Category — Dog Rehabilitation

Here is a photo article from Time Magazine my mother found.

I will be at an adoption event on Sunday November 16th for Almost Home Rescue. The event will be at Pet Quarters in Newington NH. The address is 45 Gosling Rd. I will be there from 10am to 3pm. We will be raffling off some gift baskets and getting the word about our organization out. Swing by if you’re in the area.

Addie was seen today by a teenager in Middleboro MA. This is the first sighting in five days. She is 4.4 miles from where she started according to Google Maps. Her family set up the trap nearby and a neighbor agreed to check it in the morning. Last Tuesday she was seen running across Route 24. This is a six lane highway. The woman who saw her said she ran across three lanes, was stopped by the concrete barrier, and ran back across the three lanes. I was getting very upset that no one had seen her after this. Hopefully she’s in the Have-a-Heart trap right now.

PetSmart Charities offers some free webinar classes. Registration is also free. I haven’t attended one yet myself but hope to in the future. The times in November conflict with my schedule but the topics sound interesting: Infectious Diseases vs. Socialization… Playing the Odds and Stress, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue: Keeping the Balance for You and Your Agency. The second one sounds like it is applicable to nonprofits in a variety of social service organizations. If you attend one of these, please let me know what you think.

Addie was adopted last week. A wonderful family from Massachusetts chose her. They are really a perfect fit for her: a couple and their two teenage daughter. They picked her up Saturday morning. I was apprehensive. Addie is such a special girl. She’s a wonderful dog once she likes you. The thing is to get her to like you, you must leave her completely alone. Don’t touch her, don’t talk to her, don’t look at her. She needs time to relax before you can do any of those things. I explained this to Addie’s new family and they all seemed on board and very enthusiastic about doing whatever Addie needed to become comfortable. So that’s the good news.

The bad news is that shortly after they got her home, she slipped under their fence and ran into the woods. The family covered their town in missing dog posters and spoke to everyone they could find. Some people spotted her a few hours after she escaped but nothing since. I have a lot of hope that they’ll find her. Even though she is scared of humans, she still has a desire to be near them. I think that instinct will drive her to someone. Also, she is quite the copy-cat (or copy-dog, if you prefer) to other dogs. If she meets up with a dog in a yard somewhere. I don’t think she’ll go far from that spot. Almost Home Rescue has provided her family with a Have-A-Heart trap to be set up once she’s spotted again.

If you are in or near Bridgewater, MA and you see a little black dog with no collar please call the numbers list on the flyer. It getting cold up her in New England. I hope she is found very soon.

Here’s a video of Ginger and Addie playing. It makes me so proud to see this. When we adopted Ginger we were told she’d never be able to live with other dogs. When Addie first came to us, she was too afraid to even walk by herself. Now they can both enjoy playing together just like dogs should.

A big thing happened with Addie yesterday. Since she arrived at my home, a little over a month ago, she has been petrified of just about everything. In the first few weeks she made excellent progress with me and my other dogs. My husband was another manner. She definitely is more afraid of men than anything else. This usually indicates she was physically abused by a man at some point in her difficult life. My husband has been handling it so well. His patience with her is seemingly endless and he hasn’t gotten discouraged, even though she still seems so terrified of him. Finally it is beginning to pay off for him. When he takes the pack out to the yard, he usually has to reel Addie in by her long lead to bring her back in. Yesterday, after many minutes of internal conflict, she mustered the courage and approached him. This is an enormous step in her recovery. Being able to approach what terrifies you, takes great courage. Since she was rewarded for it, we can only hope she’ll do it again, and again, and again… Please contact me if you think you want to bring this amazing little dog into your family: admin [at] fosterpuppies (dot) com