Oberon

1st picture

A screenshot of the Facebook post my friend made when he found Oberon in the side of road. I drove 4 hours to pick up a gross, smelly, dog that would end up being pretty much the love of my life.

At the vet

I took him to the after hours vet clinic, where they told me I had two options: I could drop him off as a stray and pound could decide what to do with him the next day; or I could adopt him and pay for his treatment.

So I adopted him

Obviously. My reasoning was "I drove 4 hours this fucker's gonna live".

Vet check up

Oberon was in pretty bad shape. It's hard to tell because of how fluffy he was but he was extremely malnourished, when I picked him up he was about 65lbs versus the 90lbs he was at full weight. He also had a smashed up right side of his face. We don't really know what happened to him, but my theory is he fell out of the back of a truck and whoever just left him for dead. The vet assuming he started at a healthy it would've taken three months to get to the level of starvation he was at.

Oberon amd Rusty

After a few days of antibiotics his pturid face rot started not to smell so bad and he was keen on cuddling.

More hugs <3

Science says dogs hate hugs and science is a liar.

Surgery

His eye was dead so after he gained enough weight he got surgery to remove it. They removed his eye, his balls, two of his teeth and a tumor on his butthole. He was a good sport though.

Goober

Look at his empty ball sack

Look at it.

Stitches out!

At this point I had taken him to the groomers and they brushed out his coat for 4 hours getting the mats out. He was turning out be a really handsome dog.

Oberon.jpg

More hugs

This picture is still my phone background.

Bed hog

In the way

I was trying to leave for work

Bad haircut

It was 90F and he was panting constantly so the vet suggested we get him a hair cut. It was supposed to be a lion cut but the lady botched it. He didn't seem to mind though and he was a lot more comfortable.

Googly eye

My dad hates this picture because he says it's "disrespectful"

More dog balls

Dog tag

Full recovery

This was about 6 months after I adopted him and as you can see he is absolutely gorgeous.

Whos a good boy?

Bath time

Bathing him was absolutely impossible, he had so much fur it would just soak in like a sponge.

Dog BFFs

The little dog is Mabel and she loved Oberon so much and Oberon I don't think ever really realized she existed.

Who lays like this

More dog BFFs

He was a real cuddler

Cuties

I buried him in snow and I dont think he liked it

Santa dog

Freshly groomed

At this point I had given up bathing him myself and had him groomed professionally.

Oberon the lion dog

Size comparison

Mabel is 20lbs and Oberon is about 90lbs, still buds though

He loved the leg bed

I mean it, this is one of like 50 pictures I have if him doing this

Again, who lays like this

Stuck in a fence

One thing about Oberon is he had severe separation anxiety (who would blame him). My dad and left him in the backyard for about an hour (it's like 7pm in the picture but it's winter in Alaska so the sun sets at 4pm) and he tried to escape but got stuck. He was happy to see us though, my dad couldn't stop laughing.

Bed hog+dog balls

Old men cuddling

My dad wouldn't admit it, but he really loved Oberon a lot and even though he said I was stupid for adopted a fucked up dog, my dad helped me with all of his vet bills. (My dad also made him fat by giving him treats all the time)

Last picture

This is a shit picture of me, I had just had sinus surgery and my eyebrows are a nightmare. I'm posting it because this is the last picture I took of Oberon before he died. January 13, 2016 Oberon suddenly started having seizures and after two days of treatment they couldn't get them to stop. He couldn't walk, eat or drink anymore. The vet said that it was probably caused by brain damage from his accident catching up to him and we had to put him down.