After His Owner Passed Away, This Doberman Was Dumped Outside In The Freezing Cold For Two Months And The Only Reason He Survived Is Because A Neighbor Stopped To Feed Him

Bre Avery Zacharski |

Nov 29, 2021

Detroit, Michigan. Levi is a blue Doberman who lived with his loving owner for 5 years until they passed away.

After the death of Levi’s owner, he was dumped outside in the freezing cold to fend for himself with no care at all.

The only thing Levi had to eat outside was a broken bag of dry dog food. He was able to survive his ordeal when a neighbor noticed him and stopped by to feed him.

“Levi was a beloved pet for 5 years, until his owner got sick, and died,” Michelle Reichmann wrote on a GoFundMe page for Levi.

“Relatives tossed him into the backyard to live, with part of a garage as his only shelter. They tossed a bag of Dollar Store dog food over the fence and left him to starve.”

Despite the neighbor stepping in, Levi was in awful shape last week when he was rescued from his terrible situation.

Levi’s rescuers believe that he was outside for two entire months before they were able to get him out of there.

As soon as Levi was rescued, he was quickly adopted to a family on Saturday that welcomed him with open arms.

GoFundMe; pictured above is Levi

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At first, Levi’s new family and his rescuers figured that he was so incredibly skinny because he was neglected and not fed enough.

After having Levi in their home for two days, his new family realized there had to be more going on with Levi than just being underfed.

“Day 2, Levi went to their regular vet, as Levi’s weakness, and inability to walk, was obviously due to more than starvation,” Michelle said.

“The vet referred them to a neurologist. After $3952 worth of tests, including an MRI, the family was informed that Levi has two acute ruptured discs in his back.”

“He will not be able to walk again unless he has the spinal surgery. After the surgery, he will need to go to rehab and learn how to walk again.”

On top of all this, today, Levi’s family learned that he was also diagnosed with Von Willebrand Disease, which means his blood does not clot normally.

This new diagnosis means that Levi’s surgery cost will be much higher than his family anticipated; in the ballpark of $7,000 or more.

If you would like to donate to Levi’s surgery fund, you can do that here.