ATHENA

Athena is about 5. She had a heck of a hard time in her former life. She'd been hit by a car- had a fractured femur that was never cared for- and that has now eroded thru the pelvic girdle bones causing quite a bit of pain. We've had her to the ortho specialist who says possibly a hip replacement MIGHT help but possibly not. So we are maintaining her on analgesics at regular doses of twice a day to alleviate any pain. Seems to be helping. She weighs in at about 85 pounds and is housetrained and prefers being a couch potato or just lying around on a soft bed. Oh- and she also has two 22 gun shells in her other hip area. Nice folks this loving girl lived with... long long ago. We say no dogs (cause she will want to play and it will hurt her) and no cats (she may want to chase etc etc etc ) and no small kids- she's big and they might get knocked around)

Please fill out our application and send it to Jude at...dobermannrescue@earthlink.net.

Athena is fostered in Lee county.

DORI

Dori is a 3yo blue female. She is a sweet girl who likes dogs, cats & kids.
She wants to be the alpha girl & that means she gets all the bones.
She loves Dobe play & tries to entice the other dogs to play with her.
She is a good watch dog & has good house manners.

Please fill out our application and send it to Karen at...dobermannrescue@earthlink.net.

Dori is fostered in Orange county.

SASHA

Mary writes: "Sasha is 3 yrs old, spayed, housetrained, up to date on her shots and on HW prevention.
She will be fine in a home with a male, sometimes she gets too pushy with the females.
No small dogs,cats, or young children. She loves attention and tries to please."

Please fill out our application and send it to Mary at...dobermannrescue@earthlink.net.

JAVA

Tip writes: "I picked her up from a man in one of our "ghetto" areas I think it was about 4 years ago or maybe a little more. He had three Dobies all living mostly in little cages. I got the police involved and he agreed to give her up and make conditions better for the other two, younger ones. She was we think about 2 years old. We adopted her to a family who loved her dearly. Two years ago they moved; their petsitter loved Java and talked them into leaving her with her family rather than taking her.

I have checked on her when I can over the past two years and she has been ok but I confess it's been at least six months since I last saw her. The petsitter left her husband a few months ago. The husband "loves" this dog and the dog was left with him. One of our volunteers was at his house this morning and called me to say Java was infested with ticks and looked awful. I sent our AC guy out there; the husband was not home but we got him on the phone and he agreed for us to take the dog to get her checked out. He is not getting her back. All you could see on her was ticks, plus she is at least 10-20 lbs overweight and she has dry patchy areas on her legs and callouses on her "elbows".

Despite her rough beginnings, (and I have to say her original owner never mistreated her physically and she was well fed) Java has always been a very gentle, smart, well behaved, sweet girl and she remains one today. She loves people and gets along great with other dogs and cats, too. I have actually never met a sweeter dobie and I have seen some nice ones.

I would really like her next home to be her forever one. We bathed and dipped her today, and put her on doxy; tick fever seems a given. We'll also do a HW test; she was negative four years ago; she damn well better be negative now or I will really be upset. She is also now on a diet; she doesn't seem to have hip issues but she soon will with all that extra weight. She weighed 101 today.

We had Java in the office all day and will continue to let her hang out with us during the day. She does not like being alone. One of our staff put her out in our exercise field today not five minutes before I pulled in and she was already standing at the gate whimpering. So I brought her into the office and she was so good - no trouble at all - we let her stay there all day. She will be back in there tomorrow. She has a Kuranda bed in her kennel with a soft blanket on it. You know all the hundreds of dogs I deal with are special but it's inevitable that some are more special than others for sometimes odd reasons...Java is one of those. I was so happy to have gotten her out of the situation she was in before and she was the first Dobie I ever rescued. She is safe here until we find her a forever home."

Please fill out our application and send it to Tip at...dobermannrescue@earthlink.net.

LADY

Karen writes: "Lady is a blk/tan N/D, 4-6yo who was found as a skinny stray.
Despite her bedraggled appearance, the vet found her to be healthy & HW negative.
She is shy & spent her 1st few days in the bathtub hiding behind the shower curtain.
As she is becoming more secure, she's interacting more with people & other dogs.
This great watchdog is very sweet & lovable & even tolerates the cat.
She is not a high energy girl but does pull when walked on a leash.
She would do well as a companion to a someone who is not highly active & has a yard for her to run in.

Update on Lady: Lady is still somewhat shy but has learned to stand up for herself to the other dogs. She is extremely smart.
She pull on her leash & would prefer to have a fenced yard where she can run like the wind.
She is good with cats & OK with kids but tends to shy away from them. She has gained weight & her coat has now filled in."

Please fill out our application and send it to Karen at...dobermannrescue@earthlink.net.

Lady is fostered in Orange county.

FAITH AND HOPE

Faith and Hope, we think, are a mother daughter team respectively.
Faith is a little hefty. She weighs 103 pounds, and is working on sliming down.
Faith will grab you by your heartstrings first. and Hope will follow.

These girls were confiscated from their former home because of neglect.
They had no shelter and no water. Imagine how that feels on a hot day in a tropical climate.
Since going into fosterhood in Fort Myers, these girls have become very secure and loving pets,
and are really enjoying life as Dobies who are treasured.

They need regularity and love in their new home. Lots of both.
Plus at least a 6-foot stockade fence enclosure without any step-ups near that fencing.

They are both heartworm negative, on monthly preventative, are up-to-date on vaccines, and are spayed. Woohoo!

They need to be placed in a home without little children because they are very big.

If you are special and can work with these lovely and special all natural red gals (tails included - yay!)...then please fill out our application and send it to us at...dobermannrescue@earthlink.net

Faith and Hope are fostered in Lee county.

Jude writes: "Shelby's a lovely 5.5 year old blue girl who was first placed nearly 5 years ago.
She is housetrained and good with children (raised with one who is now 7).
She isn't fond of cats or other dogs being she's got some Queen Diva in her make-up.
She's got some scars and injuries because her former family decided to get a new dog.
When that dog fought with Shelby, guess who got the boot? Nice, huh?
Shelby's blue doberman CMA (color mutant alopecia).
Her coat isn't as luxurious as some, but a good diet, regular baths, and some flax seed oil capsules
has her feeling pretty good about herself.

Write to Jude at FDPRR.

Shelby is fostered in Lee county.