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The Story of Boo & the Doe

Since 2005 we have lived in a wooded community in northwest Arkansas. Deer are abundant here and are very tame as they haven’t been hunted in this 4500-acre development for over 50 years.

We brought home our Cocker Spaniel Boo in 2008 when he was 8 weeks old and he spent his early years chasing rabbits and barking at the deer in the field next to our house.

We enjoyed seeing the deer and never noticed any aggression from them. Then in the spring of 2015, a fawn that had been hidden in the tall grass in the field next door was killed by a bush hog mower.

Every morning after that a doe came and stood in the field … during that time, Boo chased her. She then chased him all around the field and back to our house, all of which I witnessed.

Later that year several deer came across the yard and one chased Boo, caught him and rolled him but he got away and ran back to the house where I was standing at the gate of the small fenced area below the deck. The doe came within 5 feet of the gate, stood and looked at me, snorting and stamping her hooves before running off.

In May 2016, our neighbor thought she heard a dog fight but when she went outside she saw a doe attacking Boo in our yard next to the field. Boo got away and ran to the house with the doe right after him. I let Boo in the house and saw the doe standing about 10 feet from the front door just staring at me.

I soon realized that Boo was limping and I called our vet whom we had seen twice the year before. I thought Boo was an established patient. I explained that Boo had been attacked and injured by a deer and was told that the vet couldn’t work him in but I could bring him and leave him until he could be seen.

I explained that my husband was just home from the hospital following lung cancer surgery and I couldn’t leave him and drive 20 miles to the vet’s office to bring Boo and then come back and get him … 80 miles. I explained twice but they wouldn’t work him in.

So I took Boo to a local vet who said Boo had strained ligaments in his right hind leg and that he’d be better in a few months. Didn’t take x-rays. I kept Boo confined for a while and he did seem better. In fact, he only had a slight limp three months after the attack.

However, in August I decided to have him checked again and took him back to the first vet who although I was disappointed that he would network Boo in when Boo was injured, I still thought he was a good vet and it was the desk person, who made the decision to reject Boo. They took x-rays and found that Boo had a dislocated right hip.

In September he had FHO/femoral head ostectomy surgery. Again I was disappointed in the vet. He gave me very little advice about the surgery or post-surgery care. When they released Boo they said it was ok for him to walk down the stairs to the parking area which I later learned was ill-advised.

When we got home, I saw that the IV port was still in his front leg. Back to the vet. They never called once to see how Boo was doing. I was not pleased with the care Boo received.

In January 2017 Boo was still limping and I took him to an orthopedic vet in a town 60 miles away. She took x-rays and thought Boo’s surgery was adequate, advised me to be patient with his recovery and gave him glucosamine tablets which I made into a powder that Boo would accept on his food. Boo is a very fussy eater.

In October 2017, 13 months after surgery, I realized that Boo was no longer limping !!! Celebration !!!

The kicker is when I had Boo’s records sent from the previous vet to a new vet, they said that Boo was injured by a dog - twice the record said he was injured by a dog- so the person at the front desk never believed me. I did witness all three encounters between Boo and the doe plus a neighbor saw the May 2016 attack.

This past year a doe came across the yard toward Boo but stopped when she saw me … I think all of these incidents involved the same doe that stood in the field where her fawn was killed and where she chased Boo. I have asked knowledgeable people about deer behavior and whether the doe who was apparently the mother of the dead fawn could have associated the fawn’s death with Boo.

I also wondered if a doe could have a memory from year to year and continue to go after Boo. Several doctors and vets have said that would be very possible and also that a hostility could be passed to others in the herd. So I now keep Boo in a fenced area or on a long lead from February to June. We had not seen any deer aggression in the 11years prior to Boo’s encounters.

"If I had received better information about the surgery and recovery, I would have been better prepared for the year-long journey of Boo’s recovery. It is why I greatly value the information Alex has shared. And now I believe that Pure Paw Nutrition products Liquid Glucosamine and Pure Digestion will help Boo thrive. He has always been a very fussy eater so having these two products that he accepts is very significant. I am very grateful to have crossed paths with Alex and Pure Paw." -Joyce

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