Duncan the Brown Warrior

Thank you Carolyn!

My friend Carolyn donated to my care in lieu of having Christmas gifts and regularly checks on me.  That people care about dogs from afar is beautiful and I want to say hello to Carolyn and thank you for checking up on me.  Pictures below are for you - thank you!  -Duncan and Family

24 hours towards a better life; thanks BDRA  :-) 

NEW updated pics and Duncan news (in red) below  - my tail is waggin'!

Please allow me to introduce myself; I am Duncan the Brown Warrior.  Today, September 18, 2009 is the first day of my brand new life.  Let me tell you my story ...

Yesterday at this time I lived with 60 dogs and 20 cats at a Not-So-Humane Society pen where I've been suffering for over a year.  You see I have one perforated eye, one eye where the lens has tilted back in my head, I suffer from Scabies and the Mange, yeast infections in both ears, hookworms and  other health issues.  I am malnourished, weak and tired - but all is so much better.

My friends Phyllis and Pam arranged my release from the hell I lived in and took me to their local vet who gave me a steroid shot to ease the unbearable itching and pills to take the edge of the pain.  I then settled into Big Blue the van for a trip to my new life.

After fine meals and a great night's sleep, this morning I visited Dr. Dee who prescribed a cocktail of medicines to help me improve.  My future includes removal of both eyes yet right now I'm focusing on healing my skin, ears, internals and resting up from the stress I've lived under for so long.

Please do not be bothered by my current situation or by my  pictures below.  Yes I have much to heal yet I am past Rock Bottom. 

The same warrior spirit that allowed me to defend myself, to scrounge  enough food to survive, to overcome the buckshot in my eye and all of my pain, that same spirit will now allow me to heal, to grow, to overcome, to thrive and to love.

There was a message for me here, left  by the last welcomed guest in this home, a dog named August; it said:

Welcome from Doggie Augie

My fellow blind dog, you have finally found love.   Here your belly will be full, your body and soul will heal, you will rest and sleep.  Soon you will play.  And always you will be tenderly touched.  This pack here will surround you with joy and with love .  You will have your own room, a warm bed, bowls of food and water, toys, time, and so much attention.  You will never again be left to defend yourself and you will never again suffer alone.  You are safe forever. 

When you are strong, when your tail flies high, when you have become the dog you were destined to be, then you will take one more trip, a trip to a Forever Home and there you will live your life providing the love that your human pack members so need from you.   

So my friend, now  rest and eat and heal and be loved.  Soon you will be the dog you were destined to be.  Before you go, please add your thoughts to this letter and leave it for the next welcomed guest to be healed in this happy place. 

~Augie the Doggie

Hello BDRA Friends:

This past week has been a good one for me.  I'm sleeping a lot, eating even more and taking lots of meds.  The humans put the pills in Vienna Sausages and I pretend to not notice yet I take 10 pills a day - antibiotics, pain pills, allergy pills, thyroid pills, plus liquid to kill the worms and parasites, and ear stuff.  Then there is the medicated bath every 3 days ... well, at least I'm cleaner than ever.

New experiences: living indoors (nice!), collar and leash, commands for stairs and to beware, soft bed and carpet, doggie doctors, water and food dish (often filled!), kong ball & treats, lots and lots of loving.

My skin no longer feels like it is on fire - hallelujah - and my ears are clean and without yeast.  Blood tests showed me basically healthy though with a thyroid issue likely brought on by all of my other problems and stress.  The pills will help my skin and allow my hair to return - I'd been wondering if maybe I wasn't part "hairless dog!"

Once healed up it will be time to deal with the big stuff: my eyes and gait issues.  I go back in another week to the doggie doc and will write again then, OK?  Please don't forget me and have a wonderful week.   

 -Duncan the Brown Warrior  (aka Duncan the Punkin'!)

Duncan is now here with us in his Forever Home!

Please see below for pics of Duncan marrying Buffy - he also adopted Roscoe - and going to Auburn for an eye exam.  Duncan is blind forever, will have his eyes removed yet is a happy boy gaining lots of weight and playing with his pack.  We love him.

09/18/09

   Hey Carolyn -new pics!

please note the thick fur and added pounds.  :-)

pics from the past  :-)

 09/26/09