Meet Curly!  Curly came to us as a stray and after waiting through several weeks of advertising him as being found, and receiving no information as to where his "home" was, he officially joined our furry family!  After having him only for a few days much was learned about him that made us very glad his owners were never found.  Curly was extremely fear aggressive, and had been neglected.  We had no clue what breed he might be other then a ball of matted fur.  Because of his fear, and the severity of his matts,  he had to be put under anesthesia and shaved.  That is when we learned he is a Poodle or mix of!  Curly has been with us about 1.5 years now, and over that time he has moved past most of his fear issues.  I am excited to say that I (his foster) have been able to gain his trust enough to fully groom his coat with no aggression of muzzle!!  Curly is still not issues free.  He remains a work in progress that takes lots of love, patience, understanding and kindness...and training.  Although Curly does LOVE children that does not mean he can go into a home with just any children.  The children is has been around have been taught since babies to respect and treat with gentleness all animals they are around.  There has to be limits set for children as well as pets.

We are guessing Curly's age to be about 2.5 now.  He is mostly house broken but will still mark in the house.  This is actually a training issue that needs one-on-one attention.  There is zero food aggression with people of all sizes, other dogs or cats!

If interested in giving Curly a home full of love, patience, kindness and training please contact us at dogrescuemd@live.com or download our application above. 

MEDICAL UPDATE and PLEA:  On September 29th he had to undergo surgery for 2 (very badly) ruptured discs which he narrowly missed being paralyzed from. He is not totally out of the woods yet, and the coming days will tell us more about his neurological condition.

His exam and MRI visit yesterday was just a little over $2600.00, and the estimate for surgery, treatment and recovery is so far $3500.00 - $5,000.00. He has a 95% chance of temporarily (a few days to and few weeks) losing his ability to urinate and walk and 5% chance of being paralyzed. Without treatment it was 100% being paralyzed.

Here where all of you come in. We are in need and asking for three things...
1. Thoughts and Prayers...
2. Shares of his post...
3. And of course any donations you are able to give.
ALL of which will be greatly appreciated.

You can make checks payable to Dog Rescue of Maryland and mail to PO Box 515, Pasadena, MD. 21123,
Or use our secure Pay Pal site linked on our web site below, note donation is for Curly.

Both of which 100% of your donation comes to us
Or donate using our Go Fund Me link here www.gofundme.com/2rycptw

 We are an approved 501c3 non-profit rescue so your donation is tax deductable.

Thank you all for your help.