it examined, and it was diagnosed as a severe corneal ulcer. He will need to have surgery quickly, or will risk losing the eye. Unfortunately, she could not afford the surgery, and felt she had nowhere to turn. Thankfully, the shelter she was going to leave him at contacted me, and we met to get Beasly the medical attention he needs. He has an appointment at our vet tomorrow, and we will know more about what needs to be done soon.
Lets keep our fingers and toes double crossed that the eye can be saved. Beasly is just a wonderfully sweet little pug boy, who has kisses for everyone and every dog he meets. He met a few of my boxers tonight, and was just kissing their faces.
His mom says he is totally house trained, good with kids, adults, cats, everything. I tend to agree after spending a few hours with this boy.
We will get pics of this boy tomorrow, and hopefully have something to report from the vet. Again.....fingers crossed