Odis

Odis was found as a stray in a northern community. Canine Action Project was alerted to him being there when community members noticed the wound on his shoulder/chest area. It took a few tries to find him and there was a surprise at how sweet and apparently non-painful he was despite the wound.

We asked Odis’ foster family to share about him as they have had a chance to get to know him: Odis came into my care 3 days ago and already has stole our hearts. He is an 80 pound loveable big bear. Unfortunately he came with a very deep big wound on his shoulder which will take a long time to heal and lots of visits to the vet. But he has been a champ allowing me to flush and clean wound daily with no issues and letting me clip and clean around the wound. And he loves his chewable medicine. He has a very low key temperament, loves his hugs and kisses, no reaction to our cat and small dog, and loves being brushed. I feel he was basically an outside dog as he loves to be out in back yard smelling and getting use to his new surroundings. Due to the weather and his injury I only let him out for short spurts very often every day.  A bit of anxiety kicks in when he is in the house but settles down quite nicely. Has been in a kennel at night and has done very well. During the day he has free roaming of the kitchen.

Today Odis went to see the vet and was bandaged up as he likes to scratch at his wound with his back leg and the position of the wound does not allow a cone to prevent that behaviour.

Update: Odis had stitches placed to help close up the wound. Unfortunately the stitches popped out as he was being a silly boy so he did have to go back to have a shoelace wound closure implemented so the doctors could slowly pull the wound closed. The good news is that his wound is already 80% smaller than when he was first assessed. It now measures 6cm x 4cm. He now goes in every 2-3 days to have the “shoelace” tightened to continue to close the wound.

Update: Odis has been given the all clear!! His vet team is satisfied that the wound is almost done healing, there is just a tiny bit left to heal, and he is ready to meet his forever people!! If you think that you are the people please apply to meet him.

Final Update: Thanks to his dedicated care team, including the team at Orchard Veterinary Care and is loving foster home(s), sweet Odis has found his forever home!

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