Kiera a 2 year old Visla mix is in the Foothills Animal Rescue system and under the care of Dr. Aric Remen, DVM. Kiera may be able to be placed up for adoption within 6 months but we will continue to provide medical care for her for the entire year.

Director and Veterinary Technician were walking through County facility and saw a dog infested with ticks lying on kennel floor. Dog was emaciated, could not stand, had no food, could not reach the water and no blanket on concrete floor. We had to act before the dog died.

Kiera is emaciated, has tick fever and valley fever. She can barely walk and cannot turn her head to the left. She weighs 30 pounds and should weigh double. The vet reports this is the worse case of Valley Fever he has seen.

The following outlines the estimatesof cost to care 'for' Kiera for 1 year.

12/30/2009- All done in house with Veterinary Technician

Ehrlichia/Heartworm Snap Test $15

Flea/tick bath $6

Droncit $2

Pyraritel Pamoate $2

Fecal Float $5

Fluids-for 5 days $10

1/4/2009- Radiographs,exam $151

Doxicycline- 60 pills for one month $10

Prednisone-1 to 2 weeks $5

Fluconozole- $30/month for year $360

Trarnadol- 1 to 2 weeks $5

Future Costs:

IDEXX lab test every 3 months (X4)

Coccidioides and Ehrlichia canis Profile w/ CBC $338

Radiographs every 6 months (x2) $224

Spay w/pain injection $70

Microchip $5

One case of Science Diet ID $35

Exam- 1 per month for 6 months, then every 3 months (x7) $273

Bone Biopsy with Histopathology $719.90

A total of: $2,235.90