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.

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

UPDATE 12/28/07
Montana was neutered today and was so happy to see his foster mom when he was picked up from his surgery
He gave lots of kisses to his foster mom and is recovering nicely
By the following morning Montana was back to feeling great and was ready to play and go back to his normal daily rountine
Montana has mastered the sign for " sit" already.

Sydney was very bored and really missed Montana the day of his neuter surgery so Sydney was very happy
when Montana was able to play with her for a while the afternoon following his surgery.
Total Cost for Montana's Neuter Surgery $110.00

UPDATED 6/24/08
New pictures of Montana. He is doing wonderfully on his sign training and is just a total doll of a puppy
He is housebroken, crate trained and knows many sign commands

Montana sniffing around the dog park

Montana watching the command for his " sit" sign

Montana playing in the CODA dog park

Montana , Frankie Blue Eyes and Lilly
( 3 Deaf dogs at play tussling over ownership of a tennis ball hidden in Frankie's mouth)

 

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
Home with deaf dog agility experience given preference as Montana would do well training in agility

Australian Shepherd experienced adopter preferred but not mandatory

ADOPTION FEE $300


ADOPTION APPLICATION

Or send check or money order to:

CODA
P.O. Box 44092
Brooklyn, Ohio 44144