So sad

[schtuffy]

This story just absolutely breaks my heart. I feel so bad for this beautiful boy

National : Too scared to walk

He deserves a great home and I truly hope he gets that.

I hope so too...I hope that there is someone out there with a heart as big as yours, who will take him in and give him the life you are giving to Harleigh. How I wish we could save every one of them

[MollyWoppy]

Harleigh was actually a lot like this boy when I adopted her - maybe that is one reason I feel so bad for him.

To see Harleigh today and how much I've worked with her, it just makes me sad that he may never "know" that. She still has her moments today where she just is deathly afraid of people, but we take it in stride and she has come really far. Right now we're dealing with a random fear of bikes, we're working it through and I know its going to take some time... but we celebrate the tiniest improvement and her courage just sores!

Sometimes it would be so much easier to have a super confident dog, but I wouldn't trade her for the world.

I never knew Harleigh's story and I'm quite surprised. You've done an awesome job with her. And, looking at her various photo's, she certainly seems like one well adapted, happy, fit, well loved dog, who is just loving life being a dog.
I know what you mean about snobbishness though. Of the 18 dogs on this street, Mollie is the only mutt. And, she is the best one of the lot, everyone loves her.
But I still get the 'just a mutt' comments which brass me off quite a bit, I don't mind mutt, its the 'just a', like she's not as good as the pedigrees or something. I could have had a pedigree with all papers and stuff if I wanted to, but I didn't, I want to adopt, pedigrees will almost always get a home, mutts don't. I'd be more than happy to adopt a fearful dog and prepared to put the work in.

[werecatrising]

That reminds me so much of Quinn. He was a "dangerous" breed trapped in a shelter with people who didn't seem to understand. He cowered in the back of his kennel refusing to eat, walk or even move. He wasn't even supposed to be adopted out. When I insisted on meeting him a shelter worker drug him out on a slip lead. He was too terrified to even move. I finally ignored their instructions and just picked him up. Once they saw he wasn't going to eat me they let me take him into a quiet room. I just laid down on the floor next to him. I was going through a very dark period in my life and had never felt more alone. At one point I started crying, for myself and the terrified pup in front of me. Before I knew it I had a little doberboy licking my tears away.

I hope the dog in the story finds his soul mate.

[nikkiluvsu15]

This was posted on my lab board this morning! A great update for this boy - so glad he is safe!!!

A friend at another forum inquired about him and found out:

Hi XXXXX

PJ is SAFE !!!!! I'm sorry I haven't been able to answer all the email I've gotten about him...we've been with our power and internet all week due to storms that moved through our area from the Gulf.

We have had sooooo many calls and emails for our scared black lab. He has been named "PJ" in honor of an Air Force Para Rescue Jumper who made a very generous donation to the shelter for his care. The director of the shelter is working very closely with me to find him the best possible situation. I visited with him on Tuesday and he is doing much better. They are taking very good care of him at the shelter. He has actually become quite a celebrity!!!!
Don't worry anymore about this sweet baby. We aren't going to let anything happen to him.

The really good news is....there is good possibility of a foster home here in Birmingham. The foster mom has an older Lab that she has been trying to find a buddy for. So if this all works out and both dogs get along...she will adopt PJ permanently! If not....she will foster him until we can find the perfect home for him.

Thank you sooo much for your compassion and willingness to help PJ. He certainly deserves the very best for the rest of his life!
Thank you!
Linda