We said a tearful farewell to our sweetest Dobe, Jimmy, aka Butters, Jam Master Jay, Jpizzle, Jamalamadingdong on Dec. 7th.

He came to the Doberman Rescue of Colorado in 2004 with a severe case of mange. He was purchased from a pet shop with a compromised immune system. His family loved him but kept taking him to a vet that apparently had no idea what mange was. By the time they got to the rescue, their funds were depleted. After dips and medications, he was deemed fit to be adopted. He was and subsequently returned as his mange came back and his adopters couldn’t deal. He was actually on a quilt a volunteer made for the Special Needs Dobermans organization that helped raise money for his treatments. http://www.doberman911.org/cases/jimmy.html

We were Jim’s subsequent foster home and foster fail. He was just the biggest, sweetest boy. About two years after we had Jim, he started holding his back leg up, it would just dangle there. We had it looked at, xrayd etc with no outcome apart from it’s likely Wobblers and it would take a $1500 MRI to confirm. We could have opted for surgery, but it wouldn’t have solved the problem, only bought him more time. Almost 11yrs for a big dobe is a good run regardless. The foot he held started folding under. He then started having trouble getting up, fell down more, and then when one of his front ankles started giving out, we knew we were on borrowed time. Come hell or high water that dog would get up and eat. We knew we’d be able to make the call if he either couldn’t get up anymore or stopped eating. That day came.

It’ll be almost 5yrs to the day we put his demon spawn adopted brother down. I’d like to think the years since have been Jim’s best.

We were close to the big sleep decision 4 weeks ago, but selfishly canceled the appointment. Since then, Jimmy’s had anything from toast to mashed potatoes to tahini added to his meals. For every week he made it we gave him a last supper from cheeseburgers to pizza.

The last two days he won’t get up and he’ll only eat a little of human food.

We’ve had a good run and it’s is time for him to cross the rainbow bridge and join Caesar and hopefully give him the ass kicking he always needed.

My heart aches as I will miss my OG crew forever.