she really is amazing. I can't say enough about her.
she is going to contact us again soon with some more information about beezer after she connects with him and let us know anything else we can do to help him.
she also mentioned that she rarely if ever comes across a dog that hasn't established any roots anywhere EVER. She said that most dogs will establish SOME roots in their first home most of the time. but Beezer hasn't and she feels that he doesn't even know HOW to establish his roots in a HOME because he has never known one. He has literally been moved from home to home since he was taken from his mother. and he has ended up in a shelter or on the street. I had always suspected that he had been abused but this explains him and his actions and his personality so much better. He is afraid that we are going to cast him out like everyone else and has basically put up a wall and doesn't get close to anyone.
I also asked why he is timid around hannah. He likes her well enough and will sneak a lick here and there as he walks by but if she reaches out to touch him he cowers or slinks away. She said that he sees her as an alpha... which is a good thing... but in his mind alpha means he has to be stand offish and that he can't relax because he is afraid of messing up. Her being so small only compounds that in his mind.... she is more fragile and he is more likely to screw up, in his mind.
Poor boy. I can't wait to hear from her again with more info and some advice on how we can really help him feel at home. this is his FOREVER home... FOREVER. He's not going anywhere... we know that... we just need to help him know that.
She was amazing
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