lilspaz68
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One was Franky, a supposed biter who had been at a shelter for 6 months with the staff scared of him and not much interaction. Poor Franky.
he's not a biter, he's sweet, a bit nippy but responds well to being told not to. he's nervous and will jump at a lot of noises but is really coming around. He's THRILLED to come out and run around...its like the best thing ever! And now he's learning to play
the 2 wee girls from Oshawa who have their own thread.
and Wednesday night I picked up 2 very "unfriendly" boys whose owner had moved into a tiny apartment with no room for the cages.
Allan (now Frick) is a mink hoodie, who was supposed to be nippy, about 8 months old, and also very frightened. I was told he hid in his cage when people were around.
Umm...yeah. She loaded the boys up and brought the carriers back to me as I sat on the couch being barked at by their foster dog.
I opened up the carrier and "scared" boy came right up. I touched him, he squeaked and whirled on my hand.
Once I got him home, and held him in my arms and covered him up a bit he was very good...nervous at first, but slowly settling. He's going to be a sweet thing with a bit of work.
Look at that belly!
now onto Steve (now Maynard)...I was told he was an antisocial older lump, lazy as heck, didn't really like people but was okay with patting.
Welll....Maynard is terrified. He always feels he needs to get away or under something...this is what he did soon after I got him home.
"Where can I hide??"
I got him out and he started to relax a little
when he faced away from me and was shivering with nerves I know he had had enough
I had him out last night under the blanket on my stomach, and he doesn't move, but seemed to tolerate my stroking very well. I think he may have gone to sleep for a bit. Then I had to go away fro a bit and tucked him into the cat carrier on the bed, and he hunkered down in there and didn't move. If you werent' watching he might lift his head and look around but if he felt you were watching, his nose would be tucked down. he's a lovely boy, he will need lots of work.
he's not a biter, he's sweet, a bit nippy but responds well to being told not to. he's nervous and will jump at a lot of noises but is really coming around. He's THRILLED to come out and run around...its like the best thing ever! And now he's learning to play
the 2 wee girls from Oshawa who have their own thread.
and Wednesday night I picked up 2 very "unfriendly" boys whose owner had moved into a tiny apartment with no room for the cages.
Allan (now Frick) is a mink hoodie, who was supposed to be nippy, about 8 months old, and also very frightened. I was told he hid in his cage when people were around.
Umm...yeah. She loaded the boys up and brought the carriers back to me as I sat on the couch being barked at by their foster dog.
I opened up the carrier and "scared" boy came right up. I touched him, he squeaked and whirled on my hand.
Once I got him home, and held him in my arms and covered him up a bit he was very good...nervous at first, but slowly settling. He's going to be a sweet thing with a bit of work.
Look at that belly!
now onto Steve (now Maynard)...I was told he was an antisocial older lump, lazy as heck, didn't really like people but was okay with patting.
Welll....Maynard is terrified. He always feels he needs to get away or under something...this is what he did soon after I got him home.
"Where can I hide??"
I got him out and he started to relax a little
when he faced away from me and was shivering with nerves I know he had had enough
I had him out last night under the blanket on my stomach, and he doesn't move, but seemed to tolerate my stroking very well. I think he may have gone to sleep for a bit. Then I had to go away fro a bit and tucked him into the cat carrier on the bed, and he hunkered down in there and didn't move. If you werent' watching he might lift his head and look around but if he felt you were watching, his nose would be tucked down. he's a lovely boy, he will need lots of work.