Here is a picture of Tibbe his second day home. He was a kennel-crazy, wild, fear-riddled dog who'd never been out of an outside cage much his whole 9 mos. of life, apparently drank from a guinea-pig bottle and had his food thrown into his cage or something from the way he acted. He did not seem to know what bowls were for! He would stand in his water bowl and eventually spill it everywhere as well as his food bowl so I had to keep his food/water in container lids to keep the mess down as I was training him about the world and how life should and could be for a dog. He preferred to use a blanket for peeing/pooping over using the paper or pee pads I got him so rather than doggie blankets at first I used towels I could wash with bleach! In time, he learned how to be a real dog and not just a caged animal and is now the perfect, well-trained pet, happy and healthy except for some left-over panic attacks from certain new noises but we work on those as they happen. He was not a very happy little boy when I got him but he soon found his smile and he lives large.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |