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her new adopted pup Sadie.
The talk show host says she felt an immediate bond with the cocker spaniel (seen on the cover hugging Winfrey's right shoulder) when she spotted her in early March at the PAWS Chicago shelter.
"Out of all the pups in that picture, Sadie was the one I felt an instant
connection with," says Winfrey, who later adopted Sadie's brother, Ivan.
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But a couple weeks later, both dogs wound up in the hospital fighting off a deadly parvovirus.
"I'd been through parvo 13 years before, with my brown cocker, Solomon," says Winfrey. "It nearly killed him. He stayed in the hospital for 20 days. He was over a year old when he got it. Ivan was only 11 weeks. His young immune system wasn't strong enough to overcome it. Four days after we took Ivan to the emergency clinic, he died."
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She says she wasn't sure Sadie would make it.
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"The first four days, she got increasingly worse," Winfrey recalls. "At one point I told her doctor, 'I'm prepared to let her go. She shouldn't have to fight this hard.'" But the next day, Sadie started to improve and she is now fully recovered."
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ElizabethCUTE pupsreport abuseposted August 20, 2009 1:07 PM PDT
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JENFAR AS VACCINES THEY HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN AGE AND SOME CAN GET SICK AFTER THEY TAKE IT DO YOUR RESEARCH OR ADOPT A PET AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF....report abuseposted August 14, 2009 4:37 PM PDT
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JENSHE DO SAVE PEOPLE ,DON'T YOU READ OR WATCH TV ....DUMB ASS... YOU GO OPRAH I'M PROUD OF HER...report abuseposted August 14, 2009 4:29 PM PDT
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Kodahaha the puppies r cute!!!report abuseposted August 5, 2009 4:59 PM PDT
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Moneyis she ever going to have kids? her dogs are going to end up inhering all her moneyreport abuseposted July 29, 2009 7:08 PM PDT
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Moneyis she ever going to have kids? her dogs are going to end up inhering all her moneyreport abuseposted July 29, 2009 7:08 PM PDT
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mrs.randiAWWW I THINK THAT OPRAH IS SO NICE TO SPEND HER MONEY ON SAVING DOGS....NOT!!!!!! HOW ABOUT USING SOME OF THAT MONEY TO SAVE SOME PEOPLE OPRAH GOSH:-)report abuseposted July 29, 2009 3:09 PM PDT
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dymw96That's sooooo sad.report abuseposted July 28, 2009 9:03 AM PDT
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dymw96That's sooooo sad.report abuseposted July 28, 2009 9:03 AM PDT
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LindaSooooo sick of Oprah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!report abuseposted July 26, 2009 8:58 AM PDT
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