Erika, Its unfortunate about Maddy, but as you said she'll probably be more adoptable now. Good luck with Clyde/Woody. I suspect that one of our ferrets, Augustus was abused. He had many similar defensive behaviors. As you said it took time and TLC, but now he's a very good little animal.
larry >The Bad News. >We took Maddy back on Thursday (which broke our hearts as she really was >a great dog) but as the kennel said, since she's now had some home >experience and proved to be quite good except for the cat, it will be >much easier for someone to give her a home. With no cats. So they >appreciated the time we did spend with her. > > >The Good News >We took a dog named Clyde for a walk afterwards. He is very shy and >timid and was likely beat during his short life, as he has a tendency to >cower if you move too fast over him. :( > >But we decided to give him a go anyway, as TLC is something we have >plenty of, and with me being home all day, plenty of time to bond with >him. > >So we got right to it when we got him home today, let him sniff around >the house first. Negotiate the stairs ... Then introduced him to Snoopy >in the bedroom. I had Snoopy on the corner of the bed, and Phil brought >Clyde in. Total disinterest. Snoopy of course growled. ;) > >So Phil walked him down the hallway and brought him in again, right up >to the edge of the bed, Clyde looked at the cat, then looked away. >Didn't care. I moved Snoopy around, let him growl so Clyde could see >that it was a furry live animal, but he still didn't care one hoot. > >So Phil walked him out and I put Snoopy on the floor, then Phil walked >Clyde back in, he looked at the cat, then looked up at Phil as if to >say, "What? What do you want me to do?" He then just stood there and >panted. > >So I held the cat up (yeah, getting brave holding a potential clawing, >biting, spitting cat but I wanted a reaction) and held Snoopy near the >dogs face, Snoopy hissed and took a couple of mighty swipes at Clyde. He >stopped panting, put a sad look on his face, and cowered behind Phil. > >Hmmm. > >So, one more time, Phil led him down the hall, then brought him back. >This time he didn't even want to be near the cat, so I let Snoopy loose >to run by his legs, and he perked up a bit at that, but only to just see >what was going on. He didn't want to chase him, and didn't even so much >as sniff or look for him afterwards. > >So. We might have a winner. Now he's gets the week's test. He will still >stay muzzled when loose around the house and not blocked off from >Snoopy. He still needs to settle, as he is very nervous, and Snoopy has >to learn to come out of hiding. The potential for him to change his mind >about the cat is there, as the kennels and experts warn, but we'll see. > >Should all go well, he is being renamed Woody, short for Woodstock. ;) > >He's a very handsome, dark brindle boy, and as soon as I can, I'll get >some pics up. Of both him and Maddy. > > >Cheers, >Erika > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
