MEET YOUR HOST, TANNER

MEET YOUR HOST, TANNER

In the middle of November TvAMAL got a notice from Arlington, Texas animal control shelter that they had a friendly male malamute about 2 years old. They were asking for rescue to take him since he had a huge tumor under his neck and they did not have the resources to treat it.  That left only one outcome in a public shelter – he would have to be put down.

One of our people went to the shelter to meet him and assess his possibilities for fostering and possible adoption. The report and photos came back to the group – Tanner was a beautiful Malamute who loved everyone, got along with other dogs. In other words, aside from the tumor on his neck, was the perfect candidate for us to pull from a shelter and find a Fur-ever home. 

Photos, emails and phone calls began flying across Texas finding a foster home and a vet who would be willing to do the surgery and give us a discount so we could afford the surgery. 

He had this removed on Thursday (11-17-11) and it was an expensive surgery over $1300, due to what was involved to remove it. The vet said the tumor was large, hard and very deep, with finger fibroids extending down to the ear canal.  She removed most of it, but was afraid to go further because she did not want to damage his ear canal.  A few days later the histology report came back – the tumor was BENIGN.  NO CANCER!!!

Tanner and all of the people of TvAMAL had a lot to celebrate for Thanksgiving and Tanner was healing up, settling in to his foster home and getting to be best buddies with his two Malamute housemates.

A week or so later, Tanner began licking his foreleg, and we found a huge abscess. The doctor said it looked like a spider bite, cleaned it and put on a bandage that needs changed often. Tanner is now sporting a fancy dressing on his leg and gets to wear an e-collar. 

He remains a happy playful pup, and has learned how to use the doggie door even when wearing the ‘Cone of Shame’. (He won’t let his Foster Dad get a picture of him getting through the doggie door with the e-collar; perhaps he is using Malamute Magic to do it.) 

Tanner is a talker, if you will give him an audiance he will talk to you 24/7. This is one happy dog and since we won't get him his own TV talk show he feels the only appropriate thing to do is for all the world to celebrate his good luck with a PARTY!  His housemates, Cicero and Amelia play with him and want to join the party, Tanner has gone to a lot of work to organize a world wide Holiday Party Fundraiser and hopes to be the first dog in TvAMAL history to pay for his own surgery and vet bills.

Having wrapped his foster Dad around his dew claw, he now sleeps in the bed and is now aiming at making friends from all over the world.  Won’t you join us at Tanner’s Holiday Party?  All you have to do is scroll down to get the menu for the formal dinner (and if you are really in a party mood, recipes are given at the bottom of the blog) then you can enjoy the entertainment chosen by Tanner’s social secretary.  Since you will attend the party in your home – or where ever, Dress is optional, anything from your unmentionables to black tie. Tanner would like you to donate to TvAMAL to help pay for his surgery and vet bills (all donations to TvAMAL go only to vet bills). The only requirement is to HAVE FUN – then hug your furkids.

And PARTY!!!!!

Donations by Visa or MasterCard can be made by the donate button on our home page at www.tvamal.com, checks and money orders may be sent to AMAL,  Alaskan Malamute Assistance League, c/o Diane Prator, PO Box 54, Concord, NC 28026 or by paypal by clicking the button on their donation page: http://www.malamuterescue.org/about/donations.html

Please note on all donations that the funds are for TvAMAL as AMAL keeps a separate accounting for all of our funds and expenses.

THANK YOU