02-02-2016, 10:58 AM
Ankh, I am so excited for you!!!! And I'm thrilled to help be inspiration! I have actually, almost never, been without a dog companion in my life, so I can only imagine what the difference would be like, and how exciting it would be to get a dog after such a long break. I will definitely keep you up to date on Judy so you can live vicariously. 
I look so forward to seeing pictures of your new husky!!!
She actually does not howl, but she whines incessantly and paces, and her eyes get far away and wild and it's hard to distract her. It's likely that she did spend time in a shelter (the place where they kill homeless dogs, must be a much more common thing here
), since she has a microchip that no one registered - shelters usually chip dogs when they get adopted as standard procedure now, so the unregistered chip tells me that this is likely her 3rd home at least, so it's impossible to know really what has happened to her.
She started to have another panic fit last night (after her walk) so we sat with her, and together surrounded her with white light/love energy. It worked! We stopped her fit before it started. So yes, it is just more patience and understanding that we don't know what kind of trauma she's been through - in the least, someone that she loved likely abandoned her, which is terrible enough. She also very likely spent time in a shelter, which is actually common for dogs here but I didn't consider thoroughly, for her, what even just -being- in the shelter must be like. But, that is why we didn't just immediately take her, because we knew that it's never ideal to drop an animal off there.
She's actually pretty mellow, surprisingly, for the most part! I'm not sure if it's her lameness, or that her previous owners didn't exercise her very often so she doesn't have much muscle tone. She does get a bit winded after a run (Kile HAS been running her twice a day). She's also been putting on a bit of healthy weight already, we can see a difference - she was very skinny. So I'm prepared for her energy level to change (read: go up) once she's a bit healthier.
Naw, it was very silly. Neither of them were even hampered by having to use 'only' three of their legs instead of four, they kept up a good speed (and it was about 8 houses from home). And it didn't re-aggravate Butters' injury again, or anything.
That's actually a pretty good idea and would be a legitimate reason for a Gofundme. I just saw a couple days ago someone talking about buying booties for their service dog, and a full set cost them $200(!). It might be unlikely to find a single dog booty for purchase lol, and even so $50 would be a lot for something she could potentially chew up and swallow in a moment.
BTW this post of yours isis gave me the "You have already liked this post" error, which happens with your posts more than any I think
I look so forward to seeing pictures of your new husky!!!Quote:Then about panic attacks and howling. Does Judy howl too when she is having those panic attacks at the afternoons? Our Ball did. He was taken by those cruel men when he was living in the streets (after being thrown out on the street by his former owner), and taken to those large places where they kill homeless dogs. Fortunately for our Ball, my mom and dad got involved in him and took him back from this place after I told them (he was a street dog where we lived until then), and ever since then until his death, he lived with us. BUT after he came home to us, after being at that horrible place, he had panic attacks for couple of months. He also howled in such a deep and traumatic way that even my mom, who is usually a rather cold person, got tears in her eyes when that happened... So, what I am trying to say is that it is very probable that Judy had traumatic experiences or childhood; so just love her, be with her and have patience. The howling and panic attacks will stop. You just need to give her love and your company, and attention, which is what you already do!
She actually does not howl, but she whines incessantly and paces, and her eyes get far away and wild and it's hard to distract her. It's likely that she did spend time in a shelter (the place where they kill homeless dogs, must be a much more common thing here
), since she has a microchip that no one registered - shelters usually chip dogs when they get adopted as standard procedure now, so the unregistered chip tells me that this is likely her 3rd home at least, so it's impossible to know really what has happened to her. She started to have another panic fit last night (after her walk) so we sat with her, and together surrounded her with white light/love energy. It worked! We stopped her fit before it started. So yes, it is just more patience and understanding that we don't know what kind of trauma she's been through - in the least, someone that she loved likely abandoned her, which is terrible enough. She also very likely spent time in a shelter, which is actually common for dogs here but I didn't consider thoroughly, for her, what even just -being- in the shelter must be like. But, that is why we didn't just immediately take her, because we knew that it's never ideal to drop an animal off there.
Quote:How about her activity level? Are you guys keeping up with her huskian energy or is she not that energic as huskies usually are?
She's actually pretty mellow, surprisingly, for the most part! I'm not sure if it's her lameness, or that her previous owners didn't exercise her very often so she doesn't have much muscle tone. She does get a bit winded after a run (Kile HAS been running her twice a day). She's also been putting on a bit of healthy weight already, we can see a difference - she was very skinny. So I'm prepared for her energy level to change (read: go up) once she's a bit healthier.
Quote:Quote: The other day by the end of our walk, one was carrying one foot and the other was carrying the other.
That probably would have had me laughing hysterically. My sense of humor is weird I guess but I'd be imagining people noticing both of them limping & then suspecting I abuse my dogs.
Naw, it was very silly. Neither of them were even hampered by having to use 'only' three of their legs instead of four, they kept up a good speed (and it was about 8 houses from home). And it didn't re-aggravate Butters' injury again, or anything.
Quote:Might want to try gofundme.com if the special help she needs is expensive.
That's actually a pretty good idea and would be a legitimate reason for a Gofundme. I just saw a couple days ago someone talking about buying booties for their service dog, and a full set cost them $200(!). It might be unlikely to find a single dog booty for purchase lol, and even so $50 would be a lot for something she could potentially chew up and swallow in a moment.
BTW this post of yours isis gave me the "You have already liked this post" error, which happens with your posts more than any I think
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