New Foster Winston

On Friday October 19th, we picked up "Winston" from the Ocean County Humane Society at Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township. According to the staff there, they found Winston wandering their long driveway early last month. Evidently, he was dropped-off and left there by his owner. The staff took him in and began immediate care.

Since he was abandoned, they have no legitimate information about him. He appears to be around 8 years old, and suffers from a broken elbow on his left front leg and has cataracts in both eyes. He has not been neutered. He is smaller in confirmation than most males, but otherwise is a fine looking dog. The Society had him on medication for his elbow and also for kennel cough. We are continuing this treatment. The staff administered all shots (since he had no prior medical history), confirmed there is no heartworm problem and inserted a chip whose data remains open until a permanent home is found. They have indicated that they will also neuter and perform surgery on his elbow in a couple of weeks, once his kennel cough condition is completely gone.

Winston is clearly not his name. He does not respond to it at all. He does not seem to respond to our voices either, which leads us to believe that he may also be hard of hearing. Since we arrived home, he has stayed away from the other dogs, upstairs with me (Kim) most of the time. I carry him around a lot. He has no problem with this and seems to enjoy the attention. As I write this note to you, he is laying very content, on the floor next to me.

Last night, we paced him in a cage for bedtime. Well, that was not his cup-of-tea! We whimpered and then began to howl like a beagle. We guess this was his first cage adventure. Evidently at the Humane Society he had a dog run. When it became obvious that this situation was not stopping anytime soon, we placed a gate at the top of stairs and provided him a nice dog bed, which he promptly claimed and which seems more his style.

When the pack is quiet (rarely), we will take Winston outside to do his duty. He has a noticeable limp, but does not show signs of being in pain. He spends a lot of time smelling everything in the yard, and with six other dogs, there must be plenty of things to smell!  Because we have a lagoon, we need to watch him at all times. He clearly explores more using his sense of smell than his sight.

Winston is actually a handsome, affectionate guy that once restored to heath, will prove to be a great addition to his Forever Family. We look forward to helping him to that goal!


Kim & Evette Heinle

Thank you Evette and Kim!
I know you already have so much on your plate but went and got this little guy right away!
Thank you so much for taking him in!