I went through this about 9 yrs ago with a little very old girl Poodle/ShihTzu I took out of the shelter. She was in the exact same spot in her kennel @ the shelter for 3 days & on the 4th day I went back to see if her owner had come to claim her & they had not & again she was curled up in the same position & spot. When I got a worker to get her out 4 me the moron looked @ me like I had lost my mind & said "This dog, you really want to see this dog???" in an angry voice I said YES, THAT DOG ! when he picked her up & I saw her little face it made me gasp & when he handed her to me & I felt EVERY bone in her little body all I could do was hold her to me & cry. Usually this shelter keeps very old and/or blind small dogs in the cat room in a cage by themselves but for some unknown reason they had put her in with 5 other young small dogs. She was in there for 8 days & no one noticed she had not eaten as she was blind & the younger pups would bump into her & startle her so she just went & curled up in the corner to die all alone on the cold hard floor. She went home with me & had a bath w/medicated shampoo as she also had green goo oozing out of her eyes & PP & RED itchy skin & all the hair burned off her face from the severe yeast all over her little body. After a bath I put food down for her & she ate like no tomorrow, went out of the kitchen & found a bed & went to sleep. About half an hr later I went outside for a smoke & came back inside to find that she was NOWHERE on the 1st floor of my home so I went upstairs to find her standing @ the end of my bed yipping & jumping in place. I believe she followed my scent to the bed as that's what would have probably my strongest scent. The fact that she was near death just hrs earlier to going up a flight of stairs with a landing & then a turn back up & then down 1 hall to another being totally blind to find my scent was just sheer WILL because she could barely stand from starvation & weakness. She was my sweet little Gracie Mae till she had to be PTS due to renal failure 4 yrs ago & I still miss her silly little attitude & loving personality & STUPBORNESS. R.I.P GracieMae
Lily may not maneuver your home as fast as Gracie did mine but & bet it will be no time before Lily is rite @ home in your house.
She will become the love of your life, you'll see. |