Dog Ranch Rescue

Giggles

Adopted!
New Name:
Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Breed: Doberman Pinscher
Weight: 42.1 pounds
Current Location: Prineville, OR
Adoption Date: January 27, 2021
Adopted by: Linda Swick
Latest Update:
Giggles was rescued back in August. She was living on the streets of San Antonio with her 11 two week old puppies. She had some issues with erlichia/low platelets that needed to be treated before she could be spayed. Fast forward to today. Her health issues have all been addressed, she has been spayed, and she is now ready to to move on to her new home. Giggles is being adopted by Linda Swick from Prineville, OR. Linda lost her Collie in November and felt it was the right time to add another dog to her pack. Giggles is going to live with an 8 year old Mastiff named Roscoe who is a DRR alumni and a 12 1/2 year old Bichon Griffon/Shih Tzu mix named Butters. Giggles will keep her name which is perfect for this goofy girl. She will have 2 acres to explore. Linda flew to TX, rented a car, did a little shopping for a new bed, treats, toys, etc…. and picked up Giggles for a 3 day journey back to Oregon. Giggles is a kisser and she liked Linda from the second they met. Now they will have plenty of time to bond on their road trip. Linda is already familiar with the Happy Tails page so we should be seeing updates on Giggles and her adventures with her new fur siblings soon.
Safe travels. Enjoy your new family Giggles.
About Giggles:

This mama has been picked up by the shelter in San Antonio and was in need of rescue. She comes with a gaggle of pups 11 in total. We are told that she came into the shelter on August 15th and her babies were only a couple of days old.

Mama and babies have been safely taken to Jenn at maternity manor. We have 8 baby girls and 3 baby boys.

Mama will be named after a restaurant owner named Debbie Dohmlo in Pittsburgh PA called Big Shot Bobs

Debbie’s nickname is Giggles and that is what we will call this mama. Jenn said that Giggles is just as sweet as can be, loves to give kisses and is a great mama to her 11 babies.

Welcome to Dog Ranch Rescue Giggles.

UPDATE 12/16/2020
Learning about Giggles from her foster mom:
1. Her favorite household job is “secure the perimeter”. It is very important to rush out the back door nose to the ground and run the fence line barking if necessary to ensure all is secure. Rudy follows her around and will occasionally jump up on 4ft fence to double check for threats (who needs ADT with these 2!)
2. She enjoys snuggling on couch but also quite happy with any of the 3 dog beds. She is very easy going. There is a coveted couch spot behind me. Rudy pouts when she is next to me.
3. She is a really good eater and gobbles up her pill pockets too. We had a special Sunday scrambled egg she enjoyed. Likes yogurt, pumpkin, apple. Thinks Rudy is nuts for eating carrot and cucumber.
4. She is doing well learning about toys but is very curious what Rudy is doing when we play put toys in basket game. He gets a food nugget for every toy that he puts away. It will be interesting to see if she learns by watching us.
5. I have taken her on 2 walks when a friend came over. She did ok but overexcited and walks with nose to ground darting and looking for prey.

6. She likes to wrestle but big teenager Rudy is sometimes a bit too much and needs to calm down. Last night my ice tea went flying when they were running around the couch.

UPDATE 12/6/2020

We know that Giggles has to be waiting for maybe a few more months before she can recover from ehrlichia and get her platelets back up. I thought about a foster for her and a light bulb went off in my head. LeeAnn is a volunteer for us and has fostered a couple of times, she adopted Rudy from Dog Ranch Rescue. Rudy comes to the Ranch for daycare and I have seen him and Giggles love to run and wrestle. We asked her if she was up for a foster and she said okay so here they are, and the wrestling has already begun.😂

UPDATE 12/4/2020

So we ran a blood panel on Giggles again after her finishing another month of Doxycycline, her platelets have improved, each time they have come up some but they aren’t where they need to be. It’s pretty clear now that she does have Ehrlichia which is a tick born illness and that isn’t a surprise coming from being a stray down south. She will most likely need a few months to recover, Ehrlichia takes a while to heal from. Giggles shows no signs of illness, but we cannot spay her, it’s way too dangerous to spay a dog with Ehrlichia and low platelets. We are going to look for a foster for her, she needs to be in a home during this period of time. The Ranch is very tiring for a dog to stay at for months and months. Sadly she doesn’t have applications but hopefully that will change some time in the future. She is a great dog, somebody is missing out, she is sweet, housebroken, loves other dogs, loves to play and would be a wonderful dog for somebody. She will recover from this but it will take time..

UPDATE 11/27/2020

Giggles has finished her medication for what we are hoping will have been a tick born illness that caused her platelets to drop on top of giving birth and raising 11 puppies. She seems as healthy as can be, and now we run her bloodwork again and hope its resolved. She is a very good girl, she gets along with all of the dogs at the Ranch, she is housebroken and would love to have a dog to live with that loves to play because she loves wrestling and playing.

UPDATE 11/4/2020

We were sad for Giggles to have lost her home that has been waiting a long time. All of Giggles pups have either been adopted or will be leaving this weekend. Giggles has had a low platelet count and we were hoping it was due to having a gigantic litter of 11 puppies but now that she has weaned them her platelet count is still showing low. She is now on doxycycline for a month and she is being tested for the issue of potential Thrombocytopenia which occurs in Cavaliers but can happen to other breeds to as well as mixed breed dogs. If it is Thrombocytopenia there would be nothing to be done for it and it wouldn’t affect her normal life. We will wait and see what we find but with this revelation her family backed away.
Giggles has moved from maternity manor now to the Ranch where she will stay while we figure out her platelets and then hopefully find her a forever family.

UPDATE 9/20/2020

Update from foster mom Jenn:
Giggles is the perfect name for this girl. She keeps me laughing with her goofy self. She is enjoying playing with the puppies without having the responsibility of feeding them and cleaning up after them. She has the cutest expressive face and floppy ears. She has discovered the couch and jumps right up to make herself comfortable. She is all about cuddles and kisses. She is potty trained and walks great on a leash. She is just starting to play with the other dogs. Whoever the lucky family is that gets to adopt this girl is going to love having her as part of the family.

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