A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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This morning I went to city shelter and helped the inmates with their duties. There were two new dogs there, Pit Bulls. They acted very aggressive and when I walked up to the kennel one of them charged the fence. These two dogs were in portable pens left by Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue. There was a problem that we needed to solve and that was one of the dogs didn’t have shade from the sun. It was decided that the pen needed to be moved. I told Sgt Mac that I would take the dog out of the pen.
I went to the gate of the pen and began to talk to the dog and he began to settle down and listen to me. Soon he was sitting and licking the back of my hand as I held it against the fence. I opened the gate and walked in and put a lease on him and walked him out into the yard. He was soon sitting on command and walking beside me without pulling, but always looking up at me wanting to please. While I was busy with him the inmates moved the pen to a shaded area of the yard.
The other Pit Bull watched the interaction between me and his buddy and saw the treat he got for being a good boy. When I went to him he sat at the gate and waited for me to open it and walk in. He waited for me to put the leash on him and it was then I noticed the choke collar he had on was pad locked tightly around his neck. With a pair of bolt cutters the lock was cut and the choke collar removed all the while he leaned up against me looking into my eyes.
We walked around the yard before I turned him over to one of the inmates and watched as they bonded together. After the clean up was done and the guys were standing around waiting to go back to the county jail one of them walked over to me and said, ” I learned something here today. You turned that dog’s anger into admiration and wanting to please and you did it with patience and care. It is a lesson for all of us.”
Everybody is benefiting from this program including me.
I went to the gate of the pen and began to talk to the dog and he began to settle down and listen to me. Soon he was sitting and licking the back of my hand as I held it against the fence. I opened the gate and walked in and put a lease on him and walked him out into the yard. He was soon sitting on command and walking beside me without pulling, but always looking up at me wanting to please. While I was busy with him the inmates moved the pen to a shaded area of the yard.
The other Pit Bull watched the interaction between me and his buddy and saw the treat he got for being a good boy. When I went to him he sat at the gate and waited for me to open it and walk in. He waited for me to put the leash on him and it was then I noticed the choke collar he had on was pad locked tightly around his neck. With a pair of bolt cutters the lock was cut and the choke collar removed all the while he leaned up against me looking into my eyes.
We walked around the yard before I turned him over to one of the inmates and watched as they bonded together. After the clean up was done and the guys were standing around waiting to go back to the county jail one of them walked over to me and said, ” I learned something here today. You turned that dog’s anger into admiration and wanting to please and you did it with patience and care. It is a lesson for all of us.”
Everybody is benefiting from this program including me.
