Pet of the Month

In the year 2002 Mollie walked up to the front steps of a home and looked through the window.  She had wondered up to her house with her baby boy in tow.  She was very lucky that she found someone who would care for her, because she had several ailments!  She was positive for both heartworm and Lyme disease.  She also had intestinal parasites and needed treatment for all three.  They found her puppy a wonderful home and Mollie successfully completed treatment for all her conditions.
    Mollie passed her Canine Good Citizen test in 2004.  The Good Citizen program is run by the American Kennel Club. It is a 10 step training program that rewards dogs who have good manners in the home and community.  Mollie did well because she loves people and can’t get enough of them!
    Mollie is now, what is estimated, to be around a 14 years old pitbull mix.  Although Mollie is sweet, she has proven to be a very tough girl pulling through several surgeries in the past couple of years.  In 2005 she had a Mast Cell Tumor removed.  Mast Cell Tumors are histamine producing tumors of the immune system.  They can be fast spreading if not caught early.  Then in 2007 she needed surgery to fix the ruptured blood vessels in her ear that had caused a hematoma.
    In 2009 she went through one of her toughest surgeries when she had her spleen removed.  She pulled through with flying colors, but by this year she had another mass growing on her hind end.  The mass was aspirated and the cells were sent out to the lab to be evaluated.  It came back as an anal sac adenocarcinoma, or cancer.  The mass was removed and Mollie started chemotherapy.
    Mollie is currently receiving chemotherapy and is doing real well with her treatment.  Mollie is a favorite at Princeton Animal Hospital. She is a brave sweet soul who has been through a lot in her life. Keep her in your thoughts!