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Please Note: This animal is listed as a courtesy to another organization. Please be sure to contact the foster/caretaker for more information about her.

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Hazel is a courtesy listing. Wag On Inn Rescue has no first-hand information on her. Wag On Inn cannot attest to her health or suitability for any purpose. For information on Hazel, contact Erin at erin_gorman222@yahoo.com.

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Hazel is a 3-year-old Alaskan Malamute. She was left paralyzed at only a year old from a genetic condition that most dogs never recover from. She was such a happy, bright dog, that her owners surrendered her to Beach Animal Hospital to love and provide nursing care until she no longer seemed happy. Beach Animal Hospital staff carried her around, gave her daily baths and light physical therapy for several months until her condition deteriorated to the point where it was almost time to say goodbye and put her to sleep. It turns out she had come from a long line of inbreeding and her former owners' other dog (who was her cousin/brother/uncle) had been put to sleep a few months before Hazel went down with the same condition. However, Hazel wasn't ready to give up yet, and around Thanksgiving 2013, she started to move her front legs and on December 21, she stood up and took several steps on her own. She was a Christmas miracle! She has only made more improvement since then. Now, over a year later, she is able to go for walks (up to 40 minutes at a time) and is regaining her muscle mass. Now it is time for Hazel to find a home of her own. She has been living at the animal hospital for over a year and a half and she deserves to know what it is to have a real home. She was an outside dog before she came to us at Beach and now spends her time in an outdoor run, weather permitting, or in her crate overnight. She is starting to get very stressed about going in the crate in the dog boarding building at night and will urinate in her crate. She doesn't do this if there is room in the hospital building and she can sleep in there instead, so it seems to be just from stress. She loves her run outside and is very calm and relaxed there. She is incredibly outgoing and friendly with people - children, adults, elderly people, she loves everyone! We even had a Girl Scout troop come to the hospital and Hazel was happy to let all of the children listen to her heart. She gets along incredibly well with other dogs of all sizes also. She is one of those dogs with the innate ability to change her behavior according to the dogs she is with. She wrestles and rough houses with some friends, she loves to sniff and explore with my dog Huey, and is perfectly content to just hang out calmly with my other dog Dori. She is not so good with cats unfortunately. She will sometimes ignore them but at other times she will try to bite them, so she would be better in a home with no cats or small animals. She also cannot have any soft toys because she will eat the entire thing!I love Hazel as if she was my own, and she would be if I didn't have a dog who doesn't get along at all with other dogs. I take her on walks with my other two whenever I have the chance, and she loves it. She doesn't have a ton of energy, so would be a great addition to a home that wants a dog to take a nice relaxing stroll in the neighborhood or park. With her sweet, friendly disposition, she might even do well as a therapy dog. She deserves a chance to find the perfect home who will love her and give her all that she deserves in life. Medically, her condition that led to her paralysis is an unknown, because the disease she was diagnosed with is one that she technically shouldn't have recovered from. She is also on medication for her thyroid - 1 pill twice a day that she eats in her food- and a joint supplement. She has a sensitive stomach so is on a mixture of Eukanuba Low Residue and a higher protein food (grain-free Merrick) to help her regain weight and muscle tone. She really is an amazing dog and should she be adopted or placed in a foster home, if anything ever happened where she became ill or for any reason at all they could no longer care for her, Beach Animal Hospital would take her back, no questions asked.Any help you can provide in trying to find Hazel a new home, or even a foster, would be hugely appreciated! I can provide additional information if needed.

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