For all those rescues out there...

[binka_nugget]

Here's Kaedyn's Story:



It was my first day at the shelter as a volunteer. He was the second dog I saw that day. My eyes were drawn to him initially because I had already had a Sheltie.. and would have loved having another one. But then I noticed that he looked so empty and sad. I called my mom right away and told her about this adorable, quiet sheltie (hah.. quiet sheltie.. now there's an oxy moron for ya ). Two days later, we all went down to the shelter to look at him. My mom filled out an application form right away. We were told that there were 6 other applications for him. He was still being held for his impound period (7 days) so we wouldn't find out if we got him or not until a few days later. Well, a couple days later, my mom called me at school to tell me that we'd be picking up a new dog after school.

Apparently, the shelter had tried catching him a few times. He was allowed to roam around the neighborhood. The neighbors got fed up and called the shelter.. but they were never able to catch him. One day, he was in a neighbor's yard and got cornered. Because he had his license on, he was given a free ride home. He was actually given a couple free rides home but no one ever answered. The owners were contacted and said they'd pick him up, but they never did.

Since I don't know much about his past, I can only guess what happened to him. I have a feeling he was hit as he was extremely hand shy and took an awefully long time to start trusting people.. even now, two years later, he only trusts me completely. He definitely wasn't being fed properly. He was 16 pounds, stick thin, and had the dullest coat I've ever seen. I also don't think he was taken to the vet in a while as he had major problems with his teeth. Our vet said any vet would have pointed it out right away.

Ah well.. his (idiotic) past owners' loss was my spectacular gain. He's the reason I started getting interested in competitive obedience and started training other dogs.

Here are a couple pictures..


He was so thin This doesn't even show how bad it was cause of his fur. He was all skin and bones.

[lvpets2002]

First of all Welcome to Pet Talk & enjoy all the talks & pictures..

All nine of my babies are rescues & or abuse cases..
I have three dogs & six cats.. They all had either medical or mental tramas..
One dog is blind & two of the cats are one eyed & one of the cats is three legged.. But all are so heartwarming & give such unconditional love & laugher to me.. I love & live for them all so dearly..

[sammy101]

Here's Kodies story..


We have no idea about his past,where/when he was born.Kodie and his siter were abandoned at 3 weeks old on a buisy highway here in houston.They are very lucky they were picked up by someone and were brought to a local rescue.We adopted him when he was 3 1/2 months old,and he had been a wonderful joy to our family.We've had him for almost 3 years now.

Lucy

And with Lucy,i dont know her past.We adopted her when she was 3 months old.The rescue told us that she was brought in by a lady and gave her to the rescue.We too had been a wonderful joy to our family,and we've had her for a year now.

[lute]

that is a great picture of Lucy! she grew up to be a beautiful dog.

[anna_66]

Huney's Story

[pitc9]

Jen (howl4metok) omg... just looking at your screen name makes me cry now!! Oh what a great life you gave him! He'll love you forever for it!
I have a friend that has wolfdogs and one was just diagonsed with bone cancer and has not been given long to live. Sometimes I think it's better not knowing what's to come.
Do you still have the others in the picture you posted? They all are Gorgeous!!
I have two rescues, my first is Sierra:

I adopted her from a GSD rescue back on January 21st of 2002. She was 6 months old and had been picked up as a stray and was in danger of being put to sleep because she snapped at the dog warden. So she's my princess now, still head shy, and will run and hide if voices are raised, and will still close her eyes and jerk away if you move your hand too quickly near her. She is quite the talker & she sleeps between/on my feet every night.
We realized she needed a "Buddy" so I started looking on Petfinder and found the man of my dreams. At a local kill shelter was a 1 year old male gsd. JUST what I was looking for. When I went to the shelter to see him on December 21st 2002, I was shocked to see how deathly terrified he was of everything!!!! Oh I cried as soon as laid eyes on him. He was afraid of his own shadow, crouched down as low to the ground as he could get, ears pinned back. They had to turn a small office into a room for him because they couldn't get him in a crate. There was only one person there at the shelter that he would let handle him. We went into a room and it took a loooong time before I got one tiny little smooch on my hand. That's all it took!! He won my heart with his sad eyes so full of fear. Sierra took to him like she was waiting for him her entire life!! and he took to her just as well! It was a match made in heaven!
He took to his crate with ease, but for the first 6 months I was the only person that he would allow to put him in his crate, he snapped at my hubby twice and to this day he STILL give my hubby a few low grumbles to remind him that he still isn't too sure of him. As most people here know, Buddy and my hubby still do not like one another... that will never change I'm sure but he'll never go anywhere! Buddy is my soul dog!!! He'll squeeze all 90 lbs of him onto my lap when I'm sitting in my recliner!! He's a mamma's boy for sure!