Loretta91裸聊视频檚 tail didn91裸聊视频檛 stop wagging from the time she walked into Trinity Lutheran School in Edwardsville until the time she left two hours later.

And why not? Children, teachers and other staff treated the yellow Labrador retriever like a movie star, despite her carved-out abdomen and oddly-shaved coat. They petted her, kissed her, hugged her, scratched her ears, fed her treats, read her stories and drew her pictures.

91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 cute,91裸聊视频� said first-grader Lauren Hamlin Chulka, 6, of Livingston. 91裸聊视频淪he loves kids, and she likes cheeseburgers.91裸聊视频�

Loretta91裸聊视频檚 visit filled the school with excitement and prompted a lot of laughter on Monday, but students also learned a hard truth: The dog had been abandoned in late November by a neglectful owner who allowed a mass in her abdomen to grow to the size of a melon.

91裸聊视频淪he has cancer,91裸聊视频� Lauren said. 91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 not going to live much longer.91裸聊视频�

A veterinarian removed the mass last month, increasing Loretta91裸聊视频檚 mobility and making her more comfortable, but the cancer already had metastasized to her lungs. She91裸聊视频檚 been given weeks to live.

The dog91裸聊视频檚 trip to Trinity was part of a 91裸聊视频渂ucket list91裸聊视频� being carried out by her Edwardsville foster family and other Madison County animal lovers. They91裸聊视频檙e trying to fill her last days on earth with fun, love, comfort and happiness.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just about giving her quality of life and then some,91裸聊视频� said Patty Barney, 52, Loretta91裸聊视频檚 foster mother and board president at Partners 4 Pets, a rescue organization with an animal shelter in Troy. 91裸聊视频淲e want her to know that people care about her.91裸聊视频�

In December, children showed up at the Barney home to sing Christmas carols to Loretta. Then the dog travelled to Chicago for a family holiday celebration, complete with her own stocking and gifts.

Several people have sent toys and treats to the house. Others have picked up Loretta and taken her to Annie91裸聊视频檚 Frozen Custard and Schwarz Street Dog Park. Four Muddy Paws gave her a free doggy spa.

91裸聊视频淪he was a lawyer for a day,91裸聊视频� Barney said, noting that Edwardsville attorney Barbara Joiner has been heavily involved in the bucket-list effort.

Loretta also attended a birthday party and visited senior citizens at a memory-care centre. She appeared on TV as part of a KSDK news story and recently filmed a Partners for Pets promotional video.

All of her adventures have been documented on the organization91裸聊视频檚 Facebook page and at #lovingloretta on Instagram, resulting in $2,500 in donations for her medical care, more than three times the $700 in bills so far. Any money left over is earmarked to help other sick and injured rescues.

One social-media follower is Megan Langendorf, Lauren91裸聊视频檚 first-grade teacher, who invited Barney to bring the dog to Trinity.

91裸聊视频淚 thought we could show Loretta a little love, too,91裸聊视频� she said.

Langendorf also noted that 91裸聊视频渞esponsibility91裸聊视频� is the first-graders91裸聊视频� word of the month, so they91裸聊视频檝e been learning about being responsible, and that includes pet care.

After leaving Langendorf91裸聊视频檚 classroom, the celebrity dog strolled Trinity91裸聊视频檚 halls and hobnobbed with other students, racking up dozens more hugs and kisses.

Loretta91裸聊视频檚 public story goes back to Nov. 27, when she was tied up and left outside Clinton County Animal Control in Carlyle in the middle of the night.

91裸聊视频淪he was really skinny, and she had a really large mass on her abdomen,91裸聊视频� said veterinarian David Hall, who examined her at Horseshoe Lake Animal Hospital in Collinsville. 91裸聊视频淎ctually, it was probably a mammary mass. She also tested positive for heartworms.91裸聊视频�

A chest scan revealed a significant number of pulmonary nodules, leading Hall to believe the dog had terminal cancer. He estimated she had eight weeks to live. Veterinarian Lindsey Gammon later removed the mass.

Partners for Pets Director Nev Fisher named the dog after country singer Loretta Lynn since both came from rural areas.

It91裸聊视频檚 believed that the canine Loretta is a full-blooded Lab, about 6 years old, and that she has spent most of her life outside in a pen. She91裸聊视频檚 good-natured, despite her illness and abandonment.

91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 had a lot of puppies,91裸聊视频� Barney said. 91裸聊视频淲hoever had her made a lot of money off her. She91裸聊视频檚 been bred and bred and bred.91裸聊视频�

Barney agreed to foster the dog with help from her husband, Kirk, an airline pilot, and two sons, Will, a student at Metro-East Lutheran High School, and Lee, who attends Southern Illinois University Carbondale. They also have three long-haired dachshunds, two cats and a foster cat with three kittens.

Loretta recently developed a cough, which could be a sign of her deteriorating respiratory health, according to Hall. It91裸聊视频檚 expected that the dog eventually will have to be euthanized.

But Hall has been impressed by the efforts of Partners for Pets and others in the community to make Loretta91裸聊视频檚 last days as happy and comfortable as possible.

91裸聊视频淭his dog didn91裸聊视频檛 have a great life before this,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淏ut now she91裸聊视频檚 being treated like a queen.91裸聊视频�

Source: Belleville News Democrat

Teri Maddox, The Associated Press

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