FROM THE SHELTER:

Please contact Denise (dogdaddy@adelphia.net) for more information about this pet.

CODA (Cleveland Ohio Dog Advocates) 1-877-664-1314 codadogrescue@givemepaw.com P.O. Box 44092 Brooklyn OH 44144 We are also collecting used ink jet and laser jet print cartridges all proceeds go to the rescue dogs You can mail your used printer cartridges to us at: CODA P.O. Box 44092 Brooklyn, Ohio 44144

MONTANA


Deaf Male Minature Australian Shepherd Puppy

Montana is a 12 week old Minature Australian Shepherd Puppy who was purchased

by a local Ohio resident as a show prospect breeding dog from

a Minature Australian Shepherd Breeder in MT.

We were contacted by the lady who purchased Montana from the above breeder
to see if we could take him into

rescue after it was discovered that Montana was deaf and had some eye defects

( He has very functional vision per our evaluation here at CODA)

The lady who purchased him took him to her vet for an exam and the Vet Evaluated
Montana and stated the following



I examined this Australian shepherd pup Montana today and

found him to have one or more congenital eye defects. His right eye has an


irregular pupil medial defect and remains enlarged in a bright light. I suspect


that he has a persistent papillary membrane with iris adhesion or a coloboma.
He

also appears to be hearing impaired or fully deaf. He has no response to loud


noise and does not respond to voice calls.



This pup was examined on 12/4 / 2007

Emerald Animal Hospital

Dr. Constance Curran

Montana was also diagnosed to have Coccidia at his vet exam with Dr. Curran

Montana was treated with Albon to cure his coccidia and has finished all his
medication



The lady who purchased Montana fell in love with his wonderful personality
and did not want to return

him to the breeder so she chose to surrender him to CODA so that we can find
Montana a perfect

deaf dog experienced home where he can learn and flourish and grow into a
wonderful adult dog.



You can read more detailed information about Montana and see more photo's of Montana from our main website located at http://coda.givemepaw.com

Montana is a very smart and loving puppy

He is doing excellent on his housebreaking and will squeak to let us know
when he has to go potty

Montana loves to be held and cuddled but is quite active and loves to play
with abandon

Montana runs and plays and has never bumped into or run into anything so appears
to have very functional vision at this

stage of his life.

Montana has the most gorgeous, piercing blue eyes that are just mesmerizing

Montana watches his caretakers constantly so will be very easy to train to
sign language


Montana is learning quickly here in rescue and has already mastered walking
up and down

the stairs to go outside to potty and play

Montana is doing well on his leash training and is working on learning the
sign for ' sit' and ' quiet' and ' no'



UPDATE 12/21/07

Montana was examined by Dr. Brian today and received his first VERIFIABLE
puppy vaccination

Since no vaccination records were surrendered along with Montana we have to
assume he has had none of his

puppy vaccinations

Montana's eyes do have some minor defects of malformed and slightly misaligned
pupil per Dr. Brian

Montana's eye defects are genetic in nature and not a defect that can be cured
or improved via surgery

Montana should have very functional vision throughout his life

We have seen genetic eye defects a million times worse than Montana's in our
many years of rescuing Australian Shepherds and other

breeds carrying the merle gene

Montana weighed in at 12.2. lbs at his vet visit today at age 12 wks.

Montana is scheduled for his neuter surgery 12/28/07

COST OF MONTANA'S VET VISIT TODAY $65.00

WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP US HELP MONTANA?

UNTIL A LOVING PERMANENT HOME CAN BE FOUND FOR HIM?

If you can help us to defray the costs of saving Montana and helping with
his medical bills

please click on the button below:

Montana will need his puppy vaccinations and will need to be neutered to ready
him for his new family

If you are interested in giving Montana a loving home please fill out an
adoption application

We are seeking a home with a secure fenced in play area for Montana

Home with previous deaf dog experienced MANDATORY to adopt Montana



Australian Shepherd experienced adopter preferred









ADOPTION APPLICATION

Or send check or money order to:

CODA

P.O. Box 44092

Brooklyn, Ohio 44144