both my wife and I are home sick with COVID, so taking advantage of some extra dog time. She’s bored as hell, but hopefully enjoying some of it as well.
Trying to sign up for volunteer dog walking, animal foster care or anything else the humane society would need. Is this like some secret society impossible to penetrate? I can't even get a reply from these people. I've got plenty of time, experience and acreage just going to waste.
I've been frustrated so bad by things like that and people who need and ask for help not responding to people wanting to help
They want me to walk the dogs. I showed up there today and should be walking dogs or fostering in no time. I clearly made quite the impression on them, they're eager for me to start. It's also possible no action had been taken before because I'm an old man using the internet and didn't see the second link to register.
Damn. I’m sorry to hear that. Always remember our pets got to live wholeheartedly and loved wholeheartedly. That, and:
So sorry for your loss. We saved our dogs favorite blanket and got it made it into a teddy bear after we put him down. The person who did it said we had to wash it before we sent it to them so we used a tiny amount of very mild soap. Still kinda smells like him.
Sorry Aptos - really hard thing to do. I’m sure Sisu had a great life and you have some wonderful memories. Our dog Shadow left us in spring and we ended up getting a puppy a few months later and it does not replace but we pour a lot of love/energy into Bud. He does not have a rough life. Hope you can take that time/energy/love and put it into a new pet when the time is right.
About a month ago we noticed paisley was drinking excessively. This was a sign a couple years ago when she got a kidney infection that hospitalized her. I thought worse case was another infection but it turned out to be massive anal sac and lymph nodes tumors instead. But she was still totally herself. fast forward just a month and 2 weeks of oral chemo later and she’s barely moving and stopped eating. She’s only 8 freaking years old but not looking forward to tomorrows update at the vet. We had a radiation plan but now not even sure it will make it that far. Anyway. If you don’t have let insurance get it. We use fetch and it’s been great for us and we’ve made no shortage of claims the past 3 years.
denver's city shelter lists dog's behavioral score at 1 through 5, with 5 being the most socially deficient. Nearly all dogs are a 4 or 5. Some dogs we are interested in are labeled as a 5. I presume dogs are just not cut out for those places, which are scary / intimidating / etc. Anyone adopt a rescue with a similar situation and have it work out?
Rescued an absolute hellian, real lunatic of a hound dog I thought to be irredeemable a few months back. $3500 and 3 weeks of doggy boot camp later he's laying in my lap like a good boy. For real though, I think labels like that for rescues are ridiculous - any dog, barring severe trauma (and even then a lot of times!), will be wonderful companions if loved, secure and given structure.
good to know. My wife loves American Bulldogs. There are a few pure ones at the Shelter, but we really think this one will be a winner, despite the level 5 rating. we shall see if and when we go see her. https://petharbor.com/pet.asp?uaid=DNVR.A379168 also considering Spoiler https://petharbor.com/pet.asp?uaid=DNVR.A379756 https://petharbor.com/detail.asp?ID=A379218&LOCATION=DNVR&searchtype=ADOPT&start=4&nopod=1&friends=1&samaritans=1&nosuccess=1&orderby=Age&rows=8&imght=120&imgres=Detail&tWidth=200&view=sysadm.v_dnvr_adopt&nobreedreq=1&nomax=1&nocustom=1&bgcolor=FFFFFF&text=000000&link=666633&alink=666633&vlink=663366&fontface=verdana&fontsize=10&col_hdr_bg=CCCCCC&SBG=FFFFFF&miles=20&shelterlist='DNVR'&atype=&where=type_dog https://www.ddfl.org/adoption-share....jpg?v=12190828&breed=Nonspecific&color=Brown https://www.ddfl.org/adoption-share...jpg?v=12190828&breed=Pit Bull-Mix&color=White
Holy moly what a sweet pup. Y'all have to get her, but you really can't go wrong with any of them. Dogs are absolutely better creatures than humans, and so with a little love and training whichever one you guys get will work out I'm 100% sure. Rescue dogs are the absolute best.
I took Daph home at 7 weeks old and felt immediately overwhelmed with a puppy on my own. We enrolled in puppy training classes so early that, in her first weeks, she wasn't able to stay awake the entire course. People told me she'd start calming down around 3-4. And when she was crazy at 4, they told me a couple more years. This is her after a walk this last weekend. Her 9th birthday was last Wednesday.
I would like to speak with them on their behavior assessments because it seems like they rate puppy behaviors too harshly. If it only goes up to 4 or 5 then those should only be reserved for the truly aggressive dogs and not just because the dog likes to jump on you or gets a little mouthy when overstimulated but I guess thats what the cushy life in Colorado gets you when you don’t have a lot of dogs to go through like you do in the South
I already pm’d where eagles dare. I’m getting high and thinking of dog names. I like food names. Has anyone named their dog Korndog and made Freak on a Leash jokes?
I spent time with a 5. She was energetic and would have been a lot to handle. But she was certainly not aggressive or anything.
Obviously different but my Maine Coon is a rescue and he was supposedly a troubled and aggressive cat. When we got him home he is nothing but friendly with the household and shy around strangers. He freaks out when bags are brought out. I believe he was abused and it has something to do with plastic shopping bags. My point is while yes shelter workers know what they are doing, you can’t truly know what an animal has been through and how they’ll react when you get into a loving environment.
The more I think about it, I think it is more of a this dog needs more training than this other dog kind of scale. Like the 1s and 2s I bet are just the gentle and chill dogs.
On the left is this cat that was probably one of the more aggressive cats I have ever worked with in the shelter. Would not let you get close to it without hissing, spitting, swatting, lunging, shitting, pissing, etc. On the right is the same cat in a foster home with a local rescue and it was adopted about a month later
i think many forget animals aren’t inanimate objects. They are living breathing beings with “souls” who feel and think and have their own unique personalities. They also carry their trauma and emotions on their sleeves. My animals are uniquely their own selves. I don’t do the whole “pet dad” thing but I do see them as important members of the family.
And cats are very OCD. They like their routine and structure. They hate any amount of change. And most of them hate to be petted everywhere, just the head and neck area. Most of the bites we see are from overstimulated cats and people not knowing the signs, people trying to cram cats into tiny carriers, people picking up random cats off the street, or cats reacting negatively to changes around the household. But cats are luckier than dogs in the sense that even the truly aggressive or unsocialized ones have so many more options for placement, like TNR programs, or barn cat programs, or other working cat programs.
T’s and P’s for my little dog today. We are here for the holidays in Arkansas and decided to get her broken tooth removed here because we like my in-laws vet and it’s 4x cheaper than getting it done in Houston. So they took her for her labs and they couldn’t do it because she has really bad bladder stones. So she’s currently in surgery and going to have to stay the night at the vet because of the weather here. She’s a trooper though but still sucks.
Had a dog that looked just like this, she was beat up her first year before my wife got her at the shelter so she was super timid but she turned into the best dog you could have.