JACK

We decided to get a dog a couple weeks ago. We got him for free from some people in Tooele that didn't have the time for him. His name is Jack and he is a purebread Beagle. A little less than a week after we got him, he started getting really sick. He was throwing up everywhere and then started getting really bad diarrhea. He stopped eating and drinking and didn't have ANYTHING for almost 4 days! He was literally skin & bone! Dax went and got a medication for him he found online from a pet supply store in Magna. We tried it for about a day and a half and he wouldn't keep it down! So...we decided to take him into the vet, knowing it was going to cost a fortune! He came up positive for Parvo! We had to make a decision to either put him down or see if they could save him. It was very hard, in that short period of time, he had become part of our family and Addi's best friend! We decided to see if they could save him. He spent 2 days at the vet with a cathader, IV, and was recieving meds morning and night for his stomach and the Parvo. When we called the vet after the 2 days they said he didn't have as much energy as they would like, but they would send him home with his meds. We went to pick him up (and pay our extra large bill) and he came running out with his tail wagging! We were so excited! About a week after we got him back we went to St. George to visit family for the weekend. The day after we got back we were running to Salt Lake to pick up something. I got a phone call saying Jack had been picked up by the "animal police" and had been impounded! Again, we had to make a decision...do we leave him there or pay the very large sum to get him out...we paid it! Jack is now home and back to his old self! Needless to say...this FREE dog turned out to be EXTREMELY pricey!