Meet Our own deaf
Dane Ambassador
Ben
Goodbye Old Friend
We just got word that Ben was put to sleep in June.
He had almost 2 years with people who loved him. But age and ill health finally caught up with Ben.
"He went very peacefully at home with me holding his head and
breathing his last breathes. I wanted to thank you so much for allowing us
to be part of eachothers lives. I loved him dearly and he was the world to
me. Enclosed is a picture of us on our last day. Thank you again and give
all the pups hugs for me. --
Nova"
Adopted 10/16/04!
Gender - Male- Age/DOB - over 6 yrs
- Height at the shoulder -
- Weight - 110
- Spayed/Neutered - Yes
- Taken in on - 07/07/04
- Available as of - now
- Housebroken - yes
- Obedience trained - yes
- Good with other dogs - Yes mostly
- with cats - No
- with kids - Yes
- with the elderly - Yes
- Temperament
- Friendly, affectionate, easy going - very much a senior citizen but
still a dominant personality - best as an only dog though he can get
along with most dogs
Ben
(foreground)
& Toby (background) were brothers who had been together their whole
lives. The
owner recently died after a prolonged illness. These two old guys did
not the best of care while he was ill, and his ex wife did not really
want them nor was she able to care for them. Like any old married
couple, they will get into a fight with one another now and then. But
they are also very dependent on one another too. The ex wife could not
handle this and sent Ben to the pound. Several weeks later she had
decided she could not deal with Toby either and was going to send him
to the pound as well. The local rescue could not take in two old
geezers like this so we agreed to take them. When they got here Toby
was the bigger and healthier of the two. But then he came down with
pneumonia and stopped eating. We had to force feed him for about a
week, but he is eating just fine on his own now and is over his
pneumonia. While he was sick, Ben was eating like there was no tomorrow
and managed to catch back up with Toby. He is in much better shape now
than he was when we first got him. They are both way too skinny and
need more fattening up, as well as a good exercise plan to build back
the muscle mass they have lost over the past year or so. While these
guys are old, Ben is only supposed to be 6 or so. However he seems
much older than this. He is weak and unsteady on his feet and
it takes him a lot of time and effort to sit or lay down, as well as
to stand up. But he is game and happy to trot around trying to play
with/bully the other dogs here. They were not real well socialized and
supposedly spent most of their lives in separate but adjoining crates
or kennels. So the fact that they have adapted as well as they have to
living with so many dogs, is really a very good sign. Both these guys
were
very sweet and just needed a loving home to live out the remainder of
their lives. Toby has that now, but Ben is still looking. He will
reward his new owners with lots of drool and
tons of affection and devotion. We wanted to keep these guys together
if
at all possible, but we the home we placed them had cats and they are
not good with cats. They just could not handle both of them with the
cats. So Ben the worst of the two when it came to cats, came back to
us. While he is "old" (we call him the old geezer) he still has
lots of love and life left in him, and he is a really sweet dog. He
will make someone very happy.
Are you that someone?
We will post additional photos of Ben as time goes by, so check
back often.
And if you have any questions about Ben or any of our dogs,
email us or call us at
541-746-086
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Never trust a dog to watch your food." - Patrick age 10 Advice from Kids.
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