Disabled dog meets with vet, gets surgery date

Carol McAlice Currie, Statesman Journal

Tigger was the center of attention among humans Friday at Oregon State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. But he didn’t seem to notice.

The 55-pound bull-terrier mix just wanted to make sure he got in his kisses and belly rubs, and that none of the other dogs got by him without at least one sniff and a thump or two or three of his tail.

Tigger was in the lobby, and later the anteroom of the treatment area of the small-animal hospital, for a follow-up appointment with his surgical teams of orthopedic specialist Dr. Jennifer 

Dr. Jennifer Warnock looks over the from legs of Tigger, a bull terrier mix with deformed front legs, during an exam to decide how to approach surgery at the Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Corvallis on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. More than $16,000 were raised for Tigger's surgical and medical expenses after an original story by the Statesman Journal.
Dr. Jennifer Warnock looks over the from legs of Tigger, a bull terrier mix with deformed front legs, during an exam to decide how to approach surgery at the Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Corvallis on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. More than $16,000 were raised for Tigger's surgical and medical expenses after an original story by the Statesman Journal.