Nora thanks her anonymous Goldzilla sponsor and include a picture of how nice she can be with cats. She is showing dogs take cat naps too. She also thanks all those people who keep watching her updates while she awaits her adoptive home.

Nora has now used the Thundershirt 4 times when thundering and lightening and has worked to calm her down. She needs it on before storm gets too bad and taken off when the storm is over. She actually laid down and went to sleep once the shirt was applied. They say it might not work for all dogs, but it sure did for her. I am sending a picture of how she looks with shirt on for all to see.

Nora also went to a lake and had a blast in the water. She has improved so much since her surgery. She loved jumping off the dock and retrieving a ball and have  pictures for you.

Nora shouldn't be around small children unless on a leash as she is such a lover, she wants to kiss everyone she sees and may knock a little on over. She loves to have attention and play ball and will play with another dog that plays mildly as she has arthritis in her back leg and will bother her if too much running. She is on meds in morning each day for her leg pain and arthritis.

Nora loves food or treats and takes no time at all to eat and will check out another dog dish if it's left unattended.

She gets along with cats in house, but does have a prey drive for chasing wild cats that run or squirrels. She does listen and comes when called but will wander off if no fenced yard. Nora also loves to roll in manure or anything smelly, so best to know where she is at or she will get lots of baths.

Nora is 7-8 years old and is waiting for that someone special to adopt her. Call placement if you have questions on Nora I will answer them through placement or set up an appointment to meet this lover.

Hurray and jump for joy as Nora has learned how to play ball and am including a picture. Started out with a corn cob as the only thing she would go after and then progressed to a racquetball as she doesn't like tennis balls. She just loves to go after it and brings it back too. Guess she likes it more because they bounce better than a tennis ball and also is smooth not fuzzy.

Also including a picture of her playing with her new playmate Cassie a PM dog we are fostering and Nora is very helpful in her training.

Last picture is of her after her bath which is taken in a shower stall with a sprayer. Nora needs a little help going into the stall, but once in the stall stands nice for her bath.

Found out Nora doesn't always react to storms all the time. May help to have another dog around that storms don't bother. Another thing that helps is if there is not a lot of lightening with the storm even though rumbles.
Nora should have another dog in the house when she is adopted out and a fenced yard as she will wander if she gets bored and another dog will keep her active playing.

She has anxiety when meeting people, so no small children. I have been taking her to the same place several times and each time she is more calm, so I would say new  things usually set her anxiety off more.
Nora does have a strong food drive and will take things from other dogs if she wants more or find things left on counters.

She is still on Rimadyl, but it is cut down to 1 pill in morning along with fish oil (2) and Chrodrotin,MSM and Glucosamine (3). We have removed all pills at second feeding and she is doing fine with just morning pills. She still gets some pumpkin mixed in food to curb hunger and she enjoys it.
Will continue to work on anxiety, so watch for more updates.

Nora has been enjoying meeting and playing with friends and using her healed leg to build muscle. Below are a couple pictures of her playing with her friends at her house. These are my brother's dogs he brought along when he came to split wood and came several weekends in a row. In the first it shows her with two friends and in the second she gives chase to the one she prefers to play and run after a lot. He is a one year old and she keeps right up with him. She also loves to rub up against the snow outside-when we have any, but no pictures turned out as furr butt is always in the air on them.

She still gets along with cats and if they get too close once in a while she gives them a growl to move away.

Still working on separation anxiety and having to use a tie down in car to keep her in one place. As weather gets warmer we will work more on leaving alone for short periods.

The sit and stay before getting her food dish has been working very well, so she loves to learn and very food oriented.

Thanks to all that are watching her progress.

Hi to all who are watching Nora's progress. Seems Nora picked up a cold and will have to wait a week to get x-rays on her leg at the vet as they would have to give her anesthesia. My vet checked Nora on Friday to make sure it isn't anything serious as she started on Monday sneezing a lot and told to wait a week or so and see what happens.

Nora was limping in the snow and cold, but I put on booties and that helped as leg still gets cold for now. See below for a picture of Nora outside with booties.

Nora has a strong separation anxiety, which we are working on for now. She is getting better waiting in car without whining and crying. She will hop in any car to go somewhere, but when you get there and let her out she has high anxiety (more like a excited child) for a while and then will calm down. In the house she will follow you around or lay where she can see you. Lately, with all baking she will go in livingroom and lay on couch and watch from there, so she is getting there. A lot of this we couldn't work on while her leg was healing so she didn't injure it.

She still doesn't play with toys, but have started treats in a Kong to get her to play around with it for treats and will progress to Kong ball which holds treats.

She gets along with cats, but with all dogs with prey drive she will chase if they run, but won't hurt them as I have three cats. She has also been exposed to other dogs both young and old and doesn't mind them. If they do something she doesn't like, she will give a growl warning to them.

Nora now has 1 1/2 tablet Rimadyl; 2 tablets Glucosamine,Chrondrotin,MSM; and 2 tablets fish oil a day for arthritis and leg healing. She takes them very easily with morning food.

Nora would need a fenced yard until she gets used to area or she would wander off and is hard to get as she doesn't  go after balls like most dogs. She will come if you call her name and loves attention and pets.

Nora is more of dog who likes to give kisses, and with anxieties would not do well with small children as may knock them over.  That is all for now as we are working on getting things in order for holidays. Want to help out Nora this season????  Sponsor or give gift offerings to RAGOM for her surgery and medicine to keep her healthy now.  Nora is one of those saved by RAGOM to live a healthy life.

I included two pictures of Nora before surgery, one sleeping on my bed and the other shows her not putting weight on her bad leg before surgery.

Nora had surgery and is doing okay. We both slept downstairs on the couch and a mattress on the floor the first week in case of problems. It was very uncomfortable for her with leg wrap and laying only on one side. Going to bathroom was even harder and thanks to medication first week to help with all the pain. Included picture of leg wrap which matched color of her collar with hearts of love from clinic.

Leg wrap is off now and have e-collar to prevent licking of stitches you can see in photo. After putting it on for a while, Nora didn't like it and has been doing really good with just verbal commands to leave leg alone. She had been pulling stuffing out of the leg wrap, so asked for the e-collar.  Leg looks good now and starting to walk on it. We had pills filled on Friday, so have plenty for now.

Started the therapy for first time Sunday along with 5 minutes of walking. Nora at times gets really bouncy and I am glad Nora is on leash for control. Each day she puts weight more and more on the injured leg, so very critical to keep her under control so she will not injure bad leg again or even other leg by putting too much stress on it. The rehab of her leg will take up to 8 to 10 weeks as she needs to build up muscle she hasn't used to strengthen her leg. Nora also has moderate to severe arthritis in her leg which means she can't be overactive for a long period or will probably have trouble with the leg.

Nora is very grateful to all the helper's at the vet clinic and Dr. for doing such a wonderful job to get her leg back.
I will keep you updated on Nora's progress and anyone who like to sponsor Nora to help with expenses would be great for Nora.