blossom
Sex: female
Age: ?
Neutered: no
In the shelter since: she is being fostered in the UK
Size: medium
Micro-chip number:
28-07-2013 Update from her foster parents:
3 day update since Blossom arrived. Her and our Staffy X Skye adore each other. We are having to separate them just so they dont get too attached! Today she mastered to come when called and to sit. Total transformation from the nervous dog that arrived.
26-07-2013 Update from her foster parents:
Blossom's update: This petrified young girl came to us yesterday. She was too scared to come into the house for a few hours. She would only walk about 10ft on the lead before point blank refusing. 24 hours on and this is where we are now: Blossom slept very well last night, not noisy and clean throughout the night. She plays with our dog, Skye, and they follow each other around like long lost friends! She has been on two walks, one pavement and one to a country park, both of which she behaved immaculately on. She has met other people and, whilst being slightly apprehensive initially, is accepting of a good scratch under the chin! She is very calm and placid, but will do anything for a bit of cheese or ham! She has even had a bath today, where she stood, patiently until we were finished and even had a grooming session afterwards! We thought we may have our work cut out with her but she has been a pleasure to have around the house and will make a forever home very lucky to have her. If your thinking about adopting this amazing dog, you certainly would never regret it. - From her foster parents
Blossom was brought to the vet by a priest to be PTS, but the vet didn't want to do this and asked Stavroula to take her to the shelter. She is black and slender, with a slightly submissive manner which will need a little work to bring on, but does perhaps mean she might be ok to home with cats who are used to a dog ( although we make no promises!) She is a little darling who loves to play with her friends. She too gets on fine with the older dogs in her enclosure and has been trained by them in some manners – all she needs now is a human!
Age: ?
Neutered: no
In the shelter since: she is being fostered in the UK
Size: medium
Micro-chip number:
28-07-2013 Update from her foster parents:
3 day update since Blossom arrived. Her and our Staffy X Skye adore each other. We are having to separate them just so they dont get too attached! Today she mastered to come when called and to sit. Total transformation from the nervous dog that arrived.
26-07-2013 Update from her foster parents:
Blossom's update: This petrified young girl came to us yesterday. She was too scared to come into the house for a few hours. She would only walk about 10ft on the lead before point blank refusing. 24 hours on and this is where we are now: Blossom slept very well last night, not noisy and clean throughout the night. She plays with our dog, Skye, and they follow each other around like long lost friends! She has been on two walks, one pavement and one to a country park, both of which she behaved immaculately on. She has met other people and, whilst being slightly apprehensive initially, is accepting of a good scratch under the chin! She is very calm and placid, but will do anything for a bit of cheese or ham! She has even had a bath today, where she stood, patiently until we were finished and even had a grooming session afterwards! We thought we may have our work cut out with her but she has been a pleasure to have around the house and will make a forever home very lucky to have her. If your thinking about adopting this amazing dog, you certainly would never regret it. - From her foster parents
Blossom was brought to the vet by a priest to be PTS, but the vet didn't want to do this and asked Stavroula to take her to the shelter. She is black and slender, with a slightly submissive manner which will need a little work to bring on, but does perhaps mean she might be ok to home with cats who are used to a dog ( although we make no promises!) She is a little darling who loves to play with her friends. She too gets on fine with the older dogs in her enclosure and has been trained by them in some manners – all she needs now is a human!
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You are interested in this dog? You would like some more information?
Be aware of the fact that the information is based on where our dogs are staying right now, which is the shelter. It could be in a kennel, it could be on a terrain. Usually we do not know very much of the dogs.
FAQ is 'can this dog be with children?' And 'how is this dog with cats?' Or 'can the dog go for a ride in the car?', these are all questions which are being answered from this situation and this is not easy to answer.
Being nice with children in the shelter is a whole lot different than being together with children for 24 hours a day.
If a dog doesn't chase cats, it means they don't chase cats there. Being nice with the other dogs is also in this situation in the shelter. This basically means that there is a big possibility that a dog can learn to live with children, cats and other dogs. But people must be willing to teach the dog and train him/her.
Children can be best fiends with dogs but it doesn't go all naturally. Both dog and child will have to learn this. Small children and dogs don't understand each other: like a child pulls the dog's tail, hurts the dog and starts smiling, dog makes a play bow and scares the child and the child cries.
This means parents have a job and responsibility in this: teach the child to respect the dog, as living sentient being and not as a toy!
More important is to know if the dog is looking for contact with people, has a bonding with people. You must know that most of our dogs have been under a lot of stress. They spend most of the day with other dogs, and over all they will probably know better to communicate with dogs than with people.
For the happiness of these dogs there are some essentials which are rest, safety, being clear and a reference, like another dog or human.
Be aware the dog may not be potty trained.
A dog doesn't talk but he does communicate through his body. And if we humans are able to understand him, it will save a lot of frustration. A very good book to learn about dog body language is 'Calming signals' by Turid Rugaas.
A dog learns and learns through his entire life. It is up to us to teach him.
Be respectful to your dog and he will be respectful to you. Be patient and let him be dog. Realize that the dogs observes you and sees everything. Learn to understand your dog. And if your dog does something wrong to you, think for yourself and try to figure out which signals you were giving him. A dog is what you make of it.
Whenerver you decide to adopt one of our dogs, we can't say in advance when the dog will be coming. Of course we try to make this happen as fast as possible, but there are different factors which we are depending on.
Text: Dierenhulp Zonder Grenzen
Be aware of the fact that the information is based on where our dogs are staying right now, which is the shelter. It could be in a kennel, it could be on a terrain. Usually we do not know very much of the dogs.
FAQ is 'can this dog be with children?' And 'how is this dog with cats?' Or 'can the dog go for a ride in the car?', these are all questions which are being answered from this situation and this is not easy to answer.
Being nice with children in the shelter is a whole lot different than being together with children for 24 hours a day.
If a dog doesn't chase cats, it means they don't chase cats there. Being nice with the other dogs is also in this situation in the shelter. This basically means that there is a big possibility that a dog can learn to live with children, cats and other dogs. But people must be willing to teach the dog and train him/her.
Children can be best fiends with dogs but it doesn't go all naturally. Both dog and child will have to learn this. Small children and dogs don't understand each other: like a child pulls the dog's tail, hurts the dog and starts smiling, dog makes a play bow and scares the child and the child cries.
This means parents have a job and responsibility in this: teach the child to respect the dog, as living sentient being and not as a toy!
More important is to know if the dog is looking for contact with people, has a bonding with people. You must know that most of our dogs have been under a lot of stress. They spend most of the day with other dogs, and over all they will probably know better to communicate with dogs than with people.
For the happiness of these dogs there are some essentials which are rest, safety, being clear and a reference, like another dog or human.
Be aware the dog may not be potty trained.
A dog doesn't talk but he does communicate through his body. And if we humans are able to understand him, it will save a lot of frustration. A very good book to learn about dog body language is 'Calming signals' by Turid Rugaas.
A dog learns and learns through his entire life. It is up to us to teach him.
Be respectful to your dog and he will be respectful to you. Be patient and let him be dog. Realize that the dogs observes you and sees everything. Learn to understand your dog. And if your dog does something wrong to you, think for yourself and try to figure out which signals you were giving him. A dog is what you make of it.
Whenerver you decide to adopt one of our dogs, we can't say in advance when the dog will be coming. Of course we try to make this happen as fast as possible, but there are different factors which we are depending on.
Text: Dierenhulp Zonder Grenzen
