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Shannon Beadoris asking for prayers for her beloved dog Archie.
TheReal Housewives of Orange Countystar, 58, revealed in anInstagram postFriday that her family’s canine companion has had some health setbacks.
“Archie has not been doing well for the last few months,” Beador began the caption of her post, before warning her followers that some of the shots featured within her series of images are “difficult to see.”
“We are taking Archie to our vet and a specialist to get him better, but it is difficult,” she continued. “We are told his immune system is shot.”
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Noting that Archie “has been on multiple antibiotics for various skin infections for the last 3 months,” Beador explained, “Nothing helped.”
“Right now we are combining western and holistic medicine in hopes that something will work,” she said. “Today, he scratched his front leg raw with a cone on his head and a sock on his back foot; it happened in just minutes.”
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“He is so sad. 😢,” the reality star continued. “Please say a little prayer for Archie. 🙏🏻 .”
Added Beador: “We are beside ourselves in the Beador home. 💔.”
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“It was when he was a little puppy,” Beador previouslyrecalled in a Bravo video. “He’s a beautiful dog. Couple months later, Archie came to our house.”
“He’s been raised fancy. He’s downgrading living with the Beadors,” she joked at the time. “He’s so much fun and so protective. He has his little sweet quirks and we’re all in love.”
source: people.com
