I will adopt a new dog.

Gertrudes please! your comment was as important as the comment of Anart or of the others, I think is important to see many points of vue and some dogs are problematic and we never know for sure how the relation will be with a dog that has suffered. The positive thing with Blacky is that he is now since some weeks in a house with other dogs and a family. The husband of the woman is doing a good job to integrate this dog to a normal life, this is very positive for him. They also have, this couple, a lot of experience and expertise taking care of dogs and they work dog by dog, one dog at a time. I think I find a good dog. Me too I thought when I was young that the German Shepherds were "bad" dogs but then it is always the story of the humans behind a dog, always. I think that our relation with dogs is always our relation with life, in a sort of way. And some people have a difficult relation with life that they project with their dogs. With time we know that German Shepherds are maybe the most intelligent dogs on this earth...

Maybe some dogs have suffered so much that it is impossible to help them, I don't know. My first concern is that Blacky now has to re-learn to live with a new couple, a new environment, a new life. Not just love is important but patience, adaptation from his part and mine. A new house for a dog and for a family is always stressful in a sort of way also.

Anart is right: dogs are mirrors, our alter egos, they teach us that respect is something that work at two: it is a lesson. That's why I am fascinated with dogs, and fascinated to see dogs with people. And when we go to a shelter you see how humans are.

Thank you Gertrudes!
 
anart said:
My experience has been the opposite,
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Mine too. From what I've seen it's the puppy mill dogs with "papers" who seem to suffer from the most debilitating conditions, both physical and mental. Breeders often put them in cages ALONE, as soon as they are weened, until they sell so they're not "damaged" by playing with other pups.
 
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Thanks Webglider for the video! It make me cry. I am very sensitive, maybe too much, in front of the sufferance of animals. This video is really good, if you don't mind I will posted in my wall of Facebook
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It made me cry too. I think whoever made it wants people to see the video.

It made me think of our first dog Rocky who nipped my daughter when we first brought him home. He was scared. He had been in a cage for over a year in a no-kill shelter because he was so old - he was 10 - that no one wanted to adopt him except, ironically, my daughter who picked him out. He turned out to be a wonderful dog who died a year later from liver cancer.

My daughter and I were glad that we kept him despite the bad beginning. He proved himself to be a very loving little guy.
 
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anart said:
My experience has been the opposite,
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Mine too. From what I've seen it's the puppy mill dogs with "papers" who seem to suffer from the most debilitating conditions, both physical and mental. Breeders often put them in cages ALONE, as soon as they are weened, until they sell so they're not "damaged" by playing with other pups.
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Fwiw, mine also. One of our dogs is a rescue dog and she is pure joy and tenderness. Knowing what she suffered, it would be like an unrecognizable transformation for her from her old life.
 
I adopted two Shelter/Rescue Pugs and there is not a darn thing wrong with either of them other than some health issues that I resolved with diet and natural supplements. Neither one of them have any behavioral issues. I echo Anart's sentiment. I think also it is important to have no expectation and no pressure for them to instantly fit in and give them time to adjust.
 
April said:
I adopted two Shelter/Rescue Pugs and there is not a darn thing wrong with either of them other than some health issues that I resolved with diet and natural supplements. Neither one of them have any behavioral issues. I echo Anart's sentiment. I think also it is important to have no expectation and no pressure for them to instantly fit in and give them time to adjust.
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I also adopted my dog, she was 5 or 6 years old. She is very sweet and loyal now. But she clearly has issues (and mirrors mine, which is uncanny). In the beginning she didn't know whom to turn to. But she has calmed down a lot and regards our home as her home. Only when she sees small dogs she goes berserk. She bit one of the dogs of my next-door neighbour, although he later told me that his dog couldn't read the signals of other dogs, which might have resulted in my dog's behaviour. :/
But she is still beside herself, when she notices small dogs. I have to keep her on a long leash in the garden.
So I am now seeking help for her.
 
Finally yesterday I went to pick up my new dog. I left home at 3 AM under a cold that was like a winter cold. Then during the travel I meet snow, fog, mist, wind, a horrendous weather, a challenge for my nerves. I know how to drive on snow and in the middle of tempests because I lived 30 years in Quebec but I never did it here in Spain without winter tires. And we are not in winter, we are in Spring! At one moment, near El Escorial, the city were we were supposed to meet with the couple and Blacky, I had to stop: the snow was so thick that I was seeing nothing, just my fear. I was thinking that life is some times like a road we take with your car: you never know what you will face and what you face is sometimes a big challenge. I was also thinking: I am going to die because I wanted a dog? Then I stopped in a parking that suddenly was there, like a miracle. We waited the coming of the day. It was around 6 in the morning. At 8 we meet with a friend that lives in Madrid and at 10 finally I meet Blacky.

He is a good boy, very scare of everything. He is a small Belgian Shepherd surely because was mal-nourished. But he is gentle, give me kisses, eats alot. My other dog accepted him with kisses but she is jealous, and my cats also accepted him right away. I don't regret to have Blacky at all. In life also you have to take care of beings that need help, and dogs are always a lesson. :)
 

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You can see in this picture that even if he is a male he is small. His rear legs are I think a little deformed. But he is cute and loved to go outside this morning. He is very energetic. I think he will be very happy here, with us.
 

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loreta said:
He is very energetic. I think he will be very happy here, with us.
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I think he will be too! Dogs know when they have found their "furever" home.

He's a BEAUTIFUL baby! :)
 
loreta said:
You can see in this picture that even if he is a male he is small. His rear legs are I think a little deformed. But he is cute and loved to go outside this morning. He is very energetic. I think he will be very happy here, with us.
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He is beautiful, loreta! Size and conformation mean nothing unless you are showing them. I think he looks perfect! :D

I also think that he is a very lucky boy and he knows it. They always seem to know when their human loves them and will keep them safe. And they are grateful and show it. You did a wonderful thing, loreta.
 
Hi loreta. Congrats on your new family member. How wonderful for both of you. I`v rescued many dogs to know how grateful they are and how they just want to give love! Some dogs need a little more time to adjust, but if you read their body language and act on that, things usually work themselves out.

Good Luck!!! :D
 
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