Sampson, Samsonite, SammyBoy, BigLug or Kangaroo Boy
This dog has made a complete 180 degree change from when we first met. As a medical surrender to us in May of 2023, he was 2.5 years old, weighing 110ish pounds, skin lesions on his hind end, elbows, stomach, neck line, jowls and paw pads, multiple bacterial infections, cloven paw pads on all 4 feet, and 1 un-edible item left in his stomach for a long enough period of time that its edges had rounded from the acid in his stomach.
From an early age he was constantly visiting his vet and hitting issue after issue, bad thing after bad thing. Sometimes owners cannot handle the situation that can come with a dog, and unfortunately for Sampson he fell into that category. As a medical surrender, he has undergone the following - his neutering surgery, and a first attempt at fixing his eye site surgery done by the original owners. With us we have had a second very successful eye surgery for double entropion of the eyes and third eye gland issues and a fourth surgery to biopsy his feet.
He has undergone a myriad of blood cultures, ear swabs, tear duct tests, eye goop removal, foot bandages, and rounds of antibiotics to fight the insane number of bacterial infections he obtained during his ill health. He sticks to a specific diet that helps his underlying allergies and inflammation issues that come with his backyard breeding genetics. Sampson was bred for his coloring, he is a lavender or some call them lilac harlequin Great Dane - this type of breeding leads to underlying health issues that are lifelong challenges. He takes regular allergy medication at 200mg doses just to live a life clsoe to normal.
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