Dog Jason
Jason in free fall
The well-behaved male dog from Greece needed help
One and a half years – that’s how long an animal lover accompanied the fate of a Greek street dog. It took one and a half years for the male dog Jason slowly began to trust people. Today, Jason is on Gut Aiderbichl in safety and can finally look forward to a happy future.
The animal lover, who herself was active in animal welfare for many years, had been in contact with a German teacher in Greece for a long time. In her private life, she repeatedly supported dogs and cats in need and worked closely with other animal lovers.
She kept receiving videos from Greece and one day she accidentally discovered the male dog Jason. In response to her enquiry, the teacher confirmed that the dog had been living near her property for some time. He probably once belonged to a hunter who simply threw him out when he was no longer fit for hunting – unfortunately not a rarity in Greece.
Jason was in a pitiful state.
The teacher also reported that the dog refused to be touched and kept running away. She would be happy to help him – if he could be caught one day.
When fate won’t let you go
“I couldn’t forget that dog. I couldn’t get him out of my head. Viktoria, the teacher, always kept me up to date. I was very grateful for that.” Then one day came the relieving news: “The hunting dog is safe, he’s been caught!”
Jason was to be his name from then on. He quickly realised that he would now experience love and care. The hard times, the struggle to survive on the streets, were over. He settled in well and felt comfortable. However, he did not refrain from occasionally making the neighbourhood unsafe. But running away didn’t seem to be an option for him – he returned to his new home every evening.
But then one day came the shock: Jason came home seriously injured! Apparently he had been in a car accident in which his right front leg was shattered. To make matters worse, he was diagnosed with leishmaniasis during treatment for the injury. Leishmaniasis is an infectious diseasecaused by parasites. It is particularly common in southern countriessuch as Greece, Spain, Italy and Turkey. In later stages, the disease can lead to kidney failure and joint problems.
Jason’s fight for survival
For a long time, things were not going well for the young male dog. Leishmaniasis took its toll on him and his recovery after his accident was also very difficult. But his guardian angel from Germany was always by his side – albeit from afar. She covered his veterinary costs and did everything in her power to ensure that his leg remained intact. Amputation was out of the question for her because she saw a chance for Jason.
“I’m telling you, it was absolute heartbreak from afar. But he always had such a zest for life in the videos,” reported the animal lover. She wanted to fight for him.
In the end, she decided to bring Jason to Germany – even though she and her husband were not in good health either.
“You know, I made a promise to him a year and a half ago – I can’t break that,” she told me thoughtfully.
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."
– Confucius
When the big day came and Jason arrived in Germany, the joy was immense:
“I remember exactly, it was around my birthday when he arrived – my little Jason. When he arrived – I could cry again – he was such a sweet and good boy,” she said in a hushed voice. You could feel how much Jason was close to her heart.
But in the end, she couldn’t do her boyfriend Jason justice. The couple’s own health situation was simply too bad, and the animal lover herself was also facing a difficult time in her life. So they looked for a new home – and found it at Gut Aiderbichl. When Dieter Ehrengruberfound out about Jason, he was determined to help and took him into his group of dogs. And as if Jason had always been there, he ran along with the pack. He quickly found his place – and friends who supported him.
We had to make a difficult decision
One problem remained, however: his front leg. Jason was presented at several veterinary clinics – all came to the same conclusion: amputation, even if he still used the leg occasionally.
The Gut Aiderbichl vet Dr Marianne Wondrak described the situation as follows: “After the elbow was completely shattered by the accident and grew together crookedly, the young male dog was in constant severe pain. Restoring the joint was out of the question. In the end, we wanted Jason to live a pain-free life – and decided in favour of amputation.”
And what did Jason do? He took it in his stride.He is coping well with the amputation and looks forward to every new day – a day full of love, care and good food. Jason looks forward to every day when he can live and grow old in safety.
Dog Jason
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Jason was rescued thanks to the intervention of an animal lover who also worked in animal welfare. She had been in contact with a German teacher in Greece for a long time and kept receiving videos from Greece. One day, she discovered the male dog Jason on one of these videos. Jason was seeking shelter on the teacher's property. It was suspected that he had been abandoned by a hunter, which is not uncommon in southern countries. He was probably no longer fit for hunting. The teacher reported that Jason refused to be touched and kept running away. One day, however, she was able to tell her friend in Germany that Jason could now be caught and was safe. Jason enjoyed the care and love and it seemed as if he had forgotten his struggle to survive on the streets. However, he did not want to miss out on trips into the surrounding area, but came home every evening. One day, the outing ended in a serious accident and his right front leg was shattered. In addition, he was diagnosed with the infectious disease leishmaniasis, a disease that mainly affects animals from southern countries. The animal lover in Germany feared for Jason's life. Vet costs and everything Jason needed to survive were covered by this wonderful woman. After some time, Jason was able to come to Germany and a great life was about to begin. However, his new owners' own health made it difficult to care for Jason. Jason became an Aiderbichler. Jason's right leg, which had been involved in an accident, had grown together crookedly at the elbow and was causing him pain. In order to guarantee Jason a pain-free life, the leg was amputated. Jason himself took the operation in his stride and enjoys every day full of love and good food. We wish you a happy life at Gut Aiderbichl, dear Jason.
