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Gunner
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Gunner
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The owner of a one-year-old male Dobe named Gunner contacted
SND on August 23rd, 2002 about her very sick pup. He had
eaten a towel three days prior and his condition was getting
worse with every passing hour. After several phone conversations with the owner and the
vets at Middletown
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Animal Hospital in Middletown, CA, it
became very apparent that Gunner’s life was in immediate
danger. SND authorized an emergency operation for Gunner.
He was in surgery an hour later. He went home on August,
28, and we’re glad to report that the surgery went very
well. It was close though, any further delay might have
been disastrous.
Toka, Gunner’s owner expressed her thanks, “He is now just
beginning to come of age and I am seeing such a great
personality bloom from him. He is so sweet and kind with my
grand kids or any other animals. He tries so hard to please,
and even will try to guess what will make me happy and do
things before he is even asked. I am so grateful that SND
has given me the chance to watch Gunner bloom from a big
hyper chew everything up puppy to a very sensitive loyal
and intelligent Doberman that I love very much.”
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Hope
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Hope
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SND member Mary Lynn Bushong brought Hope, who was found
along the roadside in Manchester, TN, to our attention.
Hope was abandoned and at some point shortly before she was
found, her leg was broken. A woman found her and had her leg splinted at her
vets and then she contacted Teri Dugan. Teri took Hope home and started caring for her.
Through
SND fundraising, Teri was able to provide
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the surgery that
8 – 10 year old Hope needed to regain her mobility. Hope
has now recovered from her surgery, had the pins removed,
and has full use of her leg. Hope was featured on the
Senior Dobe Project website, but Teri, decided to adopt
Hope, so our sweet senior found her happy forever home.
Sadly, Hope passed away in May, as the result of sudden
renal failure.
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Jasmine
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Jasmine and kitty friend
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Jasmine is an 11 year old living in Pottstown, PA, who was
in a horrific fight. She got into a fight with another
family dog, and a large wound was opened on her neck.
Despite immediate care, the wound became severely infected and
required follow-up surgery. This included the insertion of
drains, blood transfusions,
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and antibiotics. It was touch
and go for a while, but Jasmine managed to hold her own, and
eventually recover. She is now as good as new, except for a
hoarse bark caused by the scar tissue. Since Jasmine has
returned home, the dogs have gotten along fine, thanks to
"mom," Jean Clark's precautions at feeding time. Jean
expressed her gratitude to SND, "Thank you very much Special
Needs Dobermans, for all the help and compassion you showed
towards Jasmine when she and I so desperately needed it".
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Leo
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Leo
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Leo is a young Dobe born on Sept. 11, 2001. He was attacked by a
Pit Bull. The same person who owned Leo owned the Pit Bull.
Poor Leo laid with open wounds that had exposed tendons and bone.
Thankfully his owner finally got around to taking Leo to Dr.
Ware in Atlanta. She has a small clinic and could not easily
tend to Leo’s needs. Dr. Ware dressed Leo’s wounds and saved
his arm from being amputated (and probably saved his life as
well). She put out a plea for help. Unfortunately, there was no
local response to her plea.
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Two out of state Dobe Rescue
organizations came forward and the little guy transported to
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We would like to thank Kimberly
Capella-Gowland from Gulf Coast Doberman Rescue for taking
this beautiful boy as well as the Doberman Rescue Group of
Oklahoma for their assistance!
Leo met his new friends in Louisiana as well as his new vet,
Dr. Teresa Gernon of the Sherwood South Animal Hospital in
Baton Rouge, LA. SND put out the call for help, raising
funds for Leo’s care as well as even collecting medical
supplies to help keep costs down. Dr. Gernon did the skin
grafts needed to repair Leo’s severe wounds.
Leo has since recovered from his injuries.
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Luke
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Luke
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Luke and Leah were a pair. Gulf Coast Doberman Rescue had
found a home for them together and had taken them to the
vet for their spay and neuter operations. That is when
problems began for Luke. Kim, of GCDR reported to SND, “We
had a dog neutered yesterday, and he is in trouble.
Evidently, he lacks clotting factors”. The attending vet
wanted to perform more surgery, but this sent up a red flag
for Kim.
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She decided to get a second opinion. By the time Lindsey, of
GCDR, got Luke to Sherwood South Animal Hospital, his scrotal sack was as
big as an orange with deep purple, hematomas all the way to the shaft,
swelling throughout the entire area, free blood in his inner thigh, and
frank blood coming out of the incision. His attitude took a dive. The
decision to take another treatment path turned out to be the right one. The
ablation procedure would have done nothing for him, and
further jeopardized his life! He was hospitalized at
Sherwood South Animal Hospital, where he received plasma
transfusions. Luke recovered and on December 17, 2002, Kim
provided an update, “Luke is doing great! He and Leah had a
few territorial issues at first, but have pretty much
worked everything out. Luke’s vWd titre came back a 54.
70 and above are normal. So, he is affected, but his titre
could be worse”. Luke’s new mom will have to be watchful
since he is a “bleeder,” but in the meantime, he is living
the life of a loved Dobe.”
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Parker
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Parker
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Parker is a 1 to 2 year old male Dobe found as a stray by
animal control in North Carolina. He had been hit by a car
and his rear leg shattered. When no one claimed him at the
shelter, Doberman Rescue of the Triad (DRT) was contacted.
The beautiful, red with rust Doberkid was only 53 lbs.
Unfortunately he had to stay at the
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shelter for almost a week before he was released. The staff kept him as
“comfortable” as possible with pain killers, until he could
be released, but the injury to his leg remained unattended.
Afterward, Parker underwent extensive surgery to have his leg
set and braced. Parker came through the 4 hour surgery like
the hero he is. Due the length of time between the injury
and surgery the muscle had contracted and therefore had to
be stretched 4 inches to put everything back in place.
X-rays had revealed some loose bone fragments and during
surgery an additional large segment was found “floating”
behind the femur. The vet installed an external device that
was attached to the bone and had pressure points to keep
everything in place and in the proper position.
Unfortunately, the surgery was unable to save Parker’s
leg. The bone broke again and after extensive consults
with specialists it was determined that it was best to
amputate. Parker did well after the amputation, and was
adopted by some wonderful people. He shares his home with 2
other red Dobermans, Lena and Oscar, and is now known as
“Rudy.” He lives with his family on a 40 acre tree farm
with a 3.5 acre pond. He out runs the 4 legged Dobies, and
is having a blast with his new family.
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NOTE:
The Dobes featured on these pages were helped by SND as of
March, 2003.
Many more have now been helped!
Please visit our website, www.doberman911.org, to meet the
special Dobermans that are currently in need.
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