We met new people at the Navan Fair who came to pick up some of our pooches, one couple in particular has been coming back almost every day/evening to help out at NARC. Wow, they have built shelves in the shed and it just looks amazing - definitely was needed and strong wood shelves won't break with the weight of the dog food bags, etc... There is so much room in there now compared to just enough to get by - what a difference! I don't know what I would do without all my wonderful volunteers, donors, clients and other rescues who always seem to be able to find drivers to bring us our pooches! You guys are the best!
New doggies have come in, they are very sweet and will certainly be up for adoption soon. We have a few issue dogs but are prepared to home them with "special" families only. One is a boston terrier, he likes certain individuals but if he doesn't like you - he just doesn't and could bite or snap. He is perfect here with everyone but then again he knows he can't get away with much here at NARC that is if he doesn't want to spend the day in a crate if punished... He needs someone with doggy experience yet a very quiet home that has little visitors as we would be worried if there were too many visits - what if one of them is un-likable from his point of view. Obviously was not well cared for and he probably will get better and better in time but we are being overly careful.
A black lab aslo is very fearful with strangers, he will growl but if I tell him to be nice and say hello, he will come for some loving but with his tail between his legs. He is perfect here with us and is really a good dog but needs a home without many people and hopefully in the country as I wouldn't see him in the city with all the people on the streets - he would litterally freak out and probably try to escape.
They are not posted on our website as we don't want people calling for them unless they really want to work with them such as we are doing now. If we can't find them good homes, they will remain at NARC for months until we feel 100% secure they are well socialized in every environment and situation.
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Aww ... those dogs sure are lucky to have found themselves a wonderful home with you.
ReplyDeleteAnd we'll see you at the Kingston Humane Society's Big Paws next Sunday! :)