Dobes helped from April to June, 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!).
Help our future Special Needs Dobermans!
Xavier
Jake
Duchess Schmidt
Baruch
Legend
Tango
Champ
Xavier
was left without a family when his mom was admitted to a hospice care center
in Sarasota, Florida. Marge Shoets, a friend of the SND family, learned that
Xavier was in a shelter and offered to adopt him. Marge lives in Tallahassee
which is about ten hours away. SND members Louise Perry and Grace Joffe sprung
into action and found some kind and caring people to help with the transportation.
Part of our mission is to help with rescue efforts for senior Dobes, and Xavier
is a perfect example of a boy needing some help. We also assisted with Xavier's
vet bills by designating $200 for him out of the SND General Fund. Everything
went very well and Xavier is now living happily with his new mom, Marge.
SNDer Steve Martin received a great letter from Xavier (now answering to Gulliver, Bubba, Bud, Good boy!, etc.) and we'd like to share it with you:
"Hello Steve and all the wonderful folks on the SND list. This boy and our family would like to thank yu all for the carin luving deeds of the list membrs. We went to tha Dr. this mornin and he really likes me, said i am a gud boy. he pets a lot, I like that. he listened to my hart and lungs cawse I am coufin a little, think i may have picked somethin up at that plase they tuk me first. gave new mom sum auful tastin stuf to stik in my mowth an skurt. blaaappphhh, butt i do get a cukie after. i dont hav hart wurms, and mi lungs r cleer, whatevr that meens. dr said if i keep coghin tho he wants to xray. havnt met ray yet. I guess you all no what a trip i had, thoutt the world had gone crazi and i would just spen the rest of my life going from one car to anuther. I am glad to say that it didn't end up that way. i met this nice lady at the end of the trip and she took me to a place she calld my new hom. She introduced me to my nu daddy and two sistrs. the Daddy is great but the sistrs are a little stuk up and are spoiled to boot. Last night tho, I finally tauht one of them, maggie, to play tug of war weth a really long soc. My new Mommy took picters and said when thay are develupped she will let you see thum. I have to tell you thouh, I still wake up sometimes and wonder why my real Mom had to go to a place called Horsepice, and I don't know why I coudn't go. I will be riting to Auntie Grace oftun and let you all no how I am doing. oh, my nu Mom Marge, and Dad Rich say thank yu all a lot. the sistrs dont say nuthin."
Jake
has become one of SND's signature cases. This poor boy escaped a life of abuse
at the hands of "people" that run dog fighting circuits in Arkansas.
His story is very disturbing, so be prepared. It is also the beginning of a
heartwarming story because he has been saved from a life of torture and certain
death. Thanks to many people including Marcia
Cowen with the Doberman
Rescue Group of Oklahoma, the doctors and staff at The Woodland Animal Medical
Center, and dozens of caring individuals here at SND, Jake is beginning the
happy and loved life every Dobe should have. Please read
Jake's story, you will find pictures and TV news stories and the complete
inspiring account of his recovery.
Please help us save future SNDobies!
Marcus
Schmidt contacted us concerning his newly adopted Dobe, Duchess. She has Addison's
Disease which affects the adrenal gland. The treatments are given once every
25-28 days and cost $70 per. Marcus, a pilot for a major airline, was among
the thousands of people that were left unemployed after the terrorist attacks
of September 11th. SND has agreed to help Duchess and hopes that you will join
us. Visit our Duchess page to see a picture of her
and read about her story. Please consider donating to her cause by sending
SND a contribution.
Please help us save future SNDobies!
Baruch,
a beautiful male Dobie, is the constant Dobie companion to Avrama, an SND member
in NY. Over a weekend Baruch developed a bowel problem with all the symptoms
of a major obstruction. Since this kind of thing must be checked out immediately,
SND authorized Avrama to take Baruch to an emergency vet. An X-ray revealed
that the problem was "impacted feces" --serious but easily dealt with
once you know what the problem is. Baruch was medicated and "poked/prodded
and generally humiliated" and fully recovered in several days. He is now
back at the park every day showing off.
Please help us save future SNDobies!
SND
learned of a Philadelphia Dobe named Legend when her mom, Lois Butler, emailed
us looking for advice and help. Legend had some mammary gland lumps that needed
checking out. It turned out that they were cancerous. Because of her age, surgery
was ruled out. Thanks to Lois and her other family members, Legend continued
to live the happy life she had become accustomed to since being adopted by Lois.
SND was very happy to have been able to help Lois and Legend, and we are greatly
saddened to say that Legend did pass away. She was loved and cared for by the
Butler family, and knew only kindness. We thank the Butlers for helping her.
Tango
is a four year old 120 pound (!) red male in Littlerock, CA. He tried to scale
a six foot tall chained link fence and fell back into the yard. Brace yourselves...
he had a compound fracture of one arm with bone sticking through the skin, a
deep gash on the other, and scrapes on his chest. Rushed to the Collett clinic,
the doctor there said surgery was needed as soon as possible or Tango might
have to be put to sleep. The leg was placed in a temporary cast and he was put
on pain medication. A pin was inserted in hopes of letting the arm heal, but
Tango is just to bib of a boy! The pin was bending and the great doctors at
Collett decided he needed a K-E device. Visit Tango's Page
to read more about his story.
SND is committed to help Dobes like Tango whenever we learn of them. Please consider making a donation to the SND General Fund. Donations to this fund are used to help new cases as we find them. No donation is too small! We will also have some auctions to raise additional money for our Dobes, look for them on the Current Auctions page. You can use the PayPal Donation link at the top and bottom of this page, or mail us a donation directly. Thank you very much!
Champ
was a seven month old black and tan male when we learned about him, picked up
from the Philadelphia SPCA. Our good friends at Delaware
Valley Doberman Pinscher Assistance (DVDPA) let us know about him. Champ
had spent three months in a shelter prior to being picked up and needed help.
He had a break in his leg some time in his recent past. The best guess was that
this break either went untreated or was treated improperly. The upper leg has
continued to grow. The the lower portion, however, did not. Surgical specialists
were been contacted to determine the best method to repair his leg. There is
a special procedure that involves re-breaking his arm and allowing it to heal
properly while stretching the bone to stimulate growth. His wonderful foster
parents kept him while this surgery was performed.
We're happy to report that after a long and difficult recovery, Champ now has a fully functional arm and is living a wonderful life as an energetic and boundless young Dobe! Many thanks go to his foster parents and the good folks at DVDPA.
Please help us save future SNDobies!
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!!
