I’M BAAAAAAACK AND I’M BETTER THAN EVER!!!!! 
 

Remember me?  My name is Hobo and I was a featured Forever Foster back in July of 2008.  I want to tell you what happened to me over the past few months.  I gave my foster mom a really big scare.  I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and need medication to keep me healthy and happy.  The doctors thought that my medication should be changed as I was having problems with side effects.  My foster mom thought that I might not make it, that’s how sick I was.  It took quite a while for the doctors to figure out exactly what to do.  I got sores all over my body and I even lost all my hair. 
 

I had to be weaned off the medicine, but then everyone was worried about how that would affect my IBS.  Luckily, my foster mom found out that I shouldn’t eat anything with gluten in it.  Now I’m off the original medication and on one Prilosec a day plus my thyroid medication.  Being gluten-free has REALLY controlled my IBS.  Now I AM DOING GREAT!!!  I’m hoping to make it off the Forever Foster list soon as I am still up for adoption and would love to find my forever home.
 

Here’s my original story.   Contact my foster mom at sherry352@sbcglobal.net if you think I might fit into your family.
 

Hobo
 

I had quite a difficult past, but now I live the good life.  I was living on the streets, fending for myself, sleeping wherever I could, and eating whatever I could find.  Then my luck changed and I am now living the high life with my fantastic foster family.  They tell me that I am a Forever Foster dog as I need some special care.  That doesn’t mean that I am not able to be up for adoption.  It just means that someone very special needs to find me.
I am a 4 year old Lhasa Apso boy with white, brown, and black hair.  I have one blue eye and one brown eye and that makes me unique!  I am a pretty laid back guy, unless there is food involved.  I get quite grumpy if my foster siblings get too close to me when I am eating my meals or my treats.  My foster mom says that I am also very impatient while I am waiting for my food.  I tend to bark, bark, bark, so that my mom will hurry up and get my food to me!  Obviously food is a very important part of my life! 
When I came to live with my foster family, I weighed about 20 pounds.  Then, I lost 6 pounds rather quickly and my foster family was quite worried about me.  I went to see the veterinarian and it turns out that I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).  There is a flap in my stomach that was inflamed and not closing properly.  This problem meant that my food was not being permitted to pass through my system.  I am on several different medications for my IBS and I need to have some of them given to me before I eat.  I now eat three smaller meals per day and I am up to 17 pounds.  I look great and I feel great!
Since my past involved living on the streets, I do not like to be confined in a crate.  I do tolerate a gate or a larger pen as long as I can see out of it and I know what is going on.
I have a very sweet side and I love to be loved.  I will sit in my foster mom’s lap as long as she will let me!  I am not a demanding dog (except at feeding time, of course).  I am mostly just a quiet, laid back, loving little dog who only wants to be your constant companion.  I do like to play with plastic squeaky balls and will squeak it until my jaw is tired!  If you think that I might fit into your family, please contact my foster mom at sherry352@sbcglobal.net.  Or, if you could help with the cost of my medicine, that would be a big help.  Just go to the Forever Foster page and click on the link to donate.  I would be ever appreciative of that!
I am altered, up-to-date on all my shots and am heartworm negative.
 

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