Welcome to the St. Louis Senior Dog Project blog. See our adoptable pets at www.olderbetter.petfinder.org. And read on to hear about a few dogs now in happy homes.
Ellen's Notes: "I guess I'm writing because I see and hear about so many peope giving up on their pets if they don't behave a certain way immediately....and it is a shame."
That's what Julie wrote in a recent email. She wanted us to know about recent developments with a shih tzu we'd called Firecracker (now Kingsley). Firecracker/Kingsley was a puppymill rescue."Shy" didn't go far enough to describe his behavior.
When Julie adopted Kingsley last November, she was at first disappointed that he wasn't more affectionate.
"He has always been a good dog but was definitely not wanting to give or get any affection at all. We had all but given up on him being a cuddly dog and decided that even though we really wanted an affectionate dog - he had a lot of other great attributes. To our surprise, over the past month or two, he has started to show SO much affection. Cuddling, jumping up in our laps, showing jealousy when his brother "Jekyll Hyde" gets attention, and giving us crazy, uncontrollable kisses.It has been awesome."
It's true that some dogs need more time than others to get comfortable in their new homes. It's also true that some dogs, especially puppy mill dogs and others that have been neglected or abused, may never completely recover from their mistrust of humans. Thankfully, Julie and family had decided to accept him as he was, so it was a bonus when this little dog became affectionate.
Julie concluded, "I think if more people would understand that dogs (just like humans) need time to adjust to their new surroundings before they can settle into any normalcy, less people would give up on them so early.
We also received a picture this week of two dogs we'd adopted out as puppies.
Jim sent us the latest picture of Brandi (formerly Cupid), and Baxter. Both came out of shelters. Brandi is the mainly white dog.
Thanks to all. And Keep in touch.
Ellen Ellick
President
St. Louis Senior Dog Project
EllenE9466@aol.com
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