Molly Joy Just wanted to update everyone on how my foster Molly is doing. She is really coming around. Yesterday, she ran to me in the yard. Despite the fact that she can only see shadows she does really well. She had her first bully stick today and I was amazed. she did not know how to hold it with her paws so I held it for her for a little while then I let it go and she got the hang of it very quickly. She is almost 100 percent housebroken, she still has accidents if not watched. I am just amazed that this little girl can come from such horrific circumstances and be doing so well. I am quite sure that her owner at the puppy mill was male because she refuses to get to know DH. I am sure she will come around. She wants to be on my lap at all times but I wont let her because I am teaching her that nothing here can hurt her, this is her safe space. DH does not want to give her up. He thinks it will be to hard on her to leave us. What do yall think? Can she leave me and still be the same loving little girl that she is learning to be or will she go back to being afraid and scared of everything? I sure do not need 5 dogs and I tried to tell DH that if we keep Molly, there is no room here to help another fur baby and there are so many that need help. Please give me some advice |
I am not a good person to ask this question. Sorry, but I really think if she was with me that I would end up keeping her. I think it is hard for them to learn trust again. I know with Mikki it has taken time but she is coming around for us. It has been 5 months and she is a changed pup. But I think if I gave her to someone else she would regress again to the untrusting. I know it will be a hard decision. Maybe someone can give you another view on placing her. However, I would just keep them all if I could. :) |
Personally, I never like to encourage keeping fosters specifically because it makes it hard to help others who may need help just as much as she did. However, every case is different. Reminds me of my last dog, she came from a puppy mill and was absolutely terrified of everything. She wasn't a foster, I had been contacted about her through some rescue pals. After hearing her story, I did everything I could to make her feel like she's safe. To make her know that this was going to be her forever home. It took her about a year to fully come around. She became comfortable with the groomer and new people. She even stayed at my sisters house when I went on a cruise and did fine. She was comfortable around new people. I loved that dog so much, and she learned that not all people are bad. I would think little Molly would be able to learn the same given the right amount of patience and time. Of course choosing a new home for her will take longer and in the end it's really up to you. As for my own dog, well she passed away about a month ago she had heart problems due to being so poorly bred. She helped me learn that every dog just needs a chance to come around, and I helped her learn that she can be loved and it's okay to roll around in the grass. Anyway, the point of what im trying to say is that if Molly is given the right circumstances, Im sure she can come around to people who are just as good as your family, but ultimately it is your decision to make. Just my two cents :) good luck and so good to hear about her coming around. It's a beautiful process to witness |
I guess what worries me, especially since she is seeing impaired, that she'll begin to trust you only to have it broken when you give her up. Then again, I'm the last person to answer this question. If this little girl had grown so much because of me, I couldn't let her go. Good luck in either of your decisions. And please, keep us posted. It's heart warming that you've done so much for this little girl. |
Sorry, I've never fostered so I don't have any advice to offer... Saying a prayer that her path is revealed to you soon. |
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Love is never wasted. I think love, like kindness is something we play forward. With fosters I learned with human children. I told myself it is your blessing to make a difference right now today. God may other plans for tomorrow. That helped me. I am able to give the foster doggies up because, I know the person getting them is 'Yorkie pregnant and may have been waiting years. I know they will spoil, pamper, and love their doggie, like I do my Gracie who was a rescue. I pray a lot for the perfect home and people. Sometimes it just feels right to give them to their 'real family' and sometimes it is right to keep them. I am sorry I can't tell what would be best, but your heart can. |
I love Molly, but like I said and someone else mentioned. If I keep her, I can no longer be a foster because I will have 5 of my own. Not that we can not afford them, but 5 is a lot. I am so torn and it is because she was so afraid when she first came to me and now I see her coming around and trusting me and this feels so good and I would hate for her to regress. I cried when ever Molly would hunch down when I went to pick her up. I just wondered what this poor baby has been through to make her so scared. Now when I say up Molly, she stays and lets me pick her up. I would hate it if she went to a new home and went back to her old ways. I am so lost here. I will pray for guidance that is all I can do. |
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