We believe Rudy is just over a year old. We don’t know his birth date. We’ve had him almost 5 months, and we love him very much.
Rudy knows: HERE, SIT, WAIT, SHAKE, DOWN (lie down), TREAT, KENNEL, “TREATS IN KENNEL,” OUTSIDE?, GO BYE BYE?, GO BARK PARK? and BLANKIE. If you ask him “Gotta go poop?” he will let you know he does, by getting excited and heading for the door!
Rudy “sits” and “waits” for his dinner. Fill his bowl and say SIT. Put it down and say WAIT. He will look at you until you say OK. Then he will eat.
He shakes, and lays down. He walks really well on a leash – prong collar only. Gentle Leader DOES NOT work for him. He “sits” and “waits” to go out the door – you go first.
He is a “leaner” and loves to lean on “his people.”
Rudy is shy when meeting new people, but have them give him treats, that helps. Once he knows them, he’s a leaner on them too! He loves attention.
When Rudy is in a silly mood, he turns in circles. He circles one way, then “unwinds” the other way…he goes on and on. It’s so funny!
Rudy loves to chew empty plastic bottles – 2L pop bottles or smaller water bottles. He has fun with that. Show him one and ask him if he wants a TOY. He will gladly crush it for you. (He doesn’t eat them, so don’t worry.)
Rudy is crate trained. Just say “Rudy, kennel” and he’ll go. If he hesitates, you can add, “Treats in kennel.” (Be cheerful about it! We trained him to believe kennel is a great place!) Then give him a tidbit of some treat. He’s very obedient about going to his kennel. He needs his blankie in there, though, or he won’t lay down. Rudy is a “nester” and loves soft blankets to curl up on wherever he is.
He LOVES his current blankie and drags it out of his kennel in the morning. Ask him where his blankie is and he will go get it. He LOVES to lay in the sun all day with his blankie, so if you can provide him a spot in the house where the sun comes in, that’s where he’ll sleep all day.
***RUDY EATS SOCKS!! Keep them out of his reach. He will eat and swallow them faster than you can blink! When we’ve caught him swallowing one, we’ve had to give him hydrogen peroxide to throw it up (per vet instructions). When we haven’t known he swallowed one, it comes out the other end or he throws it up a day later on his own. But the next one he swallows could get stuck and require surgery.
Rudy also loves to tote shoes around. When you get home, or when you let him out of his kennel, he grabs whatever shoe or boot he can find and carries it around wagging his tail. He doesn’t chew them, he just relocates them.
When he’s in the mood, he’s a GREAT howler! You have to start him up and keep him going. He’s hilarious and quite a talker!
Rudy HAS been allowed to sit on the furniture. Mostly, he just parks his butt on the chair and his front feet on the floor. But sometimes he also curls up with us on the couch.
Rudy had kennel cough and Giardia when we got him (Sept 07). He was very thin and had a patch of missing fur. We’ve spent lots of money to get him perfectly well. He has gained weight and his fur came back! He’s doing great now! He is micro-chipped and is up-to-date on all his shots. He is currently taking heart worm preventive each month.
Rudy has a sensitive stomach – DO NOT FEED HIM RAW HIDE – he gets diarrhea. He loves bones from the butcher! We’ve found that the only dog food he can tolerate of the ones we’ve tried is the Science Diet large breed. We tried Wolf King (an high quality food) and also a cheap store brand, and both gave him diarrhea.
Rudy loves to go to the dog park or if you have a fenced yard, he will love to run!
Rudy has lived with kids ages 9-15.
Rudy’s current routine:
-7:30 short outing to pee
-Comes in and gets 3 cups of food (we feed him extra if needed to help him gain weight after his Giardia)
-9:00 or before, out again to poop
-Out again around 4 or 5:00
-Food 3 cups again
-Out to poop
-9:00 pm out for last time and then he sleeps in his kennel
We hope you will love Rudy as much as we have. He’s a sweetheart who just wants to be with you and be loved.
If you are interested in giving a Dobe a forever home, or maybe just volunteering or donating, please contact us at:
Doberman Rescue of Nebraska Inc.
POB 390684
OMAHA NE 68139-0684
402-614-4495
DRON95@aol.com or
contact Kirk and Holli at dobetaxi@cox.net
Doberman Rescue is a 501 (c ) (3 ) so all donations are tax deductible.
You may send donations to DRON, C/O Holli, 15107 Borman St., Omaha, NE 68138. Doberman Rescue is a 501 (c ) (3 ) so all donations are tax deductible.
Thank you!
