Dobes helped from January to March, 2002
Thanks for taking a moment to read about some of the Doberman lives SND has been fortunate enough to help. The links below will take you to the pages that contain pictures and stories about our SNDobes. The stories have been split up into separate pages to make them easy to download (that's good, it means we have helped lots of Dobes!). Please remember to read our Currently In Need page for Dobes that need help now.
Help our future Special Needs Dobermans!
The
courageous Smokey was brought to our attention on January 8th of 2002. This
is a wonderful story of a Dobe being saved by caring people, not wanting to
see a beautiful creature be put to death because of a bill. We are currently
raising money for Smokey and will be having an auction for him shortly. Given
the severity of his injuries, he still needs all the help he can get.
"A 6 month old Doberman pup was brought in by his two young (18 - 19 year old) owners. He had gotten hit by a car and they couldn't afford the orthopedic surgery the dog required to repair the leg. They asked that the pup be put to sleep. Joni from the vet's office had the owners sign the dog over to them and the vet did the surgery on the dogs leg. (From what I understand, there were pins and splints put in place to repair the femur, hip and elbow.)".... The surgeries for Smokey will run approximately $2,000. Here is the rest of Smokey's story.
Please help us save future SNDobies!
We
are very proud to acknowledge Dutchess Gomez as our first Special Needs Doberman
in August of 2001. Her heartwarming story serves as testimony to the power of
loving parents, great doctoring and the coming together of the extended Doberman
family. What follows is Dutchess' story as told by her Dad, Dennis:
"Dutchess was diagnosed with type one diabetes in 2001. The vet I was using at the time wanted $1,400.00 to stabilize her. I could not afford the cost. I contacted The Doberman Pincher Club Of America for help via the Internet. Many fine people got involved. I was contacted by Grace Joffe, by telephone, a short time later to check out my story. She is a real fireball and gets things done. Grace eventually had Candy Sangster contact me, who set things up with Doctor Butchko, who has his practice in Riverside, California. Dr. Butchko is the best vet in the area. There is standing room only, most times, at his office. The Dobie show and breeder people use him."
UPDATE: Thanks to the generous support of everyone involved, we have successfully raised the needed money to restore the sight to one of Dutchess' eyes. But there's more good news! The eye clinic taking care of Dutchess has fallen in love with her (surprised?). They have banded together and are donating the cost of the second eye themselves! Now Dutchess will have her complete site returned to her. We are deeply grateful to everyone that helped Dutchess! Here is the full Dutchess story along with other photos!
(Notice Di's intent
stare...
there's a furry toy under the scale!)
Miss Di was diagnosed with lymphoma on May 15, 2001. She is approximately eight years old. Her first chemo treatment was on May 23, 2001. When diagnosed, Di was only a few weeks from death. After the first treatment you could see a difference - she was acting her totally normal and bossy self. Miss Di continued treatments for a year, and SND was very happy to help her mom continue them. We are sad to say that Miss Di eventually succumbed to the cancer. Please know that the extra year of life the treatments gave her were filled with nothing but love and caring. This is how she lived her entire life. We are very thankful that we got to know her, and we still count her mom as a friend.
Please consider helping the Dobes that we will find in the future. You can make a donation to our General Fund by using the PayPal Donation link below, or you can mail us a donation directly. Donations to this fund will be used as 'seed' money for new SND cases as we find out about them. By helping us with the General Fund, you will make sure that SND is able to send money to help Dobes with emergency needs and to get the ball rolling on our more expensive cases. No donation is too small and every bit helps. Thank you!!
