Mackenzie

Mackenzie’s was impounded for seven days and Pounds are daunting places for dogs at the best of times but, when you have limited vision as Mackenzie does, time in the Pound would be an awful and very scary place. Mackenzie was released to PAWS and went immediately to the vet for a check up and surgery. On examination, it was discovered that Mackenzie had very nasty dew claws that were sticking into her little legs so these were removed and she is feeling much more comfortable now. Mackenzie is a very sweet little dog that is being fostered with other small dogs and gets along with them all. Mackenzie has cataracts in both eyes and we are hopeful that we will be able to do surgery to restore some or all of her vision. Mackenzie has an appointment with Mark Bilson, an Ophthalmologist from Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH), on 13 May and we will let you know the outcome of that visit as soon as we are able.

UPDATE 17 MAY: \ Mackenzie is a very happy girl! She received the good news that she will soon be able to see again, something that she has probably not been able to do for a very long time. Mackenzie is a candidate for cataract surgery on both of her eyes and will have this at the end of the month. Dr Bilson will be doing the surgery and he was very impressed with Mackenzie’s impeccable personality as she sat there while lights were shone in her eyes and various testing was done to make sure that she did qualify for the surgery. Mackenzie didn’t fuss or make a sound and just sat perfectly still on the examination table. It was as if she knew that something good was going to come from her visit to the doctor! Cataract surgery is costly and we expect it to cost somewhere between $4000 and $4500. Mackenzie is pictured wearing her new warm and cosy jumper knitted by the wonderful people of 'Knitting for Australian Dog Rescue Groups'.

UPDATE 10 JUNE:  Mackenzie has had her surgery for cataracts at SASH and we wanted to show you her big, beautiful brown eyes! Gone are the cataracts that were so deep in her eyes (see photo below) and her life has been transformed as Mackenzie can now see the world and will be ready to go to a new home in a few week's time. Mackenzie loves the company of humans and other dogs and  we expect that she will begin playing with toys and the dogs in her foster home very soon.