December 2011 Pet of the Month – “SHAKER” Shaheen

December 2011 Pet of the Month – “SHAKER” Shaheen

Date: December 1, 2011

Shaker, is almost 15 years old. She was born in Jerusalem.

 

15 years ago, in Jerusalem, a tiny almost 10 week old  puppy  was left on  the  Shaheen’s doorstep.  A  true “street puppy” covered in ticks and fleas. Always giving her paw to “shake,” the Shaheen’s seven year old named her “Shaker.”

 

With her sparkling  personality  and deliciously  sweet nature, Shaker quickly  won over the family, their friends, and  the entire hillside  community  in Jerusalem. Shaker  lived  in  a neighborhood  which overlooks  The Old City of Jerusalem, and  is half Arabic and half Jewish. So Shaker became known as The Peace Dog: Half Arab and half Jew!

 

Very mischievous, she  would  often  run after garbage trucks and  eat  broken  glass.  Emergency  phone calls  from Jerusalem to Dr. Krawitz at Calusa!  And for every manner of mischief Shaker would find herself in, time and again, Dr. Krawitz, would “transatlantically”  prescribe  homeopathic remedies for the Jerusalem pharmacies to fill.

 

For 15 years, whether  at  home or abroad, Dr. Krawitz, Dr. Turkell, and  the incredibly caring, compassionate, attentive, and devoted Calusa staff, have cared painstakingly, and magnificently for Shaker and her siblings.

 

Through  spinal chord  issues, and  torn  ACLs from chasing squirrels in New Jersey, to a weakened  stomach from chasing garbage  trucks in Jerusalem. Through  two  pneumonias, heart problems, and other ailments Dr. Krawitz and Calusa have brilliantly, miraculously, and, literally, given  sweet  Shaker 9 lives! Shaker loves to come to Calusa, pawing away at the front door if it  is not  opened  quickly enough  for her.  She  loves  to visit  all of  her  old  friends, in  Reception, Grooming  and  the Pharmacy, and  meet  and greet  whichever “techs” are on duty.

 

Every time  Shaker  sees  the car door open, she is hoping for a car ride to Calusa where she is always received like  “Canine Royalty” by the enthusiastically loving, gentle, and welcoming Calusa staff.

 

When Shaker moved  back  to Boca, she became  a full time  Homeopathic patient  of  Dr. Krawitz, thank goodness!  Homeopathic remedies  have  cured  everything  from serious medical  issues  to  the  depression  she suffered  when  a traumatically  injured new sibling was introduced into the home.

 

Shaker has two little  brothers, both  homeopathic  patients as well: “Lucky,” who  was shot  three times in the back and  thrown out of  a speeding  truck on  I-95, and  Leo, a Pomeranian  whose congestive heart  failure, Dr. Krawitz  is managing  brilliantly . From Jerusalem, city of miracles, during  this month of  many miracles, Shaker  would  like  to thank  the  talented  and  gifted Calusa staff, and encourages everyone: 

 

Written by: Ms. Shaheen