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#1 ·
Well from Texas now - I grew up in the UK, but I have lived here in Austin for over 20 years. I've just adopted my first Doberman "Buddy" - not my name choice, he chose it! He was Bradley at the rescue but did not respond to that name at all. My son was with me when we went to the rescue and was calling him buddy and the he was responding to the name, so Buddy he is. He is a 5 year old male, cropped and docked with one very endearing floppy ear! Well it does stand up when he is on full alert, but that is rare. He has been home now for two weeks. I have to thank the Doberman Rescue of North Texas for all their great work saving these dogs. True dedication from them.

I've owned some larger breeds in the past, two Australian Shepherds most recently, great dogs, but could not face the grooming requirements again. My girlfriend has a Doberman so I am familiar with breed. Buddy is a great dog. I really feel fortunate to have such a great companion. He does have a few of the Doberman issues - low thyroid level that may be contributing to a thin coat, and it could be that a food allergy that has played a role with that. He has a minor ear infection that we are treating. But the biggest concern at the moment are lick sores. I think the coat condition may have contributed, and knowing Doberman behaviors perhaps stress from the pound and rescue ordeals he has been through, poor fellow. Two of the three sores are healed now with one being more persistent as it was deeper to begin with.

I have to use an Elizabethan collar on him when I leave him for any period of time which makes us both feel rotten but does ensure that there is no licking and the healing continues.
 
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#3 ·
Welcome to DT. I'm in SE Texas (practically in Louisiana).

I know you said that Buddy has low thyroid, which can certainly contribute to coat loss, but what color is he? Blues and fawns are prone to hair loss due to Color Dilution Alopecia, so if he's a dilute and has low thyroid, that's a double whammy.

Lick granulomas are hard to treat. Al lot of people have reported success with cold laser therapy, though, so that's something that you might want to look into.
 
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Hmm. I seemed to lose the last sentence of my original post which was something along these lines:

"Apologies for the long post. I've been reading here for a few weeks and learned a lot from the posts - thank you!"

To answer the question about Buddy's coloring he is black and tan. I need to take some better pictures of him. The snpas I have do not do him justice! I'll get on that!

Thanks for the replies and the welcome.
 
#6 ·
Welcome from the Pacific NW!

How wonderful of you to give Buddy a new life. Yes, Doberman excessive licking, is unfortunate very common with many different causes, including those that you mentioned.

Personally, although there are those who would disagree, I would consider using basket muzzle as opposed to and E collar. Most dogs become used to them very quickly and ultimately treat then much like a flat collar.

John
Portland OR
 
#9 ·
Welcome to you and Buddy! While seemingly cliche I had a dog named Buddy growing up and he was a wonderful dog. I have a bird with "over grooming" issues but he is so great despite his patchy appearance, and we all love dogs so please post some pics of your new pal!
 
#10 ·
Welcome fellow Brit. I notice you're in Texas, does that make you a Britexan? :grin2:

What part of GB did you originally come from, I'm in Essex.

My dobes have all been rescues, thank you for taking Buddy on & giving him a forever home.

Can't wait to see pics of him.
 
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