Annie is a sweet senior, likely Lab/Shepherd/Mix of Mixes. She has been spending time with our volunteer behaviorist, and will be the first of our Operation Freedom Dogs to be ready for a forever home. Below is her latest status update, which we wanted to share.
Name: Annie
Age: 9-11
Special Needs: Emotional Rehabilitation
Details: Annie came to Noah's Ark Society through Operation Freedom on July 3, 2012. She was one of 110 dogs seized, and has lived her entire life in neglect. Annie is able to eat solid food (kibble), manuever stairs, and walk on a leash. She seeks out human attention.
Annie is the top "target" dog right now and continues to make huge strides. She is now up in the house and has met a few of my dogs. She is learning how to do stairs. This dog has a lot of heart. She now trusts me, and really tries to please me even when she is unsure about new environments. So although she had obviously never done stairs, she tried really hard to follow me up them. She still prefers me to "lead" when on walks, but follows happily. She still gives kisses and greets me with tail wags, is eating well and I'll be giving her more and more exposure to household things this coming week. I will also be starting to teach her all about "lure training" this week, so we should be able to start bribing her with cookies to do things within another week or two. I'll start taking some pictures of her on our walks for updates.
Annie will be the first one who can go to another foster home. In a perfect world, it would be terrific if the foster family could spend some time with her here until they take her...so they have an idea of what she is like. These dogs are still not "normal" dogs, and I find that this is the biggest hurdle with foster families...they expect the dog to become a normal dog in a few weeks....that just isn't realistic...Annie will make continual improvement, but how far she comes back is up to Annie. The home can have other dogs or not, must have a crate for Annie, and ideally a home that doesn't want to take Annie with them everywhere...exposing her to new environments is good, but in a slow/steady format versus throwing her into the deep end of the pool. Annie is still in the process of housebreaking...she hasn't had an accident in a week...but she doesn't have full run of my house either, so a family who understands housebreaking would be important. She potties easily on leash, but we need to remember that when stressed, Annie is a submissive pooper.
Name: Annie
Age: 9-11
Special Needs: Emotional Rehabilitation
Details: Annie came to Noah's Ark Society through Operation Freedom on July 3, 2012. She was one of 110 dogs seized, and has lived her entire life in neglect. Annie is able to eat solid food (kibble), manuever stairs, and walk on a leash. She seeks out human attention.
Annie is the top "target" dog right now and continues to make huge strides. She is now up in the house and has met a few of my dogs. She is learning how to do stairs. This dog has a lot of heart. She now trusts me, and really tries to please me even when she is unsure about new environments. So although she had obviously never done stairs, she tried really hard to follow me up them. She still prefers me to "lead" when on walks, but follows happily. She still gives kisses and greets me with tail wags, is eating well and I'll be giving her more and more exposure to household things this coming week. I will also be starting to teach her all about "lure training" this week, so we should be able to start bribing her with cookies to do things within another week or two. I'll start taking some pictures of her on our walks for updates.
Annie will be the first one who can go to another foster home. In a perfect world, it would be terrific if the foster family could spend some time with her here until they take her...so they have an idea of what she is like. These dogs are still not "normal" dogs, and I find that this is the biggest hurdle with foster families...they expect the dog to become a normal dog in a few weeks....that just isn't realistic...Annie will make continual improvement, but how far she comes back is up to Annie. The home can have other dogs or not, must have a crate for Annie, and ideally a home that doesn't want to take Annie with them everywhere...exposing her to new environments is good, but in a slow/steady format versus throwing her into the deep end of the pool. Annie is still in the process of housebreaking...she hasn't had an accident in a week...but she doesn't have full run of my house either, so a family who understands housebreaking would be important. She potties easily on leash, but we need to remember that when stressed, Annie is a submissive pooper.
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