Melly Belly

So, as the fosters, we have fallen hard for this little guy! He is just one cool dog. As a young puppy, he just follows you around. Although he is just learning commands, it's like he already knows them. He comes when called, he sits, he is working on "stay" and "wait". He is really bright. He has to learn to come to our families silly names that we invent like "melly belly", "melly smelly", and "mj"... pretty good, huh?

We have 3 dogs in our house besides Melvin. Two are ours and one is being dog sat... a previous LuckyDog graduate. Melvin has no problem, even being the youngest and smallest, getting out there rough housing and playing. But his favorite spot, no matter the dog fun that is going on, is to sit by you and just rest his chin on your leg. He is not over-bearing and needy, he just likes to hang out with you.

As for his medical update, we have gone to straight wet food out of the mini muffin pan and we put it on the stairs so he eats using gravity to help get and keep the food down. It was really good news when the vet said that his esophagus was not stretched out too much because of his condition. That could have been a life long issue that required food management. However, Melvin's prognosis right now is that after the tissue is removed from around his esophagus, he will be good to go!

He has a pre-surgical appointment on Tuesday of this week when we will learn more and if everything goes as planned, he will be scheduled for the procedure on Wednesday of this week.

Melvin had a few interested people at our adoption event at Potomac Yards this week, but with all the competition, he is still looking for a home. Yay for Lucky Dog Animal Rescue though! Over 40 dogs were adopted this weekend alone!!! It's hard to believe.