Today I pulled this little one from the shelter and to say she was not overly friendly, is somewhat true. Yes I used the towel, not because it was cold, but so I wouldn’t get bitten. She was a little snappy, but like so many others she will settle down once she has some decompression time from the shelter. Peeps don’t realize how traumatized these dogs get after only spending a short time there. This gal was on her last days, so if I didn’t get her, it was kill time. She is at a foster’s now, where things will settle down and she will get to be herself for a little while. Then sometime soon she will start her journey up north and on to her forever home.

Today I went to the shelter to pull a 6 lb. little ball of terror. The shelter staff absolutely could not touch this little guy without him going berserk on them. After doing the paperwork they brought him out in a cat carrier with a Plexiglas front. That’s why the photo is so blurry. He came right out of the carrier and went into the larger dog kennel and that was it for him. I got to the kennel and he was bitey and snappy; I put a towel around him and he settled down a bunch so we took him inside at that point. I wonder sometimes if his skin could be so sensitive to touch and him not used to being handled, could this cause them a certain amount of stress or even pain. I don’t really know but I see it often enough to wonder.