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Walter's Wisdom...

30/4/2020

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So, as a new chapter of my life is starting as a rescued dog, there are so many things to think about, understand and work through which means stress levels are high. I can’t cover them all here right now, so am just going to share the most important things for me and any rescue dog in the first few days of living somewhere new.
We will have expectations of the new home based on our previous experiences. That does not mean you all have to over compensate, over love, over protect. We need you to do some simple key things to help us realise…..we are now safe.
1. Exercise
No thank you. We do not want or need to be taken out on a long walk to get tired, and see how lovely our new surroundings are going to be. In the first few days, we only want a very short sniffy walk (10 minutes) if it looks like we can cope, mostly we can’t. Otherwise we will be really happy to potter in your garden, slowly adjusting and getting used to the changes….and you!
2. Play
We may look like we want to engage in lots of ball play, running around etc. But trust me, at the beginning of our stay we will want to please you and it is best that we are not encouraged to do lots of high energy adrenalin activities. If we haven’t got the abilities to cope, too much adrenalin will mean we cope and tolerate even less!
3. The Basic Requirements
Food – Do not make us sit and work for it. Food is a natural survival requirement and we need to know you will always provide it without fuss. So at least two meals a day, good quality treats and plenty of things to chew. Don’t panic if we don’t know what to do – I don’t understand chews at all right now, but will get there….I have learnt about nice treats though!
Water – This goes without saying, we need fresh bowls of water down all the time and perhaps inside and outside too. Some of us won’t have always had access to it in the past, so take away that fear of scarcity.
Toileting – Understand we will be scared or confused and that means we may want to pee more than usual, so calmly take us out in the garden perhaps more times than you would think. Obviously if we are sleeping, please do not wake us up to do this!
4. Sleep
This is sooooo important to us. All the previous stress, fear, anxiety and change means we may not have slept as much as we should have done. So we need you to do calm, gentle things, have a choice of beds to sleep on in different places. Understand we may want to sleep up high too, we feel safe there and just let us sleep and sleep and sleep. This is vital to our recovery and at the very least it allows new brain cells to grow.
Now, the above are the absolute basics of what to do in the first few days. I will talk about each one in more detail over the coming days. It’s important, really important that everyone who wants to take on a rescue dog understands what we need – SLEEP, SAFETY AND CHOICES.
Courtesy of Help at Hand Dog Training & Behaviour
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Lynne's Birthday Fundraiser for Ben

28/4/2020

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Ben had a difficult start in life; found as an orphaned singleton pup foraging for food in rural Greece, he was taken into a kind shelter and finally brought to the UK for adoption. However his leishmaniasis (usually dormant or cheaply treatable in young dogs) became active and due to bladder problems which required two major surgeries, he is not able to take the usual medication. His recent vet bills have been high and this is sadly likely to continue. Ben is only 7 years old and has the most vigorous ‘lust for life’ despite, we think, now going blind. He is deliriously and gratifyingly happy with his dog behaviourist mum and dad . Give a Dog a Home pays his medical expenses and will do so for life, which we are determined will be as long as we can make it . For my birthday fundraiser this year, please help with his medical costs? Every little helps, for us, a very small and extremely caring  ‘niche’  rescue who look after the lowest of the low - foreign homeless dogs. Let’s not forget them in this difficult time of our own medical crisis.
Sending love and blessings, Lynne xx

To donate to Lynne's birthday fundraiser, please visit the Go Fund Me page

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Competition Time

12/4/2020

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Time to tell us all about your rescue dog! Enter our competition with a 500 word story and maybe win a framed black & white  portrait of your best friend...
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