Duke

DUKE

April 24, 2010... Duke is doing well. He is still with foster mom, Danielle, Reven (4 yrs. old), Kim (10 yr. old Boxer), and Coco (1 yr. old male cat). Duke is a big love bug. He follows me (Danielle) around EVERYWHERE. Duke can be dead asleep and if I switch rooms, he follows and plops down there! He is a strong boy, so I am soon going to invest in a harness type collar to make walks a lot smoother. Duke gets along VERY well (still) with Coco, Reven and Kim. He is extremely patient. My son, Reven follows him around, jumps on him, etc and Duke doesn't mind! Duke now wears a belly band (the kind with rouching is BEST) to prevent him from "marking" in the house. As long as the belt is on, we are accident free. Duke's one area needing improvement is aggression towards unfamiliar dogs. I keep him very close on a leash as he tends to pull with great force in an attempt to attack strange dogs passing by! He does this randomly.....sometimes he could care less about other dogs!?!? Duke is on an anxiety medication that keeps him very calm. We started this med about two months ago. Duke LOVES balls, frisbees and chew toys. He will still atttempt to grab food off of a table or counter and CAN as he is a big boy. He weighs about 80 pounds and is ALL muscle!!

Side note: I am the website editor and just had to make a comment about Duke. Duke spent 1 night at my house before going to his foster home with Danielle. Duke is a VERY loving dog. He is gentle with people, especially kids, and with cats. He is also very good with some female dogs (it seems he is better with female dogs who are similar in size). I really thought he was a great boy. Danielle brought Duke to Bark to the Park last weekend. When I heard she was doing this I was a little worried as to how he would do with so many dogs around. I have to say that I was so very proud of Duke. He was very well behaved with his interactions with other dogs. He was able to come over to the CBR tent with several other dogs. He layed down when given the command and laid right next to 2 crated male dogs.... no growling at all!! Duke could have cared less about them! He met a lot of people that day and was, as expected, wonderful with everyone! Thank you to Danielle for bringing him out to the event so people could meet him!

March 12, 2010... Well, what can we say... Duke is just a big 'ole baby... Imagine, an 80lb dog that loves his kitty cat and hates to be left alone!! Yep, that's our Duke!! His best friends are Coco (his kitty), Kim (his boxer friend) and Reven (his skin kid)... Oh, and he loves his foster mom too!! Poor Duke gets very anxious when he is left alone. We'd love to find him a home where one of his humans will be home most of the time. However, we are realistic and know that we may not find that kind of home for him. So, we are working with his vet to find the right anxiety med for him. He just started a new one last week and his foster mom is already seeing some signs of improvement! Please keep your fingers crossed that this new med continues to help Duke! We all love him and just want him to always feel happy and safe!

September 14, 2009... Duke came to live with us earlier this month. We love having him here. He is a very loveable and loyal sweetie. He loves playing with Murphy. Murphy is very much an alpha female, she and Duke get along great together. He has shown no signs of aggression toward my dog or the cats. He pretty much ignores the cats. occasionally he will sniff at them but has never chased them.

He loves chewing on tennis balls. He also plays with one the size of a basketball. He prefers chewing them to chasing them. He is eating well and sleeps on the doggy bed when he is not sneaking up to sleep in the bed with me. He does not like to have his nails clipped. It is a challenge to clip them. We kind of made it into a game. We may only clip one or two at a time but we eventually get them all clipped. He needs some work with walking on a leash. He gets excited and wants to pull a bit, but we are working on that. He is anxious to interview humans who he may be interested in adopting. If you are interested in being adopted by Duke, please contact CBR!

August 29, 2009... Duke is back in rescue through no fault of his own. Duke is male dog aggressive and his previous adopters allowed Duke to be in a situation where he was able to start a fight with another male boxer. Duke needs a family who is responsible enough to keep him away from other male dogs. Duke loves people, including kids, female dogs and kittie cats. He is a very gentle, lovable boy. He is house trained and can be trusted loose in the house. All of the volunteers who have met Duke have fallen in love with him. He is a really great boy who needs a family who can really look out for his needs.

June 12, 2009... Well, what can I say?!?! Duke is lounging (sleeping) beside me snoring loud as ever :) Just a TINY slit in his neck now...meds are finished.and he is in MUCH, MUCH better shape. YEAH!! He sleeps with us every night...across the entire bed of course...we just sleep around him....lol!! He has not needed to be in a crate AT ALL since coming home with me. He is house-broken. Word of advice though...DO NOT LEAVE FOOD AT THE EDGE OF THE COUNTER....lets just say he has had 2 really grat meals n the past week! (Filet mignon and a turkey!) Only took TWICE, but I have learned my lesson.... He is such a big guy that he doesn't need to jump on the counter to get food - his head is just about level with the counter and one good lick will get anything off of the edge!!!

May 27, 2009... Wanted to let everyone know Duke is doing good....he walks well on a leash (although having a collar on him with that wound in his neck still creeps me out)....he is taking his antibiotics and meds for yeast in his ears...as we speak, he is lounged across the bed with my soon to be 3-year old....both PASSED out together!! He is so laid back, sweet!

May 26, 2009... Duke has moved to his permanent foster home and is being a good boy. He is getting along with everyone including the kitten!! He went back to the vet for a recheck of his wounds. He was placed on another antibiotic. He was also given some medicine for his ears and for hookworms. The vet was also able to take some time to really look at his teeth to determine his age. His previous owners thought he was 10 years old - but they had found Duke and never knew for sure. Well.... they were wrong!! Duke is only about 5 years old!!! Duke has a very laid back personality - he is just so happy and easy! Duke's previous family had 2 young children ages 1 and 4. We were told that he was wonderful with them.

May 19, 2009... Duke is being a good boy in his temporary foster home. He gets along well with the female boxer here and with the cat!! He had the drain removed from his wound last Friday, but we do still have to flush his wounds twice a day. He isn't crazy about having this done but he puts up with it! He seemed to finally be feeling better today. He found some toys out in the yard and went running all around with them. He destroyed 2 before he was done playing! We have discovered that he knows "sit, stay and shake hands". Duke is a big love bug. He will always kiss you back when you hug or kiss him. And, he follows me around like a shadow.

May 12, 2009... Duke is a sweet boy weighing in at 80 lbs!! He was surrendered to CBR yesterday after the other male dog in the home attacked him. Duke's owners were very worried about keeping the 2 dogs (both males, not neutered) together and could not afford the surgery needed to repair Duke's wounds. He was sedated last night as the vet sutured his wounds and placed a drain. Duke stayed overnight to have his wounds cared for by the vets. Duke is now ready to go to a foster home but we have no foster homes available at this time. Duke also lived with a female dog and a puppy in his previous home and enjoyed playing with both. The only dog he ever had any trouble with was the other male dog in the home - this was probably the result of neither dog being neutered. Duke's temperament at the vet's office has been wonderful. He tries to do a kidney bean when anyone new comes along.... just hoping for a head rub. He was great with the staff as they poked around at his wounds. He's just a big old lazy boxer boy!! His previous owner said that he is house trained and can be trusted in the house, but also does fine in a crate.

Duke has been surrendered to CBR, but is not in a foster home just yet - he is still being treated at the vet's office. Duke needs a foster home!! CBR has no open male foster homes right now. If you can help please contact CBR.

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Duke would like to thank his sponsor(s):

Wally & Kathy Jarvis - "Another good reason for early spay/neuter. We LOVE Boxers and really hate to see something like these injuries that might have been prevented! Good luck, Duke!"

Dave & Robin Branson - "Get well soon, Duke!"

Erin Schotthoefer

Stephanie Walser

William Bollman, III

Stephanie Walser

Patricia Manzel

April Owens

Thomas Barnett