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xteacher
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Mar 11, 2014

I'm A Nutcase, I Swear!

Joe and I went to Petsmart to see the rescue pups - DON'T do it!! We saw a pitiful small miniature poodle, Puffy, and asked about him, b/c he looks a lot like our sweet Potsie we lost last year. Geesh.....we found out the poor baby had been a puppy mill stud dog, kept outside for 6 years with no human contact, except to be taken out to breed. Are you KIDDING me???? :M:M:M He's a fear biter and a runner (wouldn't you be, given the circumstances?). The rescue has had him for a year with little improvement, so they finally put him on Prozac, and he's much calmer, but has a long way to go. Potsie was also an extremely abused poodle, so Puffy tugged on our heartstrings.

Long story short... Yeah, you guessed it... We're going to foster the little guy, and since he's probably unadoptable, it's probably going to be a long term deal. Heaven help us! We're hopefully going to get him on Saturday. This will be his first home situation in 7 years - wow, just wow...

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  • I really applaud you for taking this little guy in. He has so many issues from his abuse, some your love and attention will help him immensely but the fear biting will probably be the real challenge. Not easy to reform this.
    I wish you all the best, I have the same love of Poodles and will probably again adopt a little one eventually, just not ready yet.
    Best of luck! Pictures, pictures!

    Sher
  • xteacher - Wishing you all the best as you foster this poor little dog.
  • Bless you for caring...that poor little fellow...I follow a lady who has 2 gray hounds that are miller dogs..their feet had never touched the ground or they had not had any human contact..touch to them was foreign and scary..but with love and loads of patience she has slowly wiped 9 and 12 years of neglect away...one has responded quicker than the other....it breaks my heart that in 2014 we still have so much animal abuse/neglect .
  • Very good of you to take in the dog- hope you can succeed in tempering his problems.

    I'm interested in how "fostering" works in a situation like this so hope you don't mind a question: When one fosters a dog that's resisted rehabilitation and may be unadoptable, does the sponsoring Rescue Organization retain legal liability/responsibility for the animal?
  • It is so sad that animals are treated that way. Hopefully you can show him enough love that he will respond. Sounds like you are in it for the long haul.