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schroeders mom
04-03-2008, 04:30 PM
Since we're doing some of these stories of our special babies, here's Obies. :D

It was over 3 years ago that an angel named Heide sent her wonderful husband, Dave to this “breeder from H@!!” to pick up 2 surrenders, Boone and another pup, his name escapes me. While there, this “person” pretty much threw a scared & badly abused & half starved little gray doxie at him and said “here take him”, see, Obie is a blue/tan and has genetic alopecia (he has no hair, except on his face, paws and tushie) and can’t make them any money anymore. He lived in a cage for so long; grass was a foreign object to him. So, Dave took him home and this sweet angel took him in and got him medical care and put him in rescue (along with Tammy, SirOliversMom’s baby girl). It was love at first sight! I seen his gray little face and just knew that I had to bring Obie home. Obie was in Jackson Mississippi and we are in St. Louis, Mo – so on a cold March day my hubby took me on a road trip to a K-Mart parking lot in Memphis, TN – our anniversary to pick up Obie. Obie became the velcro pup; he followed me everywhere and cried when I left his sight. I don’t know what they did to him, but it had to have been bad – that poor baby was just so scared of everyone and everything!! To just leave our house scared that baby so bad that his little heart would just beat almost out of his chest. He was so scared of Jim, took Obie 1 ½ years before he would go to him on his own, now they are best buddies. Obie still has some issues, he gets so scared if we take him places other then PetSmart and the vets, and running water just terrifies him.
But little Obie 1 has come so far – my little nekkid Goobie (peanuts in GA are called goobers and his is my little peanut) that I love with all my heart!!

Just being cute :hearts:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/doxiemom4/HPIM0215.jpg

IzzyandWillie
04-03-2008, 05:09 PM
Awwwww, where are the tissues!?!?! Obie is such a lucky little man to have found you. I just breaks my heart to think about what some of our rescues have been through that we don't even know about.


Goobie, you are so cute :hearts:

Camilla
04-03-2008, 05:30 PM
I love this story. He is gorgous and you have a :heart: of gold for loving him and allowing him to love you. It's a beautiful thing when this happens. You are all :angel: for saving their lives. Brings tears to my eyes....joyful tears. :bighug:

doxi1myheart
04-03-2008, 05:34 PM
Awesome story indeed. I love happy endings.

Teckle Mom
04-03-2008, 05:40 PM
:hearts:Love stories with a happy ending!!

Melisande
04-03-2008, 06:47 PM
I have always loved Obie!! :hearts::hearts::hearts: What a little Angel he is :hearts:

Tucker's Mom
04-03-2008, 06:55 PM
Thank you so much for sharing Obie's story. Again, as I said in Yolanda's post, I had tried to piece together the story, but, had never heard it from the one who loves Obie the most. :thanx: for giving Goobie the life that he so deserves. You are an :angel:.

SirOliversMom
04-03-2008, 07:33 PM
I could read Obie 1 stories all day long! Foster brother to Tammy and when I saw him on Heide's post my heart went pitter patter too. He's such a handsome nekkid boy. Obie and Tam have so much in common, even after two months of love and good food at Heide's she was still skin on bone with no muscle tone whatsover as I'm sure was Obie. And yes they become velcro dogs- such an apt description!!

I am one of his biggest fans! Go Obie 1 :cheer::cheer: Who was blessed with an angel for a mommy.

Patricia
04-03-2008, 09:15 PM
:hearts:Bless you and Obie!!!!:hearts:

baldy91356
04-03-2008, 09:18 PM
Obie you are a cutie. Sounds like you have it made now.

doximom
04-03-2008, 09:20 PM
Oh that is so sad & sewwt at the same time so glad he found a great home! he is soo cute!!

Julian&MistyMom
04-03-2008, 09:57 PM
Obie is so gorgeous! That face! Such a beauty. Thank God for new beginnings! And I also thank Him, for wonderful, caring people, like you.

blazeman
04-04-2008, 05:47 AM
This is one of the things I love best about the DBB. The longer you are here.... the more stories like this you can read and say "Hey... I remember that".

We have 6 dogs in our house... but I feel like so many of everyone's puppers... are mine too :) I just don't have to feed them, bathe them or share my couch with them :D

annmariek
04-04-2008, 07:31 AM
My Lulu was one of the other dogs from that horrible breeder in Texas !!!! I fell in love with her beautiful face when Heide posted her. She was the most terrified baby that I have ever met.... I have no idea what the monsters who first owned her did to her, but they should burn in h*ll for it !!!!! When I first brought her home she hid most of the time she was just terrified of everything and everyone. I held her and petted her for hours at a time to teach her that not everyone was cruel. Now three years later she is a different dog, she is still shy with strangers until she feels comfortable with them, but she is really a little princess and real little lady. I often wonder what she would have been like if she had not been so abused....... I love her with all my heart and I also made a wonderful friend in Heide !!!!!!

rjones
04-04-2008, 08:55 AM
Oh that just breaks my heart. He sure is a lucky boy and I'm sure he knows it :) I love his pic with him smiling in it :) What a bad beginning but his middle and the end of his life is going to be treasured.

schroeders mom
04-04-2008, 02:38 PM
Yes, Princess Tammy, Lady Lulu, Boone and Obie 1 and all the others that were rescued from that horrid "pit" are survivors - it's amazing what true love, patience and good food can do. Maybe one day :crsfnger: that pit can be closed down - those fools put in jail, maybe all mills will be shut down and rescues put out of business - how wonderful that would be!!

Heidi's Pam
04-05-2008, 12:38 AM
There's our Obie!!! :hearts::hearts: I think it's so great to read these stories about the DBB special rescued pups, and how far they've come from their horrible previous lives. I truly hope and :pray: for the day where mills and BYB no longer exist, and hope that there are many other shows like Oprah's today that expose this god-awful puppy 'business' for what it truly is - torture and cruelty!!
We really need to see more pictures of this handsome fellow!! Give him a big :kiss2: :kiss2: for me!

MomToMazzy&More
04-05-2008, 10:24 AM
Obie is so lucky to have found his way to your family & I'm sure you feel just as lucky to have found him. He is just precious. :hearts:

dutchman
04-05-2008, 05:51 PM
Thank you for sharing Obie's story. The more aware people are of the lives these little ones live in the mills the greater the odds they will find the power to resist that cute puppy in the pet store that just keeps the mills in business.

WeinerDogMom
04-05-2008, 06:08 PM
thank you for sharing your story. Obie looks very comfy and at home on your lap:-)