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Poppy​ - NOW ADOPTED

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Sex: female
Age: born around jan 2013
Neutered: no
Size: medium
In the shelter since: march 2013

Poppy and her sister Rosie, two young female pups who had the worst start in life. Found at the roadside in terrible condition, weak, ill, and looking as though their time was short in this world. After tender loving care from Stavroula, and intensive vet's treatment, helped so much from donations from our super friends, - slowly they came back to life - now they are looking for the homes that will offer them security and love, and the chance to develop out of the shelter environment, they so deserve that! Lively girls, sweet and ready for a forever home


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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. Realise 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
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  • Home
    • About Elpida
    • Contact us
  • Our Dogs
    • Adult and Senior Dogs
    • Puppies and Young Dogs
  • Adopt a dog
    • Application form
    • Adoption advice
  • How you can help
    • Donating
    • Fundraising
    • Sponsor a dog