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Thank you for your help!! And I’m so glad you saved the Doberman (can I see a picture of her? they are one of my favorite breeds!)Alright, so my neighbors had/have a similar situation. They bred their doberman for years and never quite fed her enough. I would sneak them food through the bars of their gate late at night for years. (I'm going to guess from your replies that we're around the same age.) A few months ago, my parents ran into the neighbors by chance while running some errands and they told my mom that since the dog is old now and can't be bred, they want to put her down. Knowing that my family works with animals, they asked us if we knew of any place to put the dog down for free... otherwise they'd shoot her. Long story short, we offered to take her and she's now with us and is living the rest of her days well fed and loved. An xray during her check up did show an old bullet embedded in her hip though.
I would keep trying to reach out to Animal Services, but the couple times I've reached out, they're not much help. (Likely overwhelmed.) Try calling the police if you can, or get ahold of an independent rescue. The latter will be the most likely to take action and help. In the meantime, see if you can maybe throw him some plain bread- most may not be popular with the idea of feeding someone else's dog, but he needs food asap, especially in that cold. Worse comes to worse, see of you can talk to your neighbors. (This is up to you- if your neighbors aren't the friendly type, scrap the idea)
Maybe they'd be willing to rehome him to you and in turn you can find him a forever home. Best of luck, and keep us updated!
I can try getting him some food and these neighbors, so I’ve heard, ain’t too friendly, but I will do everything to help this dog. I call him Buddy, he just looks like a dog who would be loyal and a pale
