Sometime during my years at Southern Veterinary Center in Smyrna, TN I came to be very fond of an extremely intelligent breed; the doberman. I think it was all the terrible cases of parvo I saw there in certain breeders and pet owners. I had the "lowly" job of cleaning kennels during my early years of college when I worked at the vet clinic. I got to clean up the nasty parvo cages full of bloody feces and vomit, sorry Mom I know you wanted me to leave that out. Parvovirus loves to pick on the black and tan breeds if you will: the Rottweiler and the Doberman. I saw so many sweet sweet babies there look at me with those sweet dobie eyes and those HUGE carpal joints that they have as puppies and I loved them all!!! I also became very fond of Heidi, she was a red dobie that boarded with us quite frequently. I always said, one day I would have a doberman. WELL, Chance came along a few months ago and he was a patient of mine. His original owners had presented him to me for sores/wounds on his back. When I examined him I immediately could tell that he was burned by some type of chemical. The whole "truth" became a little shady, however I believe that he was injured/burned with an acid based chemical either for cruelty or a weird accident. I treated the little guy with antibiotics and hydrotherapy and he eventually got better, however his back will be scarred for life. He captured my heart with his sweet disposition and would lick my hands when I would clean his wounds. Two weeks later the little guy would return to me for a pit bull dog attack. He had multiple wounds present down the fronts of his legs. I sutured them, took the sutures out 2 weeks later and a week later animal control called me to let me know the owners had surrendered him to them. The owners stated that I had treated him and they couldn't take him to New York with them. So, I got my wish.....I got Chance.
Chris was not keen on the idea to have him so I tried to place him in two different homes, they didn't work out so I got the number to a WONDERFUL lady in Clarksville, Patricia that does doberman rescue. She was very interested in taking him and found him a foster home that very week. Chance flew out a week ago today on his own plane!! Thanks to Pilots for Paws he was flown free of charge to the rescue by pilot Jim to his new home in Ohio.
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