Fritz will be missed.
This
is my boy Fritz. He is now 16 months old and 95lbs. of joy!
Fritz
came to GSRAW from a private shelter in Iowa. I was called to take him
because he was so sweet and with the understanding that there might
"possibly" be something wrong with him. He had originally been
purchased from a breeder but at about 12 weeks was dropped off one night
at a petting zoo. The zoo then called the Humane Society who did not want
him and gave him to this private shelter who then in turn called me. Fritz
survived all of this on his sweet personality and his good looks I
believe. As we do with all of our dogs I took him to the vet and the vet
said you need to take him to the local vet school, I think he has some
skeletal problems. Well...........this beautiful pup has displaysia in his
elbows and his hips. In fact he has no hips sockets at all but seemed to
get around fairly well. The elbows were quite painful so the vet school
did surgery on them. Unfortunately he now has severe advanced arthritis
related to his elbow surgery so the option to repair his hips has been
taken away. Fritz has a great attitude and I fell in love with him very
quickly and I asked him if he would join my family. My other two Shepherds
have accepted him and seem to know that he is "special". He has
now become GSRAW's "poster boy" and I bring him to many of our
meetings with the public because he is so sweet and mellow and loves
humans. He is on a variety of natural joint and pain remedies to make his
life as "pain free" as possible until the time comes where he
can no longer be shielded from the pain.
Larry
Niles