Help WAG support greyhounds with Special Medical Needs
Make a Donation to the Yogi Medical Fund!
Current Yogi Fund recipients:
Dyno
Would you like to help? Make a donation now via PayPal
Donations may also be mailed to:
WAG, Inc.
Attn: Yogi Medical Fund
P.O. Box 1114
Glastonbury CT 06033
History of the Yogi Medical Fund
On October 26, 2004 WAG received a call about “RTS Yogi Bear” who had broken his leg during a race. Could WAG take him?
WAG had never been able to take broken leg hounds in the past and we were not sure exactly what to expect. When we were told all the other groups were full and Yogi had no where else to go we decided to give it a try! And two days later Yogi Bear arrived in his new foster home. He had a cast on his leg and we were told that his injury was minor (although no x-rays were provided) and that we should just leave the cast on for 6-8 weeks and he should be okay. Unfortunately the next day, while his foster family was at work Yogi decided to free himself from his crate, he managed to open the door of the crate enough to squeeze himself out but in the process took off his cast. He happily greeted his foster family, hopping around on 3 legs, without the cast his injury didn’t seem all that minor. We brought him for his first vet visit for x-rays to evaluate the extent of the injury just to find that our local vet had never seen this type of sports injury before and was not sure how to repair it. The vet’s advice was to take Yogi to an orthopedic surgeon. So we called the local orthopedic specialist’s office and found that he was away on vacation and wasn’t due back for another week. At that point we remembered that Greysland in Massachusetts had a lot of experience with broken leg hounds and maybe they could help. Through Greysland we were introduced to Dr. Melissa Dudley at VCA Northboro. Dr. Dudley was able to see Yogi right away and surgically repair his leg. Now all we had to do was make sure that Yogi would be a good patient and not injure his leg again! Which was easier said then done for a dog who did not like being in a crate or ex-pen. But we didn’t have anyone who could be with him 24 hours per day so there had to be some kind of solution. And his foster family found that he was particularly fond of one corner in their family room and that he didn’t mind being blocked into this corner with a baby gate – so the corner became Yogi’s crate. It took twelve weeks for Yogi’s leg to heal. Yogi had a little harder time finding a new home because besides his dislike for crates he was also a little too interested in cats. On August 7, 2005 Yogi was adopted by his new family. After gaining some experience with Yogi, WAG decided to continue to help out with some of the more special needs hounds whenever possible. And in honor of this first experience WAG named the medical fund for these special hounds after Yogi.
Past Yogi Fund recipients:
Yogi – broken leg
Lexi – broken leg
Gavin – broken leg
Spud – amputated tail
Lady – broken toe
Skye – severe dog bite wounds from previous home
Ruby – protein-losing enteropathy (PLE)
Panda – osteosarcoma
Andy – broken leg
Roxy – nasal fungus at first thought to be a nasal tumor, had surgery and then anti-fungal treatment
Charlie – lumbosacral stenosis (LS) – medication, massage therapy
Snowie – broken leg
Corey – broken leg
Clark – broken leg
Lucas – antibiotics for skin infection, skin scrapings, food allergies, prescription dog food
Spencer – transferred from Humane Society due to leg wound that would not heal, wound required water therapy and topical treatments
Roger – broken leg
Twister – thyroid problems, chronic lyme disease, arthritis
Shaylee – broken leg
Hero – broken leg
Tommy – broken leg
Snowball – broken leg
Celesta – broken leg
Murphy – broken leg
Tess – broken leg
Queenie – broken leg
King – heartworm treatment
Becky/Piglet – erosive immune-mediated polyarthritis
Float – Broken leg
Cricket – Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) and pinched nerve in neck
Chase – kidney failure
Maggie – broken leg
Sophie -(idiopathic epilepsy)
Andy – (injured hock, torn muscles, corns)
Myles – Broken leg
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