Local Search & Rescue Puppy Candidate Has Emergency Surgery
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Updated: 10:50 PM Mar 10, 2010
Local Search & Rescue Puppy Candidate Has Emergency Surgery
A local search and rescue puppy candidate has emergency surgery so she can begin her training.
Posted: 6:26 PM Mar 10, 2010
Reporter: KBTX Staff
Email Address: news@kbtx.com
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When 11 week old pup Xena fell and broke her leg, her owners rushed her immediately to the small animal clinic at Texas A&M.

Doctors repaired her left back leg, replacing tendons and bone with tension bands and steel pins.

It's a fairly simple procedure, but one that requires a good amount of rehabilitation.

Xena, a border collie, needed the surgery right away because she's a candidate for a search and rescue program.

Xena's father Pete is a border collie as well and has worked all over the county from disaster searched to crime scenes.

She'll be following in his footsteps as a search and rescue dog.

If you want to help Xena out, there is link below this story for more information.

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Posted by: Luke Location: La Grange on May 8, 2010 at 10:05 PM

Thank you for making th e public aware of the great things our communities are doing. Great job. We need to know more of the good things that our community folks re doing. Luke On-Scene Search and Rescue Management
Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 16, 2010 at 02:19 PM

We live in a wonderful community and part of what makes it wonderful is groups and people like these. It is nice to hear about caring people and stories of hope like this one. Good luck to the pup and the people she will help in the future. :)
Posted by: Anonymous Location: College Station on Mar 15, 2010 at 09:52 AM

This was a great story. It is good to hear about volunteer groups like this. They need more press. Way to go KBTX!!!!!
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