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Dog finds forever home after surviving gun shots

Sep 12, 2016 | 5:00 PM

A dog that was shot a few months ago and failed to assimilate with numerous families, has finally found a new home.

The dog formerly known as Remington was found in Glaslyn last March with over 100 bullet fragments throughout his body. He was brought to the Battlefords Humane Society and after a few failed trial visits he has finally found his forever home.

Amy Pronovost was looking for a dog two months ago and decided to give the shelter in North Battleford’s website a visit. It turned out the dog that failed to assimilate with other families was a perfect fit for her.

“It sounds bad but I am glad he didn’t work out with all those other homes because now he is mine,” Pronovost said. “He is such a good dog. I took him on a trial adoption and three days later he was part of my family.”

Not only does Remington have a new family but he also has a new name. On paper his name is officially The Right Honorable Sir John A. MacDonald but Pronovost calls him Mac for short.

According to Pronovost, Mac is a very well-tempered dog. He gets along great with her three cats but she admitted sometimes the cats don’t get along with him.

“He is still a puppy and always wants to play and sometimes they just aren’t in the mood to play with him,” Pronovost said. “He has a great temperament, though. I can let kids pet him without worrying if he’ll bite. He gets along great with other dogs, too. There are a couple at the park he doesn’t do so great with but we just don’t go if they’re there.”

Pronovost found out Mac’s original name was Teddy through the shelter. Apparently people who knew the dog before he was shot came to visit him at the shelter and told the staff his real name. Pronovost loves the name she has given him and has no plans on changing it back.

Mac went through months of extensive surgeries and rehabilitation after his incident. Aside from some paralysis on the left side of his face he made a full recovery. Pronovost joked about naming him Jean Chrétien due to the droop in his cheek.

 

Greg Higgins is battlefordsNOW’s city municipal affairs and health reporter. He can be reached at ghiggins@jpbg.ca or tweet him @realgreghiggins.