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Chiara

This is Chiara´s story.

Chiara came to us in February-March 2000 from the Animal Sactuary in Germany. She is a Dobermann bitch, and one of the most mild temperd Dogs i have ever met.

At the time we got her, she was about 6 months old, and had been through a lot as we found out afterwards.

She was born to some people who were unfit to hold Animals. Her Mother and Father were Sister and Brother. All the Pupps were taken of the owners, as they found out that they lived in filthy conditions, and had to eat their own dirt. So they ended up in the Dogshome.

From there she was taken bei a person, who once again was unfit to look after her, and so the Dogshome took her back once more. When we finaly got her, she must have been through hell in her short life.

She was and still is scared of anything that makes loud noises, and if they set off bangers outside, or even a broom falls over, she starts to shake and tries to hide somewhere.

The first few months, we could not leave her on her own, and so it was not unusual to see a Dobermann tied to a Tree (15m Line, Blanket, Water, Chewy Toy) outside the Supermarket when i went shopping. Fortunatly she got use to beeing left on her own slowly but surely.

Poor Chiara not only is scared of everything, but she also suffers from an illness called Dermodicose. Twice a year she would suffer bouts of blisters between her paws, which made them swell to such a size, that they split as she walked and blisters around her mounth and eyes. Thankfully we found out very soon what caused this, and were able to treat her successfully each time.

Now that we have moved to Gran Canaria, we have had no spells of the illness occuring, even though the stress factor is very high here for her. (Here the celebrate avery occasion with fireworks and bangers)

She loves the visits to the beach, and could spend hours running into the Water and diging out the rocksand waiting for me to throw something back into the water.