I found my guy on craigslist, under farm+garden, where I was browsing for tractor implements. The owner wanted $250 for him. I called and talked to the owner a few times before I made the 70 mile 1 way trip. I had explained that I wouldn't give near that amount for a 2 yr old dog so she better know what her bottom dollar was before I got there. (I did a search and he had been listed multiple times over a few weeks, before I saw the ad.) When I got there he was running loose near the county road, chasing oil feed trucks. He was a mess with mats and a few cuts (still bloody) where some mats had been cut off to show him to m. The young lady (EARLY 20s if not a still a teen) explained she was trying to sell him and some other things as they were having a tough time financially. (She had 2 kids under 3, and 1 on the way.) The husband is a welder and they were getting ready to move. He recently had gotten a job about 200 miles away and he was actually there working. He had told her not to sell the dog for less than $150. Druby (their name) was very underweight, and as I questioned her, I realized she had a good heart, but just didn't know what she was getting into financially with an OES. I figured at best he was wormy and at worst had heartworms. (Supposedly she had been treating him as long as she could afford it. She said May of 2007 would have been his last heartworm treatment.) I said I would give her $50 to help her family, and give her some reassurance I would take care of Druby. She said, no way. As I got in the truck to leave, she changed her mind. I got his AKC papers, but he had never been registered as a pup. I found and talked to the breeder, who was sick when she learned of Druby's plight. Her husband (or maybe she was hesitant and he talked her into it) had tried to get her to not let this couple have him, but they had driven 200 + miles and she felt sorry for them. The young couple made lots of promises, including letting her have him back. The breeder was happy I had him. The breeder had gotten her dogs from way off, and were high quality dogs. (The mother died of cancer, after she spent thousands on chemo.) One of his litter mates is a therapy dog in Utah, one is with a family that has adopted 17 special needs children. I don't remember where she said the others are, but this one was the only one she hadn't been able to keep up with. His sister recently gave birth to a litter in CA. The person who had her surprised the lady who bred Druby with a pup, after learning about her dog's mom's death.
My wife wanted to kill me when I brought him home. I got him on a Sat. and when she found out I agreed to treat the heartworms on Monday, she really was frustrated. He has now won her over. (She didn't want to get close to another dog, after we had to put our OEM down, because her hips went totally out at 10 years old.) |
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(I did some cutting and pasting from my original Furminator post under grooming, as that topic died. LOL)
Ron wrote:
That 17 kids lines stick out at me.... haven't we heard about that dog? |
Is the 17 kid thing a line that I shouldn't have bought? (It has been a few weeks since I talked to the breeder, so the exact number may be off, but I do remember it was a BUNCH.) The other parts of her story of chemo for Druby's mother, getting a pup to replace her, etc... all made sense.
HMMMMMMMMMM..... |
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How wonderful!!! Druby is a lucky boy!!!! We of course MUST have pictures 
WELCOME! |
Thank you for rescuing him! Sounds like he had a horrible existance at his last home.  |
| Wow! Glad you have him! |
| If the dog hasn't been registered and you have the papers you can still register him. I was able to do this with Maggie whom I rescued in a similar situation of neglect when she was about 18 months old. I wasn't fond of the name the original owner had called her so I registered her as Maggie. Thanks for rescueing him. |
Druby's dad wrote: Is the 17 kid thing a line that I shouldn't have bought? (It has been a few weeks since I talked to the breeder, so the exact number may be off, but I do remember it was a BUNCH.) The other parts of her story of chemo for Druby's mother, getting a pup to replace her, etc... all made sense.
HMMMMMMMMMM.....
No...it just reminded some of us of another (unrelated) story.  There is a breeder who was discussed here once who had 13 adopted kids....not a "line", there were pics posted! 
Druby's story is amazing! Wow...thanks for getting this guy and giving him a new life!  |
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