Ladybird rescued Pickle from Hamilton Animal Control where she found herself as a stray.
Pickle is pretty much blind, had a bad case of “dry eye,” horrible teeth and a large growth in her genital area. All these issues may be why her owners abandoned her, but we’ll never know for sure.
Despite her medical conditions, Pickle is a happy dog and is sweet as pie!
We took Pickle straight from HAC to Guelph Animal Hospital where Dr. Fleming was waiting to fix up her teeth and remove the growth. While Pickle was under anesthetic, it was discovered that she has both male and female reproductive parts! She had a uterus, a penis and two gonads that seemed to be both testicle and ovary. Dr. Fleming had never seen anything like this before! It’s not often you come across a hermaphrodite dog. All those bits are now gone with the spay/neuter surgery and Dr. Fleming also removed all but six of Pickle’s teeth as they were all so rotten.

Pickle recovered from her surgery with the help of her foster family. After being in her foster home for a short time, Pickle’s foster family decided that she should stay forever! Yay Pickle!