Tuesday a rottie mix showed up at the neighbors house. He was wearing a long chain and had been severely mauled either by other dogs or possibly Coyotes ( although I'm leaning towards the local dogs as Coyotes surely would have not let him go). He sat outdoors all day Tuesday at the neighbors  (it's hot here, over 100 degrees out in the summer always even when it's a nice day). When her husband came home he suggested bringing him over here. I went over to their house to see what could be done  and found a very frightened and painful young yearling male. he had been sitting in the mucky water to cool down and was covered in severe puncture wounds and had severe bruising and edema forming already. He let me leash him and he tried very hard to walk out to the road and get in the car. He even let me pick him up very gently around the abdomen and help him in. When we got home it was a bit harder getting out then in, but we laid out a ramp and helped him out and he just finally went for it. there is some video of his arrival, I don't think we got any still photos though.  Overnight he had an evap cooler to lay in front of and it was a cool evening all things considered. In the morning the day promised to warm up nicely so We brought him in and put him in the large great dane crate. He was walking although stiffly, his leg had swollen up from the bruising and you could smell the infection setting in. At this point I was considering dribbling antibiotics into his mouth with a syringe, as he was still quite nippy and in pain,  but I didn't want him upset by doing it, so we had an appointment at my vets set for 2:00PM  ( and he was triple booked all afternoon). Well, we didn't make it, about noon he went into petit mal seizure and subsequent unconsciousness. We got him in to the eward and administered fluids but he was already septic at that point. He never regained consciousness, and I brought him home in hopes that we could keep fluids and antibiotics in him for a few days that he might come around. I named him Lothar on the way to the vets as he had to have  a name of some type.
Sadly the attack, the damage, and the sepsis was too much for his little 60 lb. body to handle and he passed away at 3:00 pm in the car with me on Wednesday the 23 rd of August 2006. This eulogy will be available at the other rainbow bridge sites also. 

We all cried for him. Yesterday (24th August 2006) the heavens opened ( a real big deal in the desert in a drought) and cried for him.
I'm sorry we couldn't have done better, or more, sooner. One sometimes has to face the facts that you did all you could and that there are no homes for those that are here already. So he gave up his space so another could have a home; what a dedicated little fellow, what honor he had.

On the flip side I am rather concerned about the dogs that have done this to him also, and that they are still out there roaming the neighborhood. I don't think it was coyotes and if it was he was WAY tougher than any other dog I've met!

Good Bye Lothar, may Liz and the wolves be there to guide you through and see your way to the other side. May you be blessed little guy.

I'm Sorry it doesn't work, Know how to, contact the rescue!

I am sorry that the video here is not so good. It was not our intention to make this video and have it be all there ever would be to see of Little Lothar but it is all I have.

Because of the nature of Lothar's passing, I feel impelled to include an educational link here at this time. It pertains mainly to 

WHY YOU SHOULD NOT CHAIN YOUR DOG!!!  

 http://www.unchainyourdog.org/ 

It is not by any means the definitive word on chaining your dog but it covers so many of the dangers to the chained dog and the life he/she shall potentially lead that I felt that it covered a huge range of important issues the general public should know about.

I fear that any inclusion of advantages to chaining a dog may be misconstrued by people wanting to justify their decisions so much that I shall NOT include them here at this time.

 I will include though, that some states REQUIRE that your wolf dog be CHAINED AND KENNELED at the same time!  

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