Wow, two weeks! And we all survived. I want to mention a special shout out to Sharon at Bark Busters in gratitude. Great job and this training works! I have to give credit to Annie too, she is a quick study and Sharon explained that when I do this right, Annie will be ready and willing to please. Smart dog!
As mentioned, we survived the past two weeks but without this training we wouldn't have survived this happily. Right now, I'm looking at a happy cat (no longer a target for Annie's terror campaign) and three dogs peacefully sunning themselves ..sound asleep. This is great.
Yesterday, here in the DC/Baltimore metro area, we had a good snow. About three inches. I let Annie out in the back yard to do her morning business and she took off running around acting like a little nut. Funny! It dawned on me that this was her first snow. Annie was dropped off at a shelter in San Angelo, Tx. and then kenneled for the past year by Shih Tzu and Furbaby Rescue in Florida somewhere. She's never seen snow. When she arrived on Christmas Day, we still had snow on the ground from the 2009 Blizzard but it was hard packed and went away quickly after we got all the rain.
It also dawned on me, a little over two weeks ago.. this same dog was sitting in a kennel that she has sat in for almost a year.....waiting to be rescued. I can't imagine what her life was like then. Just waiting... for almost a year. I know she received excellent care at the rescue kennel and I've been told that she was walked three times a day but this little dog and all dogs for that matter, deserve to be loved. She is a joy and all she wants is to be loved.
I hope she doesn't remember those bad times that have given her nightmares and created a fear in her so badly that she felt the need to attack other dogs. This little dog, that jumped up on my bed this morning to do nothing but cuddle, wagging her tail the entire time.
This same dog, that when we do the Bark Buster training goes absolutely crazy with happiness when I give her the "free" command. She cracks me up, getting all excited and running all through the house at top speed. She is free now, she is happy now and it's been a pleasure to be able to give her the good life that she deserves.
Folks, please support a local rescue. If you can't afford to give financially, give your time. There are dogs like Annie waiting for their forever home, just looking for someone to love them. Be that person, go spend some time in a shelter or a rescue. I have always been a big fan of dogs and pets in general but only until now did I realize the lives that these rescue dogs live (if they aren't euthanized first.. remember about the PTS date?).
Also, be their voice.. they don't have them to tell us what is wrong or what someone has done to them regarding neglect and abuse. If you know of an abusive or neglectful situation.. contact a rescue or your local shelter. If you don't know who or where they are..do a search in Bing or Google.. plenty of information out there.
Did you know that you can donate to rescues for FREE? Yes, for free. All you do is visit the site and click a button. The site, based on your click, will donate a bowl of food to a shelter or rescue. Here's the website http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/. Check it out, not many things in life has no strings attached, but this is truly a free way to donate and improve the lives of strays and rescues by clicking a button on your computer, you don't even have to get out of your chair.
There is another site that if you buy online a certain percentage of your purchases can be donated to the charity of your choice. Again, no strings attached. This is free money that retailers will donate a certain percentage of your purchase to your charity. It doesn't cost you a thing. Did you know that? I sure didn't but I will do it now. Check it out, it's at http://www.igive.com/. There are big name retailers involved in this, why not donate for free when you were going to spend the money anyway?
Thanks for following my story on Annie. I also want to close this by giving out a special shout out to my parents. They are the best and have always been there for me as I step through this journey we call "life!" Truly, you are both the best and just like Annie must feel like she hit the lottery getting me as an adopter, I got lucky being born into our family. Thank you! I love you both.
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