Gentle Ben 04-015

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Gentle Ben 04-015 is a boy who's name should have been Big Ben as he weighs in at around 100 lbs and could gain a little weight.

Ben was found as a stray about a year ago and the farmer kept him tied outside all the time. One day Ben got off his tie and ate a chicken and off to the shelter was Ben. We are guessing Bens age to be around 4-5 years of age.

When Ben came in to our house it first took us 5 hours to bathe him and cut out the worst of his mats then bathe him again. After he was clean and fresh we noticed that Ben could not get enough water to drink, even to the point we had to tape the top of the fish tank as he would drink out of the tank. To the vet the next day for a check up and neuter. While we were neutering Ben we noticed a big wound on his leg it looks like at one point Ben almost had his foot severed off from what we think was a trap. We cleaned that up and noticed a black area of skin on his tail. We took some biopsies and are waiting for the results.

Since Ben had these issues we decided to run blood work and found the reason for Ben drinking so much water his blood glucose was off the chart. We ran some more test and ruled Ben has diabetes. We went home to think about what to do for Ben. We got all the supplies to deal with his diabetes and started testing his blood sugar here at home and some insulin. After 2 weeks testing we noticed Bens blood sugar going down to the point where it is "normal" Talking to the vet and thinking of what could cause this we have come to the conclusion that having Ben on a all natural super premium dog food must be doing it. We don't know what Ben was fed before, but we can bet it was nothing good. So Ben is still diabetic but with a good diet he is able to be controlled. We test his blood sugar twice a week or more if we notice he is drinking more then normal. We also have insulin on hand if he would have a problem and he limit his treats to veggies.

Other then having diabetes Ben is a normal boy. He does great with our dogs, good with the cats, and people.

He does know sit, down, stay, shake, and crate up.

The only problem we are having with Ben is that we never see him as he has a built in babysitter here. He is sit and look at our rabbit cage every waking moment he is out of the crate. He doesn't do anything to the rabbit but just stares at it. It is really funny to see, but I believe Ben would do better with out a home with caged critters.

If you think Ben would fit great in your home please email RAGOM and let us know. If you want to help pay for Ben medical care please donate to RAGOM. 

  

 

At a Glance #04-015

Golden Retriever Born: May 2000
Male Weight not specified

Status: Adopted

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Gentle Ben 04-015 is a boy who's name should have been Big Ben as he weighs in at around 100 lbs and could gain a little weight.

Ben was found as a stray about a year ago and the farmer kept him tied outside all the time. One day Ben got off his tie and ate a chicken and off to the shelter was Ben. We are guessing Bens age to be around 4-5 years of age.

When Ben came in to our house it first took us 5 hours to bathe him and cut out the worst of his mats then bathe him again. After he was clean and fresh we noticed that Ben could not get enough water to drink, even to the point we had to tape the top of the fish tank as he would drink out of the tank. To the vet the next day for a check up and neuter. While we were neutering Ben we noticed a big wound on his leg it looks like at one point Ben almost had his foot severed off from what we think was a trap. We cleaned that up and noticed a black area of skin on his tail. We took some biopsies and are waiting for the results.

Since Ben had these issues we decided to run blood work and found the reason for Ben drinking so much water his blood glucose was off the chart. We ran some more test and ruled Ben has diabetes. We went home to think about what to do for Ben. We got all the supplies to deal with his diabetes and started testing his blood sugar here at home and some insulin. After 2 weeks testing we noticed Bens blood sugar going down to the point where it is "normal" Talking to the vet and thinking of what could cause this we have come to the conclusion that having Ben on a all natural super premium dog food must be doing it. We don't know what Ben was fed before, but we can bet it was nothing good. So Ben is still diabetic but with a good diet he is able to be controlled. We test his blood sugar twice a week or more if we notice he is drinking more then normal. We also have insulin on hand if he would have a problem and he limit his treats to veggies.

Other then having diabetes Ben is a normal boy. He does great with our dogs, good with the cats, and people.

He does know sit, down, stay, shake, and crate up.

The only problem we are having with Ben is that we never see him as he has a built in babysitter here. He is sit and look at our rabbit cage every waking moment he is out of the crate. He doesn't do anything to the rabbit but just stares at it. It is really funny to see, but I believe Ben would do better with out a home with caged critters.

If you think Ben would fit great in your home please email RAGOM and let us know. If you want to help pay for Ben medical care please donate to RAGOM.