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Dog Rescue Stories

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Millions of fortunate dogs and doggies receive a new lease on life thanks to people who take them in. Many times these unwanted pets are acquired from animal shelters. Other times they are strays who wander in; or someone who can no longer keep their beloved animal looks for a new home outside the shelter.

Stan and I have raised a number of rescued dogs with uncertain parentage who came to us in a variety of ways.

Besides the dogs written about that we had for some years, we also had Ranger and Rodney (acquired from a shelter), Hal and Fudge (strays) for brief periods, all of them mixed breeds of some kind. We sure have a boatload of stories about these dogs!

We found that those we acquired when they were older often had a behavioral issue or two, and those who were taken away from their litter at too young an age needed help with canine socialization.

The biggest behavior problem usually had to do with separation anxiety. Other challenges included dogs that were too aggressive with other dogs or with cats, or very fearful of people.

We actually returned a couple to the pound because we didn't realize there was a way to train them out of bad behaviors. Luckily we learned there was a different way.

However, no matter how tough the dog, all of them found a place in our hearts, including our latest little doggie, Pebble, a Dachshund/Chihuahua mix or Chiweenie. She was acquired at a moving sale, just a week before Comet headed over the rainbow bridge... The above photo shows them on their only hike together.

We are grateful we had over 10 years with Comet...

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