Meet Spirit: Update
Disclaimers first...I am NOT, repeat NOT keeping this dog. So don't even go there, my dear friends. I'm just fostering him. And we have a good application on file who we are contacting as I speak. That said...
Meet Spirit...
He is HUGE! A good 7 inches taller than Piper who is a normal size girl. And he is the sweetest dog E V E R! He's 8 years old and was with his former owner since he was a pup. Her circumstances changed and now he is with HANR rescue.
He loves to have his belly rubbed...
And he has the longest tongue I ever saw in person. Couldn't get a good photo of it, but here's a head shot anyway...
Did I mention he was HUGE? His paw barely fits in my hand and my hands aren't small.
A Helping Hand...
Will tell you more of his story later. Right now we are about to get hit with a T-storm and he is afraid of them, so gonna try to help him through it.
Update: Storm is over. Well, that was't too bad. He was anxious, but not freaked out especially. It was a brief storm and we are supposed to get more tonight and tomorrow, so we'll see how he does.
This is his second full day at my house. I picked him up late Monday and at first glance, thought I may have made a mistake. Two of us couldn't hold him and he was extremely anxious. But got him home and he was fine on leash. I was worried I couldn't walk him by myself, but he's as good as gold and I can walk both dogs together with no problem. Anyway, I got about 2 hour of sleep that night because he was panting like a steam locomotive and it never let up. Very loud and noisy. He did that for about 11 hours straight through until 8:30 the Tuesday morn. I think he just finally got exhausted and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Poor guy. He misses his Mommy, but is just as loving as if he had been here forever.
Briefly, his owner gave him up because she has to move in with her mother in an apartment complex that doesn't allow pets. It's a longer story than that, but to make it concise, Spirit had been confined in the bathroom because he was chewing holes in the walls of her apartment. So basically, he was cut off from the attention he craves. And he is a MAJOR velcro dog. All he wants is to be near his people. He lived with other cats and dogs at one point and had a human sibling as well. Then things changed and he was suddenly an only child.
Piper and he get along just fine, although she keeps giving me that look that says, "Do we have to keep it?" hahahahaha. I think his anxiousness wears on her. But he is much better today and the vet gave me some Composure treats to help him calm down. He wouldn't eat his meals for two days here and I know that his owner was feeding him day old buns as well as Ol' Roy. He hasn't been interested in the TotW that is served in my doggie diner until this afternoon. I didn't give in to his whims, so now he's decided to eat. (Edited to add: I have been giving him treats for good behavior, so he wasn't literally being starved. LOL).
Well that's about it in a nutshell. He was loved at his former home, is loved here, and will be loved in his permanent home. His future looks bright.
Disclaimers first...I am NOT, repeat NOT keeping this dog. So don't even go there, my dear friends. I'm just fostering him. And we have a good application on file who we are contacting as I speak. That said...
Meet Spirit...
He is HUGE! A good 7 inches taller than Piper who is a normal size girl. And he is the sweetest dog E V E R! He's 8 years old and was with his former owner since he was a pup. Her circumstances changed and now he is with HANR rescue.
He loves to have his belly rubbed...
And he has the longest tongue I ever saw in person. Couldn't get a good photo of it, but here's a head shot anyway...
Did I mention he was HUGE? His paw barely fits in my hand and my hands aren't small.
A Helping Hand...
Will tell you more of his story later. Right now we are about to get hit with a T-storm and he is afraid of them, so gonna try to help him through it.
Update: Storm is over. Well, that was't too bad. He was anxious, but not freaked out especially. It was a brief storm and we are supposed to get more tonight and tomorrow, so we'll see how he does.
This is his second full day at my house. I picked him up late Monday and at first glance, thought I may have made a mistake. Two of us couldn't hold him and he was extremely anxious. But got him home and he was fine on leash. I was worried I couldn't walk him by myself, but he's as good as gold and I can walk both dogs together with no problem. Anyway, I got about 2 hour of sleep that night because he was panting like a steam locomotive and it never let up. Very loud and noisy. He did that for about 11 hours straight through until 8:30 the Tuesday morn. I think he just finally got exhausted and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Poor guy. He misses his Mommy, but is just as loving as if he had been here forever.
Briefly, his owner gave him up because she has to move in with her mother in an apartment complex that doesn't allow pets. It's a longer story than that, but to make it concise, Spirit had been confined in the bathroom because he was chewing holes in the walls of her apartment. So basically, he was cut off from the attention he craves. And he is a MAJOR velcro dog. All he wants is to be near his people. He lived with other cats and dogs at one point and had a human sibling as well. Then things changed and he was suddenly an only child.
Piper and he get along just fine, although she keeps giving me that look that says, "Do we have to keep it?" hahahahaha. I think his anxiousness wears on her. But he is much better today and the vet gave me some Composure treats to help him calm down. He wouldn't eat his meals for two days here and I know that his owner was feeding him day old buns as well as Ol' Roy. He hasn't been interested in the TotW that is served in my doggie diner until this afternoon. I didn't give in to his whims, so now he's decided to eat. (Edited to add: I have been giving him treats for good behavior, so he wasn't literally being starved. LOL).
Well that's about it in a nutshell. He was loved at his former home, is loved here, and will be loved in his permanent home. His future looks bright.
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