Winter 2008

The Dober Dispatch
The Newsletter of Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus
IDR+ takes in breeders’ leftovers
Winter 2008: Vol. 4, No. 2
Letter from the
IDR+ BOD
“Today we begin in earnest
the work of making sure
that the world we leave
our children is just a little
bit better than the one we
inhabit today.”
President-elect Barack Obama
(www.change.gov)
IDR+ had another wonderful
year of placing orphan animals
in their new homes. At the
start of 2009, we take time to
reflect on the successes and
challenges of the previous
year.
Like President-elect Obama,
our hope is for change—that
people do not see animals
as disposable items and that
people commit to the care of
their pets for the life of their
animals.
We also have hope, like
President-elect Obama, that the
future will be brighter and our
contributions as volunteers,
adopters, and friends will help
guide the way.
We understand this is not
going to happen overnight.
However, working together
we can create the future we
hope for.
The IDR+ Board of Directors
With the current state of the
economy, most rescues have
seen an influx of dogs coming
from people whose homes have
been foreclosed on or who have
lost their jobs and can no longer
afford to take care of their pets.
However, if it can be said that
there’s anything good about the
bad economy, it’s that puppy mills
and backyard breeders are feeling
the pinch as well.
In better times, puppy mill
operations and smaller backyard
breeders have flourished as people
have decided that they can make
a lot of money by selling puppies
at high prices. People don’t always
understand the need to purchase
from a reputable breeder if they
decide to buy a puppy.
While the puppies themselves
may go on to a carefree existence
in a good home, it’s a very different
story for the adult dogs left behind.
Their only “purpose” in life is to
breed and churn out one litter after
another of those cute puppies.
IDR+ has recently had a deluge of
dogs for this very reason – puppy
mills or backyard breeders closing
or being shut down. In November,
IDR+ learned about a situation in
Photo by Lauren Kelliher
A Chicago confiscation adult,
Mars wants to be taken to his
new leader and forever home.
Photo by Lauren Kelliher
Saturn is probably the mother of
the 12 puppies found in the cold
Chicago basement.
Kentucky with a breeder that was
being shut down, leaving over 20
adult Dobes with nowhere to go.
IDR+ President Pam AbareNewton drove down to Kentucky
in the Dobervan to pick up as many
of these dogs as she could fit into
the vehicle – dogs that were living
outside in absolutely deplorable
conditions.
In many mass-breeding
situations, female breeder dogs are
bred continuously and are often
emaciated, given just enough food
to keep their puppies relatively
healthy. Male and female dogs
are treated like unwanted pieces
of property. Many times the dogs
are found living outside in small
pens, with little or no shelter,
surrounded by backyard junk and
piles of feces.
As Pam noted, these were typical
mass-bred dogs – no aggression,
but no skills either. By “skills” we
don’t mean “sit, stay, come,” etc.;
when it comes to these types of
breeder dogs, it’s much more basic
than that.
Here, “skills” means being on
a leash without being terrified,
coming up to greet people
unprompted instead of cowering
behind a couch, and understanding
that toys are for playing with. All
of these things come naturally
for most dogs raised in a loving
home.
Thus, not only did the Kentucky
breeder dogs have physical
problems – having never been
given any kind of veterinary care,
along with being left outside to the
elements – but profound emotional
ones as well.
This was a case where these poor
dogs simply needed to learn how
to be dogs – to feel safe and secure
in their home, to know that food
would be plentiful, to realize their
health needs would be taken care
of, and to ensure they would be
loved.
While it’s nice to think that once
these dogs are out of their horrible
breeder environments they quickly
“turn around” and start acting like
“normal” dogs, the reality is not
that simple.
Years of psychological and
physical abuse and neglect take
their toll, and rehabilitation can
take years. Even then, while many
breeder dogs make excellent
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Photo by Lauren Kelliher
Bella, a breeder dog from KY,
is scared and reluctant even to
take a cookie.
Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus • P.O. Box 435 • Barrington, IL 60011
847-277-1082 • www.ILDobeRescue.com • [email protected]
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The Dober Dispatch, Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus
Breeders: IDR+ rescues dozens of dogs from closures
continued from page 1
companions, some of them will
always bear the scars of their
ordeal.
One of the Kentucky dogs,
Raven, has provided an eloquent
yet painful example of the hurdles
these dogs face. Although she was
only nine months old when IDR+
got her, she had already learned to
be so scared of men that she would
hide when they were around and
was too scared to eat anything.
Any sound was enough to send
her running and hiding, and any
perceived threat would send her
into a panicked state in which she
appeared to not even recognize her
foster mom.
This is clearly a result of her early
upbringing, and it will require a
great deal of time and effort until
this sweet little girl.
Fortunately, in some respects,
she is a typical Doberman puppy
– playing with the other dogs in
the house, learning to take treats,
and enjoying her chew toys and
Nylabones.
A more recent breeder situation
was uncovered in December on the
south side of Chicago. A neighbor
called police about some dogs
left outside without food or water
when the temperature was in the
single digits.
It’s fortunate a good Samaritan
intervened, as when police arrived,
they found not only several adult
Dobermans who appeared to be
neglected and malnourished living
outside in the frigid cold, but in
the unheated basement were 12
Doberman puppies in cramped
cages, as well as two adult dogs
who also appeared severely
malnourished.
According to a Chicago Tribune
article about the confiscation,
police took all of the dogs into
custody, and when the owner
showed up at Chicago Animal
Control trying to reclaim the dogs,
he was arrested and charged with
numerous counts of cruelty to
animals as well as possession of
animals by a convicted felon.
IDR+ has received many
applications for the puppies so
far, in part due to stories in local
newspapers about the confiscation,
but interest has been high for the
adults as well, and these sweet
dogs have found their way into the
hearts of everyone at IDR+.
Named after planets, these dogs
Photo by Lauren Kelliher
Shiloh will take some time to realize he is safe if he leaves his crate.
have shown an amazing capacity
to trust humans – incredible when
one thinks what they have been
through. Not much is known about
the adults yet, though Saturn is
believed to be the mother of the
puppies.
So the next time you or anyone
you know is thinking about buying
a puppy from any pet store, puppy
mill, or backyard breeder, please
think about the ugliness behind all
that puppy cuteness. Encourage
them to research professional and
responsible breeders or go the
rescue route.
Every puppy bought from a
breeder who creates these kinds
of situations simply perpetuates
the cycle and consigns yet another
adult dog to a horrible, miserable
existence. Organizations like
IDR+ can only help so many, and
those are only the ones we know
about; the rest have no one to turn
to and little or no hope for the
future.
Tasha Huebner
BRRRRR! It’s cold!
Photo by
Lauren Kelliher
Elesandra was
scared and
confused when
she entered the
rescue, but she
is learning to
trust people.
Her foster mom
said she has
a routine and
likes to stick
to it.
Dobermart can warm you up!
www.ILDobeRescue.com
The Dober Dispatch
Find a
new soup
recipe
in the
cookbook!
Chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Kelliher
Email: [email protected]
Count how many days
until summer in the
2009 calendar!
Copy editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Gawienowski
Pam Abare-Newton
Contributing writers . . . . . . . . . . . . Alise Carrico
The Dober Dispatch is
Nancy Crivellone
published twice a year by
Tamara Foss
Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus.
Tasha Huebner
IDR+ is an all-volunteer
Danielle Hubrich
501(c)(3) non-profit
organization dedicated to
Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus
finding loving
P.O. Box 435 • Barrington, IL 60011
and permanent homes
847-277-1082 • www.ILDobeRescue.com
for animals.
[email protected]
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mug with hot
chocolate!
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Winter 2008: Vol. 4, No. 2
10-year-old saves animals while saving the planet
Lauren Adams is a 10-year-old girl
who has a heart for helping animals.
Last summer, her mom wanted her
to have something meaningful and
productive to do while on break.
This prompted her to think of how
she could help animals.
In the past, Lauren had used some
of her money to purchase a “DoberDuds” leash and collar for an
IDR+ dog, so she thought it would
be a great idea to raise money to
purchase another set of Dober-Duds
for another dog in the program.
Lauren decided that she would
collect aluminum cans for her
project. Throughout the summer,
she approached family members and
friends, asking them to save their
cans to help her cause. While it took
a few months of collecting, she was
able to raise $27 worth of aluminum
cans to purchase the Dober-Duds.
The money Lauren raised for
Dober-Duds went toward a collar
and leash for Tango, an IDR+ dog
that her family ended up fostering.
After Tango found his forever home,
Lauren and her family fostered
Shooter and have since adopted
him.
Lauren loves spending time with
Photo courtesy of the Adams family
Lauren proudly poses with her Dobes Taboo and IDR+ alum Shooter, now Euchre. The cans she collects
get recycled, and the money she earns from that go toward Dober Duds.
Shooter, now named Euchre, by
playing with him and reading some
of her favorite books to him.
When Lauren was interviewed for
this story, she had amazing insight
for a 10-year-old. She said the best
thing about collecting the cans was
the opportunity it gave her to tell
many people about IDR+ and all the
dogs that need loving homes.
Lauren’s passion and determination
reminds us all that every effort, big
or small, helps IDR+ save animal
lives.
Danielle Hubrich
legged buddies,
the wine of the
grape variety is
always welcome.
Dog
Lovers
Wine Club offers
premium wines from Santa
Barbara, CA, vineyards with
specialty labels featuring dogs.
You can even make a custom label
with your own photo. Wines are
available by the bottle or the case,
and every purchase generates
a donation back to IDR+. Visit
www.dogloverswineclub.com
for more info or to order.
Find the store you want to shop
at through their “mall.” Almost
every store you can imagine is
on there, but you have to click
on the store’s link from the
iGive website or install the iGive
shopping window so you never
miss a chance to donate. Then
shop like normal, and IDR+ gets
the specified percentage of your
purchase back. It’s that easy. In
the nearly two years we have
been a recipient of this program,
we have received over $600
in donations just from people
shopping online. To be honest, I
do a lot of shopping online, and I
have raised $125 by myself.
penny may not seem like a lot,
but when 100 people search five
times a day, that’s $5 a day, and
that adds up! Since we signed
up with GoodSearch, we have
raised over $525! Because
iSearch is newer, we have only
raised about $10, but the more
people that sign up and use it, the
more money the dogs get! Make
this your new year’s resolution.
Donate to IDR+ without digging deep: part 3
A few issues ago, we continued
a series on ways to help IDR+
without doing anything extra
on your part. Since then, a few
more businesses have signed on
to donate portions of their sales
to IDR+.
Dog Tracks CD
IDR+ volunteer
and musician Bob
Dorman
wrote
and recorded a
fantastic CD of
songs from the dogs’ perspective.
Professional recording artists
captured Bob’s vision perfectly,
and the artwork on the CD is
adorable. Enter the code “IDR”
at checkout, and $1 will be
donated to IDR+. Visit www.
DogTracksCD.com to listen to
tracks and to order.
Dog Lovers Wine Club
While dog lovers might not love
the vocal whines from their four-
iGive
Okay, this is not
the first time we
have mentioned
iGive, but it raises so much
money for IDR+ without you
doing anything complicated on
your end. Register at www.iGive.
com (over 60 people have already
registered to benefit with IDR+).
iSearch & GoodSearch
If you are online, chances are
you will need to consult a search
engine for some info. Instead of
going straight to Google, sign
up at iSearch or GoodSearch,
and IDR+ gets a penny for every
search. How easy is that? A
Jewel Shop & Share
We all have a
grocery list, and
the
wonderful
folks at Jewel
grocery stores have a program
where you shop, and a designated
charity gets a 2% donation of
your purchase. IDR+ has specific
days dedicated to it, so check
back at the IDR+ website for the
dates. Print out the voucher and
hand it to the cashier at the check
out.
Lauren Kelliher
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The Dober Dispatch, Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus
Chief in charge of loving, protecting new family
Photo by Lauren Kelliher
As shy as Chief was in the beginning, he turned out to be
a loving family member. His forever family calls him, “a
big baby who loves to cuddle.”
Chief came to IDR+ as many of our
dogs do – with a call from Chicago
Animal Control saying that they had
a Dobe. Upon being picked up from
CAC, Chief exhibited the traits that
one would expect from a dog who
suddenly finds himself in an unknown,
unfamiliar place: fear, confusion,
terror.
Turned in by his owners because they
were moving – apparently to a location
that doesn’t allow dogs – Chief had
no idea where he was or why he was
there.
Once he arrived at IDR+, he shied
away from letting anyone near him and
was so skittish that we weren’t sure he
would even be adoptable.
What a difference some love and
attention makes! After almost being
adopted by his foster mom, who quickly
fell in love with this sweet boy, Chief
found himself going home with Brian
Zalar’s family, a family that includes
three teenage boys.
Happily, Chief has definitely come
into his own now that he’s secure
and happy in his new forever home.
According to Brian, Chief has bonded
with everyone in the family and is
basically just a big baby who loves
to cuddle – in fact, as Brian spoke,
Chief was lying there with his head on
Brian’s chest, taking a nap.
Chief is a typical Velcro-Dobe,
following Brian around, “helping”
whenever possible, and being adored
and taken care of by the kids.
While he didn’t initially like car
rides, Chief now understands that when
he gets in the car with his family, he’s
usually going somewhere fun, so he
runs to the car and bounds right in.
Chief is also the king of his backyard,
running around joyfully outside and
barking to let the neighbors know he’s
there. In fact one evening, as Brian
later discovered, the barking came
with an important message.
Brian notes that one night at around
1:30 a.m., Chief started barking and
wouldn’t stop, even when Brian urged
him to be quiet.
The next morning, Brian and his
family learned that it would be wise in
the future to not ignore Chief’s barking
– as they discovered that their lawn
mower and air compressor had been
stolen from the garage overnight!
Hopefully now that Chief knows he’ll
have the family’s full attention during
late-night barking bouts, he won’t start
just when he wants a biscuit.
Tasha Huebner
Adoptable cats, kittens redefine ‘Plus’ in IDR+
“Meow, meow.” What a minute . . . is that a
typo? Didn’t we mean to write “woof, woof?”
No, actually, that is not a mistake at all. The
“meowing” comes from the “Plus” section of the
IDR+ gallery.
But how and why does a Doberman rescue
have cats available in its adoption program? The
answer is actually pretty straightforward.
The cats and kittens help to make up the Plus
section of our name, along with breeds of dogs
other than Dobermans.
These cats have come to us from high-kill
shelters where IDR+ volunteers have visited
during the rescue of a homeless Doberman. Since
IDR+ volunteers are animal lovers, as well as
Doberman enthusiasts, we decided not to leave
these little ones behind.
IDR+ has rescued kittens since its inception in
2003. During this period, the program has grown
dramatically.
In fact, just for 2008 alone we have rescued
approximately 100 homeless felines. And,
amazingly, the cat portion of IDR+ has grown to
become financially self-sustaining through both
adoption fees and donations.
If you would like to add another four-legged
friend to your family that “meows” rather than
“barks,” please email [email protected]
(P.S. We can always use more foster homes too!)
Alise Carrico
Photos by Lauren Kelliher
Many people don’t realize that kittens and
cats are available for adoption at Illinois
Doberman Rescue Plus.
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Winter 2008: Vol. 4, No. 2
Transports reach new heights with Pilots N Paws
When a dog needs a long-distance
transport to be rescued, a group of
volunteers divides the trip into
several legs. Each driver hands
the dog off to the next, like a fourlegged baton in a relay race, and
the drive continues until the dog
reaches its destination.
IDR+ completes many longdistance car transports each year;
sometimes, three or four drivers are
involved. Other times, one driver
makes an all-day trip to rescue
a pup that has little chance in its
original location.
However, when the drive is too
long or complicated, Pilots N Paws
gets involved. That’s how IDR+
received a few dogs in need this
past year.
IDR+ took in a planeload of dogs
from Tennessee in November:
Tabor the Dobe and three Plus
dogs, MooShoo, Baby Girl, and
Tucker. We also accepted a red
female Dobe named Rosie in June
and Tango’s flight arrived at the
end of December.
A group of small aircraft pilots
created Pilots N Paws about a
year ago for a reason to fly and to
transport animals in need.
The group operates quite smoothly:
a request is posted on the group’s
website (www.pilotsnpaws.org),
and a pilot who lives near “point
A” agrees to fly the dog to a new
life at “point B.” Volunteers from
rescues on the ground organize the
drop off and pick up at their local
airports.
The pilots are volunteers, too.
They donate their time, planes, and
high fuel costs to save the animals.
Tango even offered to help fly
the plane during his flight, said his
pilot.
It takes some work to get these
dogs flown to safety. President of
the Doberman Assistance Network,
Vicki Brady, contacts IDR+’s
southern Illinois volunteer, Roya
Newman, about the dogs that need
to be rescued and arranges the plane
transport with Pilots N Paws.
Even though Illinois and
neighboring states have more
than enough Dobermans to keep
IDR+ busy, not all states have a
Doberman-specific rescue, which
makes finding homes for Dobes
much easier with groups like
IDR+.
Roya explained that many of the
rural shelters’ euthanasia rates can
be as high as 95% due to a lack of
spaying and neutering and simply
“nowhere to go.”
Most of the dogs flown in the
Pilots N Paws program are literally
given a second chance at life.
Said Roya, “If we can’t arrange
transports to get dogs to rescues
that can take them, the dogs don’t
get out of the shelters, and the dogs
die.”
Lauren Kelliher
Read the USA Today story and see
the news report here.
Photos courtesy of Pilots N Paws
Above, a film crew from the local news documents loading the dogs
before takeoff in Knoxville, Tennessee. Right, Tango looks out the
window of the airplane as he waits for his flight. He is the latest dog to
enter the program thanks to a ride from Pilots N Paws.
Show off your IDR+ gear around the world
If you’ve got it, flaunt
it! Many IDR+ volunteers,
adopters, and supporters own
apparel from Dobermart,
and we want to see you strut
your stuff.
Send in a picture of
you wearing your IDR+
merchandise in an interesting
location, and you might be
featured in an upcoming issue
of The Dober Dispatch.
Email your photo with a
brief description of where
you are and why you
packed your IDR+ shirt to
[email protected].
IDR+ President in Africa
IDR+ President Pam AbareNewton spent five weeks
volunteering at a children’s
orphanage in Africa this past
summer.
Here, Pam proudly wears
her red tie-dyed IDR+ t-shirt
while hiking near a waterfall
in Tanzania.
Pam said that she left
a lot of her clothes at the
orphanage for the children to
wear, and she likes the idea
that a child there is wearing
her IDR+ shirt.
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The Dober Dispatch, Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus
Get to know an IDR+ volunteer: Roya Newman
Last issue, The Dober Dispatch
started a series of interviews with
IDR+ volunteers called “Get to
Know a Volunteer.” Each issue,
we talk with an IDR+ volunteer
about their experiences with the
organization. This issue's volunteer
is Roya Newman, who is the main
contact for IDR+ in southern IL.
Dober Dispatch: How long have
you been a volunteer with IDR+,
and how did you find out about the
group?
Roya Newman: Wow, to be honest,
I don't know how long I have
been a member. You probably
have to ask (IDR+ President) Pam
(Abare-Newton). I do think it was
shortly after IDR+ was formally
organized. I had been doing Dobe
rescue in southern IL for several
years when I was invited to join this
fantastic group. I think I did a few
transports with another long-time
volunteer and came to know about
IDR+ that way. One of IDR+'s
northern IL contacts and I emailed
back and forth about rescue for
many years.
DD: What was the name of your
first pet?
RN: That's too long and too many
pets ago to remember. As my father
wasn't too fond of having pets,
one of my first vivid memories
about my pets was having to
resort to sneaking them into my
upstairs bedroom. I would lower
a well-constructed, heavy bag
out the bedroom window and my
sister (and cohort in crime) put
the kitten into the bag outside, and
Photo by Lauren Kelliher
IDR+ volunteer Roya Newman shops at Dobermart at a recent event.
I raised the bag up. Obviously,
I was very young and "you are
not recommended to try this at
home." We fed and played with
the kitten upstairs until we were
discovered by my mother. Luckily
for me, living in Long Island, NY,
there weren't too many strays at
that time.
DD: What's your fondest pet
memory?
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RN: I really have too many to pick
only one from. Each pet has come
into my life with different needs
and personality. People say that
pets come into our lives for various
reasons and to fill our different
needs, and I believe that. My Dobes
may be similar in appearance,
but no two of them are/were alike
in personality. One of my Dobes is
a consummate clown. We adopted
a little mixed breed that was left
on our porch and later traveled
everywhere with us in our motor
home. We were always asked
what breed she was while walking
her after hours at dog shows (we
said she was a Tasmanian Devil
Dog). Another Dobie, when left
home alone, would take any dishes
that were left in the sink and put
them at the front door with nothing
ever being broken. Another one of
my Dobes purrs like a cat when
lying in my lap. One of my male
Dobes used to come up limping
whenever he didn't want to go off
with his handler, only to have the
limp mysteriously disappear when
back with us. So many memories,
and so many yet to be made.
DD: Why are rescues, such as
IDR+, so important?
RN: Because these creatures are not
disposable. Anyone who has been
close with a pet realizes they are
emotional beings. They feel pain,
grief, excitement, sadness, and joy,
just like we do. Until we live in a
society that values their lives, until
our society stops using euthanasia
as a form of population control,
until animal abuse and neglect
are routinely prosecuted, and until
there are better laws that protect
them, rescue groups will have to
exist. I don't do this work because
it's fun and recreational – far from
it – I do it because I have to. Too
much animal suffering exists even
with rescues playing an increasing
role. I can't imagine how tragic it
would be in the absence of animal
welfare groups.
DD: Do you share your life with
pets now?
RN: Of course. I can't imagine
my life without them. Right now,
I have four Dobes: Bogie, Bacall,
Taylor, and Boomer (an IDR+
alum). But this year I lost two of
my 14-year-old non-Dobe dogs and
an 18-year-old cat, so I have had
as many as seven of my own pets
living in my house at one time. DD: What is the most rewarding
part of being in rescue?
RN: Seeing the fosters go on to
wonderful homes of their own,
especially seeing a special needs
or senior pet that is able to find an
amazing family to share the rest
of their life with. Rescue work is
a very emotionally taxing "hobby."
Seeing people that are willing to
find room in their hearts and homes
and give these guys a second
chance gives me new faith in
humanity, and that faith is usually
on very shaky ground after seeing
and hearing about the atrocious
situations these pets come from in
the first place. Compiled by Nancy Crivellone
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Winter 2008: Vol. 4, No. 2
Bach makes music in his forever home
Bach wound up at Animal
Welfare League on Wabash in
Chicago not once but twice – the
first time when he was dumped
there as a puppy with three of
his littermates. He was quickly
adopted, but the people who
adopted him first cropped his
ears in such a short style that one
wonders if they intended to fight
him.
Then, perhaps lucky for Bach,
they returned him because he
chews. Here at IDR+, we were
shocked – imagine, a puppy that
chews! The mind reels.
Maddeningly enough, while
many times a crop this poor is the
result of a “do-it-yourself” effort,
apparently Bach’s former owners
brought in a picture to the vet and
asked that his ears be cropped in
this sad style!
Of course, the ears didn’t affect
his personality one bit, as Bach’s
true happy puppy nature asserted
itself at the home of his foster
mom, Sandy Shephard.
There, Bach finally got a chance
to be his typical puppy self –
playing with his doggy brothers
and sisters, chasing tennis balls
for hours on end, and cuddling.
He soon showed how settled in
he was by sleeping on his back
with his little paws in the air, and
once conspiring with his “sibling”
Watson to catch a possum, which
promptly played dead and was
thus spared.
Sandy initially didn’t plan to
adopt Bach, but he fit in right away
– walking around and licking her
other dogs’ faces, climbing up on
the couch and plopping himself
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will ensure we can
continue to help save
lives. Dober Donations are
always accepted for our
orphans:
Dober-Dwellings: a
forever home for everyone
or even a foster home!
Dober-Dens: large or
x­‑large metal or plastic
crates (gently used or new)
Photo by Pam Abare-Newton
Bach’s foster mom admitted not trying very hard during a summer
adoptathon. She ended up adopting him.
down on the top of the dog pile,
and looking at Sandy as if he had
known her forever.
Sandy admits that when the
summer adoptathon came around,
she didn’t try TOO hard to get
Bach adopted, with this sweet boy
already having found a place in
her heart and home.
Thus, it wasn’t too much of a
surprise when Sandy adopted Bach
in September. Now, Bach lives the
life he was destined to live – part
of a happy family, where he gets
to play non-stop with the many
fosters that Sandy still takes in.
He plays with everybody, as
Sandy notes, and is an all-around
great boy. Although it would seem
that fate conspired against Bach
early in his young life, fate has
more than made up for it since
then.
Tasha Huebner
Dog Tracks CD
“Songs by Dogs”
Available now
Use the code “IDR” at
checkout to have $1
Donated to IDR+
www.DogTracksCD.com
Dober-Duds: these cool
collars and leashes can be
donated on our site at
www.ildoberescue.com/
doberduds.htm and some
training collars (medium
weight prong collars)
and coats for our seniors
(Velcro up the back-easier
to put on), etc. would be
great too
Dober-Dozing: large
or x-large dog beds or
comforters
Dober-Doodoo Defenses:
laundry detergent, paper
towels, cleaning fluids, etc.
Dober-Diversions:
rawhides, nylabones,
Kong toys, stuffed toys,
tennis balls, etc.
Dober-Desk: postage
stamps, manila file folders,
copy paper, envelopes,
etc.
Dober-Driving: supplies
for our rescue mobiles
such as gas cards, phone
cards, Starbucks cards
(hey, bodies need fuel too).
Dober-Dollars: used for
the vet bills, phone bills,
boarding, microchips.
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The Dober Dispatch, Illinois Doberman Rescue Plus
Patriotic PAWsonals: Red, white, and blue
In honor of the Presidential Inauguration, we’d like to show off our own red, white, and blue
Porsche
Frosty
Skye
Red: Porsche
Age: 5-6 years
Waiting for a new home: 8 months
Likes: Food, stuffies, toys, affection, quiet, hanging out,
cuddling, butt & belly rubs, walks, playing in the yard,
looking out the windows.
Dislikes: Other animals, a lot of activity, noise, traffic,
pedicures, water.
White: Frosty
Age: 1.5 years
Waiting for a new home: 10 months
Likes: Toys, cookies, ice cubes, carrots, going for walks,
naps, ear and belly rubs, sitting on your feet, his blankie,
comfort of his crate at night, doggy toothpaste, soothing
eye drops, "feeling" what you're doing, his regular routine.
Dislikes: Being outside during cold or rain, dead quiet at
night, scary noises, being over-tired.
Blue: Skye
Age: 2.5 years
Waiting for a new home: 1 year
Likes: Ear scratches, peanut-butter bones, running around
as fast as possible, special time just by myself with my
foster mom and my yummy bones.
Dislikes: Cats and squirrels, chilly weather, loud noises,
a surprise pat on the head or sides, missing out on the
action.
To adopt one of our featured Dobes, fill out an application at www.ILDobeRescue.com