Post by ladymcts on Mar 26, 2015 11:47:43 GMT
Well, it would seem that I'm a (somewhat reluctant) dog owner now. I have three very angry c.ats, and for the most part, the dog is still being locked up in my laundry room every day because of a few reasons. But boy this little poodle mix critter is winning my heart.
She wandered into my yard on March 9. Since I work from home, it was easy for me to get up from what I was doing, run to the kitchen, open the door and call to her. I am out in the country now, and get dogs wandering thru here all the time. Mostly they run when they see a human, and probably half do have some tags of some kind. This dirty little skinny thing did not have tags, and wanted badly to run, but did not. She had been eating bird food out of a plate I set on the ground when it was snowing. (I have a bird feeder mounted in the trees too, but put a plate down when the
gets real bad so everyone can see it, and more room for them.
Anyhoo, little Ms. Dawg was so hungry that when I put out a bowl of wet c.at food for her, it vanished in about 3 seconds. Then she started pushing the bowl all over the yard, angry that the food was gone. So I fixed a second, and this time opened the door for her. (Locked my c.ats in the bedroom while I was working on this project.) Ms. Dawg was so untrusting that I got nothing but growling and barking in return. I used a broom to push the bowl out to her. That bowl disappeared quick too. Third one, I didn't put it down, but held it where she could see, and lured her into my laundry room. Put the bowl down and closed the door. Oh, and did I mention that she was shivering so violently that whole body looked like it was on a boat on choppy water? It was in the 30's and r.aining out, so she was wet, cold, and hungry.
Took me a couple of days before I could do much near her without being a.fraid for my fingers. But as soon as she realized that I was a source of food, she became attached to me pretty quick. She did not know basic doggie commands like sit, stay, heel, etc. Come to find out she didn't even know what a toy was for. But she did have an inkling about potty training, seeming to do her best to wait until we could go out, and going on newspapers i put down when she couldn't wait. (She was in heat causing a lot of peeing and later on diarreha as her body adjusted to real food.) Her first two stools were all green like horse poo. She'd been eating heck only knows what to keep the belly full.
Vet estimates she's 2-3 years old. She's flea ridden, very wormy (did you know tapeworms will come out as the animal s.leeps!? they are all over her bed!!!), and as I mentioned very underweight. And not spayed. Lovely. I've had her long enough to be sure she doesn't have rabies, and we got a shot into her anyway. I've gotten her the Senesto flea collar, and started on a 3 day wormer, to be followed up in a few weeks.
Will probably head back to the vet next week for a weight check and pull blood to see about heartworms and health status for doing a spay. I don't want to throw too much at her all little body all at once.
"Rosie" is the name. She can follow the command to sit now, and she's getting better about responding when I ask her to get down (not standing on hind legs begging at person or door or counter, etc). She LOVES going for rides in the truck. And she LOVES her toys. Not so good yet at giving toys back to human, but we're working on it! She's been fun to train, and a very quick learner. Very food motivated, making the training easy!
She wandered into my yard on March 9. Since I work from home, it was easy for me to get up from what I was doing, run to the kitchen, open the door and call to her. I am out in the country now, and get dogs wandering thru here all the time. Mostly they run when they see a human, and probably half do have some tags of some kind. This dirty little skinny thing did not have tags, and wanted badly to run, but did not. She had been eating bird food out of a plate I set on the ground when it was snowing. (I have a bird feeder mounted in the trees too, but put a plate down when the
gets real bad so everyone can see it, and more room for them. Anyhoo, little Ms. Dawg was so hungry that when I put out a bowl of wet c.at food for her, it vanished in about 3 seconds. Then she started pushing the bowl all over the yard, angry that the food was gone. So I fixed a second, and this time opened the door for her. (Locked my c.ats in the bedroom while I was working on this project.) Ms. Dawg was so untrusting that I got nothing but growling and barking in return. I used a broom to push the bowl out to her. That bowl disappeared quick too. Third one, I didn't put it down, but held it where she could see, and lured her into my laundry room. Put the bowl down and closed the door. Oh, and did I mention that she was shivering so violently that whole body looked like it was on a boat on choppy water? It was in the 30's and r.aining out, so she was wet, cold, and hungry.
Took me a couple of days before I could do much near her without being a.fraid for my fingers. But as soon as she realized that I was a source of food, she became attached to me pretty quick. She did not know basic doggie commands like sit, stay, heel, etc. Come to find out she didn't even know what a toy was for. But she did have an inkling about potty training, seeming to do her best to wait until we could go out, and going on newspapers i put down when she couldn't wait. (She was in heat causing a lot of peeing and later on diarreha as her body adjusted to real food.) Her first two stools were all green like horse poo. She'd been eating heck only knows what to keep the belly full.
Vet estimates she's 2-3 years old. She's flea ridden, very wormy (did you know tapeworms will come out as the animal s.leeps!? they are all over her bed!!!), and as I mentioned very underweight. And not spayed. Lovely. I've had her long enough to be sure she doesn't have rabies, and we got a shot into her anyway. I've gotten her the Senesto flea collar, and started on a 3 day wormer, to be followed up in a few weeks.
Will probably head back to the vet next week for a weight check and pull blood to see about heartworms and health status for doing a spay. I don't want to throw too much at her all little body all at once.
"Rosie" is the name. She can follow the command to sit now, and she's getting better about responding when I ask her to get down (not standing on hind legs begging at person or door or counter, etc). She LOVES going for rides in the truck. And she LOVES her toys. Not so good yet at giving toys back to human, but we're working on it! She's been fun to train, and a very quick learner. Very food motivated, making the training easy!
