 Many dogs DAR&E takes in are sick, injured, elderly or tramatized. These dogs remain in foster care until they are well enough to find their furever home. Others for various reasons, will never be available for adoption. Read about our current dogs in need and those in hospice/long-term care and see how you can help! If you would like to sponsor one of our dogs in need, please email us at darefostercoord@yahoo.com.
 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARING AND GENEROUS SUPPORT ! ! !    The medical evaluation revealed that Piper had a torn cruciate ligament and will require a costly surgery. This surgery typically has a 3 month rehabilitation period and requires several visits back to the vet to check the progress along the way; not to mention the 6-8 weeks it takes just to get the first appointment. If there are no complications the surgery typically costs between $2,500 and $3,000 dollars with our rescue discount. This is the same surgery that several other of our DAR&E dogs have needed in recent years. Most recently, Dane at the end of last year.
Piper is now resting comfortably in her wonderful new foster home who will nurture her back to health. There's no telling what Piper's past story is, but her future is looking much brighter now. If you would like to be a part of her recovery, please help with Piper's vet bill which is will be in excess of $3,000 by mailing your tax deductible donation for "Piper's Fund" to the address below or through the Paypal link. DAR&E Treasurer, 8724 Thornbrook Dr, Odenton, MD 21113
 Or click here make your donation to Piper's Fund via secure credit card or PayPal. ***Please do not split your donation among several dogs. Paypal deducts a fee for each transaction which means less monies going to help the dogs. While we do track the donations to the different dog funds, the donations all wind up in the same place. Piper thanks you for your support! Jessie is as cute as a button with the sweetest, endearing mannerisms. She will sit and prance in place with her front feet when she is excited and will give you a very very high five when she wants petted! How she gets her paw way above her head is something to see. And kissys! My, oh my!
One evening, her foster mom noticed something was wrong. Jessie was retching but nothing was coming out. She would stand in the middle of the room holding her head almost to the
 After an initial exam, several possibilities were discussed. The vet mentioned if it were summertime, he would suspect a bee sting. With the lack of bees, we looked elsewhere for an answer. It was clear Jessie was in distress. They tried giving her a little bit to
 eat. She took it eagerly, but whined and cried the whole time she tried to either swallow it or spit it out. The first thing to do was x-rays to determine if it were an obstruction. They were inconclusive. There was something around the larynx but the vet could not determine if it was an obstruction or inflammation. The next step was a CBC to see if it was inflammation. It was inconclusive. There was some sign of inflammation, but not enough to produce the symptoms she was having. The only thing left was to sedate her and take a look down her throat because something had to be done for her. There was nothing there, only slight inflammation of the tissues. There was some gooey white thing in her stomach, but the vet couldn't tell what it was and couldn't get a sample because it was so mushy. It may or may not have caused an obstruction. Jessie was then given a fast-acting steroidal injection. Within 10 minutes, she was drinking like a camel and happy as a clam. The swelling was disappearing and she came back to her foster home. In discussions with other volunteers, one had a very similar experience with what was thought to be a spider bite. Whatever the cause, Jessie was back to her cutesy self.
UPDATE: March 2010 Jessie's recovery is coming along nicely. She will be retested in a couple of weeks and once cleared, she will be available for adoption.
UPDATE: April 2010 Jessie is now heartworm free and looking for her furever home! Click here to view Jessie's Petfinder listing
With the heartworm treatment and the emergency vet visit, Jessie’s vet bills will exceed $1,500. If you would like to help with Jessie's vet bill, please make a tax-deductable donation to Jessie’s Fund by either mailing a check to the address below or through the Paypal link..
DAR&E Treasurer, 8724 Thornbrook Dr, Odenton, MD 21113
Or click here make your donation to Jessie's Fund via secure credit card or PayPal. ***Please do not split your donation among several dogs. Paypal deducts a fee for each transaction which means less monies going to help the dogs. While we do track the donations to the different dog funds, the donations all wind up in the same place. Jessie thanks you for your support!  Roman This sweet guy is Roman. He is one of our hospice dogs. Roman is a 7 year old fawn doberboy who came to DAR&E from a Virginia family when his owners could no longer care for him in August 2009. He was a bit overweight and displayed an irregular heartbeat whenever he got excited or after vigorous exercise. His x-ray showed a slightly enlarged heart which lead to further testing. Sadly, an echocardiogram revealed a diagnosis of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).
Dobermans, like some other breeds have a genetic predisposition to DCM. DCM occurs when the heart becomes weakened and enlarged to the point where it is no longer pumping efficiently. The decreased ability of the heart to pump causes fluid to start leaking and backing up into the lungs. If left undiagnosed, it will progress to ending in heart failure. Luckily for Roman, his was caught in the early stages. He is currently taking the proper medications to keep his symptoms in check.
 Roman really loves to go for walks, but he may even be too smart for his own good. He has the uncanny ability to know when he needs to rest and will simply stop and refuse to move. Sometimes he feels the need at an inconvenient time..... like right in the middle of an intersection! His foster mom said he has done just that. Thank goodness for both of them it was in a low traffic area. They waited, the neighbors wondered, and then when HE decided they had rested long enough, they continued on their walk. You gotta love a man, with a plan.
Roman may appear sad because of his prolapsed eyelids, which make his eyes droopy, but he's a lover. He loves people and is like velcro to his dobersister. His skin and coat has improved with medicated baths since he's been in foster care and he has lost a little weight. He is still a little slow to get moving in the morning, but somewhere
 between chewing his favorite bone and de-stuffing his toys, always manages to log plenty of couch time.UPDATE: November 2009 Roman also had a Holter test, which is a test that continually records the patient's EKG for 24 hours while notes are taken about times and activities throughout the period. This information helps doctors correlate symptoms like irregular heart rhythms. Roman's test did not detect any significant heart arrhythmia. Now that he has been on his heart medications, he is well on his way to feeling like the healthy, beautiful doberman he was born to be.
UPDATE: February 2010 Roman's first ultrasound gave the vets a baseline reading of his heart function. He recently had another ultrasound performed to determine the progression of his DCM. We are happy to say, the medications are working and there has been no change. Roman will continue to be monitored periodically to manage his condition.
Because of Roman's diagnosis and the level of care he is receiving, his medical bills so far at the end of 2009 are $1,817. If you would like to help out this lovable guy, please make a tax-deductable donation to Roman’s Fund by either mailing a check to the address below or through the Paypal link.
DAR&E Treasurer, 8724 Thornbrook Dr, Odenton, MD 21113
Or click here make your donation to Roman's Fund via secure credit card or PayPal. ***Please do not split your donation among several dogs. Paypal deducts a fee for each transaction which means less monies going to help the dogs. While we do track the donations to the different dog funds, the donations all wind up in the same place.
Roman thanks you for your support! Tally has been in hospice care since February 2008. As a 2 year old red dobie girl, Tally was one of ten dogs which were seized by authorities from a backyard breeder in West Virginia for neglect and cruelty. The wife, having grown tired of all the dogs moved into an apartment; the husband, divided his time between the two homes. This left the dogs alone and unattended for long periods of time. The conditions for the dogs were harsh. Some were crated, some were chained and others roamed free in the backyard. The dogs lived outdoors in feces and filth without adequate food and water. None of them had ever been socialized. After the neighbor's continuous complaints about the dogs fighting and several dogs being picked up more than once for having escaped the yard, authorities finally removed the dogs in September 2007. The dogs were so fearful of people, they had to be captured. None of them had any training, not even to be walked on a leash. Most of the dogs had skin issues of some kind and some were very thin with rib and hip bones protruding. Based upon their condition and circumstances, the authorities would only release the dogs to a rescue group for rehabilitation. One of the dogs was a pregnant female which was conditionally released to another rescue for immediate care. The others spent almost six months in a shelter while the case made its way through the court system. Several of DAR&E's volunteers made routine trips to the shelter over that time to get the dogs out of their kennels to evaluate them, give them a bit of exercise, toys and treats along with some much needed human contact. Upon the courts terminating ownership, DAR&E was there on the day of the verdict, ready with vans and crates to bring the nine remaining dogs to DAR&E in February 2008. All of the dogs needed rehabilitation to be eligible for adoption.
The worst of the group was Tally. Poor Tally was so frightened she mentally just shut down to cope. She cowered in her run during the Dobes stay at the shelter while we waited for the the cruelty case to go to court. She froze whenever anyone approached her and no amount of coaxing could get her to go on any of the walks the other dogs enjoyed when DAR&E volunteers visited them. When the time finally came to get the Dobes out of the shelter, little Tally's fear was so great it took several folks to safely get her loaded into the crate for her journey to a new life in foster care. Tally was fostered with her sister, Freya, in hopes that this would help her handle the changes in her life. Freya was also very frightened, but had already shown a willingness to trust and she obviously wanted to be friends with the folks who rescued her. But for many days, when she first came into foster care, Tally stayed glued to the back of her crate, unwilling to acknowledge her foster Mom, or even any of the other dogs in the home. Finally, following the lead of her sister Freya, she began to venture out and started interacting with the other dogs. It would be quite a bit longer before she'd be able to bring herself to accept her Foster Mom's presence. UPDATE: November 2008 After 9 months in foster care, little Tally has blossomed into a loving, goofy, happy and smiling young Dobe..... as long as the only person in the house is her foster Mom. After all this time Tally still cannot handle anyone else near her. Even family members who come to the house regularly are still cause for Tally to run to her crate and stay there until they leave. People she doesn't know are worse. She barks wildly and hides in her crate in fear. UPDATE: December 2009 Although over time, Tally has settled into her foster home and loves her foster mom, she is still so fearful of new people she will run and hide. The foster parent's extended family frequently visits. Just recently, Tally hit a new milestone and acutally came out of hiding and allowed herself to be petted by one of the family members DAR&E made a commitment to Tally and will continue to work hard to teach her to handle having people other than her foster Mom around. Given the extent of her fear, it is unlikely that Tally will ever be ready for adoption. In the meantime, she is safe and loved in her foster home. If you would like to help our hospice dogs, please make a tax-deductable donation to Tally’s Fund by either mailing a check to the address below or through the Paypal link.
DAR&E Treasurer, 8724 Thornbrook Dr, Odenton, MD 21113
Or click here make your donation to Tally's Fund via secure credit card or PayPal. ***Please do not split your donation among several dogs. Paypal deducts a fee for each transaction which means less monies going to help the dogs. While we do track the donations to the different dog funds, the donations all wind up in the same place. Tally thanks you for your support! Ruca has been in hospice care since Novemeber 2008. When her owner died, Ruca moved in with her owner's son in Virginia. Unfortunately, the son lost his home and had to move into an apartment. Like many others, the apartment would not allow Dobermans so Ruca came to DAR&E in November 2008 at 12 years of age. DAR&E and her foster parent decided that she had been bounced around enough and deserved a happy home and stability at her age so she would remain in our care.
UPDATE: December 2009 Now 13, Ruca is very happy and in the picture of health. She goes for long walks and runs and plays like she was half her age.
Ruca is being sponsored by her foster parent
While Ruca has her very own sponsor, some of our other hospice dobes do not. If you would like to help with DAR&E's hospice dogs, please make a tax-deductable donation to Ruca's Fund by either mailing a check to the address below or through the Paypal link. DAR&E Treasurer, 8724 Thornbrook Dr, Odenton, MD 21113
Or click here make your donation to Ruca's Fund via secure credit card or PayPal. ***Please do not split your donation among several dogs. Paypal deducts a fee for each transaction which means less monies going to help the dogs. While we do track the donations to the different dog funds, the donations all wind up in the same place. Ruca thanks you for your support! Tyra has been in hospice care since June 2008. She was picked up as a stray by a shelter in Maryland and turned over to DAR&E in June 2006. She was estimated to be 1 year old.
Tyra had a significant congenital deformity in her right hind leg which caused her to have
 very little thigh muscle mass in the leg and to walk improperly. Should the defect not be corrected, Tyra would likely develop substantial hip/knee arthritis in the leg. It was decided that corrective surgery was in her best interest. Although the surgery was a success, the experience unfortunately left her terrifed of veterinarians and being handled by strangers. Her intense fear and possible developing health issues surrounding her leg detered adopters. DAR&E and her foster parent decided in June 2008 to hospice her.UPDATE: December 2009 Tyra continues to do well in her hospice home as long as she doesn't need to visit the vet.
If you would like to help with DAR&E's hospice dogs, please make a tax-deductable donation to Tyra's Fund by either mailing a check to the address below or through the Paypal link.
DAR&E Treasurer, 8724 Thornbrook Dr, Odenton, MD 21113
Or click here make your donation to Tyra's Fund via secure credit card or PayPal. ***Please do not split your donation among several dogs. Paypal deducts a fee for each transaction which means less monies going to help the dogs. While we do track the donations to the different dog funds, the donations all wind up in the same place. Tyra thanks you for your support!All our Dogs in Need thank you for your support! |
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Dobes Rehomed...in 2010 (YTD)
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