Odie came from a shelter in Kansas City where he had been neutered a week prior to ABMR pulling him, however his surgery site had not been properly cared for post-procedure. When Kali, TCD Owner/Head Trainer, arrived to pick him up from the shelter his scrotum had split open and was profusely bleeding all over the shelter lobby! While trying to load him in the car for his freedom ride Odie attempted to bite Kali, but she could tell it was just a combination of fear and pain. She immediately rushed him to the emergency vet hospital at Kansas State University in Manhatten where he stayed for three days on heavy antibiotics. When the antibiotics took hold he was cleared for a scrotal ablation surgery to remove the damaged tissue and remaining infection.  Odie spent his time there terrorizing the vet students with his spicy attitude, but he had won the heart of his surgeon who – like Kali – had extensive working dog experience and was able to see through his tough exterior to his true personality underneath.  She almost adopted him herself!

Kali headed back to K State to pick him up after his surgery and even heavily drugged (or maybe because of it) she could tell he was feeling a lot better! He spent the next two weeks on crate rest while he healed up and was slowly weaned off of his sedatives that kept him calm and able to rest. Its hard to keep a good Malinois down!

Once a bond and a level of trust was formed between Odie and Kali his true personality blossomed. This was a confident, energetic, young dog that when asked to jump didn’t bother wasting time with asking “how high?”.  Understandably he was distrustful of new people, especially men, so when a potential adopter from Michigan said he wanted to drive all the way down here to meet him we were a bit nervous. Truthfully, because Odie was one of the more “difficult” dogs we had taken on, we were hoping for a closer adoption so that if something didn’t work out Odie could easily return to Top City Dogs. Thankfully it was love at first sight for Odie and his new owner – shocking all of us – and after a few group walks and training sessions together he hopped right in his Jeep with an “Are you ready to go home yet?!” look on his face.  

Odie alllllmost “Foster Failed” with us and stayed here permanently, but if he had that would have meant the end of our ability to foster more dogs in the future due to lack of space. We are so happy for him, even if Kali was a bit misty eyed as they pulled out of the driveway (they’d been through a lot!), and Odie and his new family are completely inseparable!