She was adopted by a very nice couple early Saturday afternoon. Volunteers and staff told them about Lucy’s “top dog” issues and even though they had a 13-year-old German Shepherd at home they decided Lucy was the dog for them. Miss S stressed to the couple that they needed to properly introduce Lucy to their German Shepherd.
Just a few hours later Lucy was back at the shelter. The adopting couple said she had done really well in PetsMart and on the ride home. They conducted introductions outside the house and everything seemed to be going well. Then Lucy snapped at the Shepherd’s ear and a short while later she went after his hind legs with no provocation. So they were returning her. They used the phrase “she attacked,” which meant that Lucy went immediately into quarantine until a behavior assessment could be administered. You might even say she was on “death row.”
Miss J let me know what all had happened and made arrangements for me to visit with Lucy and give her a little pep talk about getting it right during her test, which was probably going to be Monday.
Yea! She passed with (mostly) flying colors. She got top scores in everything but interacting with other dogs – no surprises for me there. To sum up the behaviorist: Lucy is rude and inappropriate in her interaction with other dogs. Her actions will most likely be misunderstood by humans and other dogs. However, she should NOT be labeled as dog aggressive.
Woo Hoo! Lucy-Licks-a-Lot has been pardoned. Charlie agreed to let me start fostering her immediately. So, as of Monday afternoon we are a full-time foster family with a foster blog, afureverfamily.wordpress.com. Stop by soon and see what Miss Lucy is up to.
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*taken from the lyrics of “Angel from Montgomery” by JustinePrine and sung by many including The Muses out of Asheville, NC.
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