That's so cool! I'm really happy for you...I have a pup mill rescue I got him when he was 5 months old and it took about 6 months before he was pretty much a dog...he still has some issues over certain things but not to any degree of what they were, you can hardly tell he went through what he did.
I got my Elvis when he was 2 years old and he was just needing to be re-homed well when he arrived and some things became apparent I considered him a form of rescue...he was dirty, had bad teeth, was loaded with worms, and he's epileptic- about everything the breeder said turned out to be false, from not breeding him to what she fed her dogs to the medical care she provided them!
After almost year now he has suddenly began to play ball and do "dog" behaviors! He was always such a lap dog and looked at me like I was crazy when I tried to get him to fetch or play and responded the same to the other dogs when they ran after rope balls etc...
I just assumed he was the ideal lap dog and that was his personality!
At the beginning of the year he started chasing rope balls and running with the other dogs, playing wrestling etc...crazy how you never really know...and how long it can really take before they are comfortable and rehabbed enough to show you who they really are! |