pavlina
Sex: Female
Age: --
Neutered: No
Size: Large
In the shelter since: 31-01-2015
Microchip Number: 977 200 008 975 959
This beautiful girl was found alone by the side of a road far from any towns and unable to walk. She tried to run away but didn't have the energy so Stavroula caught her and took her home. She has been seen in Athens at the vet hospital today and found to have a badly broken back leg, an infected foot and most shockingly of all bullets lodged in her body.
Although her broken leg has mended it's been a difficult road to recovery for Pavlina as she has been so nervous of humans. It's meant she hasn't had as much physiotherapy as she needed so has very little movement in the elbow of her back leg. She gets about fine and is in no pain but she does move with a bit of a strange wobble! In the last two years she has also had a couple of small seizures, being so infrequent we haven't put her through any invasive tests to determine the cause of them.
Pavlina gets along very well with other dogs but she is very nervous with human contact, always preferring to back away to a safe distance. She will, if encouraged allow you to touch her but prefers her own space.
Age: --
Neutered: No
Size: Large
In the shelter since: 31-01-2015
Microchip Number: 977 200 008 975 959
This beautiful girl was found alone by the side of a road far from any towns and unable to walk. She tried to run away but didn't have the energy so Stavroula caught her and took her home. She has been seen in Athens at the vet hospital today and found to have a badly broken back leg, an infected foot and most shockingly of all bullets lodged in her body.
Although her broken leg has mended it's been a difficult road to recovery for Pavlina as she has been so nervous of humans. It's meant she hasn't had as much physiotherapy as she needed so has very little movement in the elbow of her back leg. She gets about fine and is in no pain but she does move with a bit of a strange wobble! In the last two years she has also had a couple of small seizures, being so infrequent we haven't put her through any invasive tests to determine the cause of them.
Pavlina gets along very well with other dogs but she is very nervous with human contact, always preferring to back away to a safe distance. She will, if encouraged allow you to touch her but prefers her own space.
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.
Whenever 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.
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.
Whenever 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.