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I went to the shelter today and there was a puppy on the list of dogs to bathe. Well, it was on the list as requested by the new owner and was due to be spayed tomorrow. I saw the puppy and this lab puppy, as cute and adorable and well mannered as she was, was VERY shiny and looked very clean! It looked like this dog had been given a bath recently so I decided to look around instead.
There was this old GSD, 10 yrs, that was just laying in his kennel not watching the people at all. He looked so depressed! And I don't blame him, no one was stopping to look at him. He was nasty! Shedding a lot, looked as if no one had ever brushed him, had nasty stuff (don't know what it could've been!) in his fur everywhere, just smelled really bad! and the scars he had didn't help
He had a scar around his nose, looked like someone put a rubber band around his muzzle, or a string or something, and left it there!! He also had a big sore around his neck where, at least what it looked like as I can't know for sure but I'd bet my butt on it, it looked like it was once and collar too tight and left or something else around his neck. It looked the width of a chain and at the right spot too.
Anyways, this guy was such a good boy!!! I must say, GSD's do make me a bit more wary then other types of dogs as my personal experience has shown them to be a bit more "sensative" to touch and motion and more likley to react to things they didn't like. So I was watching this guy, as he was older and I thought wouldn't take too much before telling me off lol
But he was such a good, and very tolerant, guy!! He let me brush him and then bath him with no problems at all!! he didn't even get too stressed in the bath! He wasn't tensed at all he just let it all happen as long as I pet him! In the begining he was soo depressed, he just walked around and sniffed everything and ran and crouched anytime I moved too fast!
By the end of it, he would run TO ME anytime I walked away! And then lean in for some pets!!! He was such a good dog! I felt horrible leaving him in the kennel again *sigh* that's the hardest part for me! Especially dogs like him that don't get a lot of attentions.
Here is a pic, after the bath when he's still a little damp, of the big sweety
There was this old GSD, 10 yrs, that was just laying in his kennel not watching the people at all. He looked so depressed! And I don't blame him, no one was stopping to look at him. He was nasty! Shedding a lot, looked as if no one had ever brushed him, had nasty stuff (don't know what it could've been!) in his fur everywhere, just smelled really bad! and the scars he had didn't help
He had a scar around his nose, looked like someone put a rubber band around his muzzle, or a string or something, and left it there!! He also had a big sore around his neck where, at least what it looked like as I can't know for sure but I'd bet my butt on it, it looked like it was once and collar too tight and left or something else around his neck. It looked the width of a chain and at the right spot too.
Anyways, this guy was such a good boy!!! I must say, GSD's do make me a bit more wary then other types of dogs as my personal experience has shown them to be a bit more "sensative" to touch and motion and more likley to react to things they didn't like. So I was watching this guy, as he was older and I thought wouldn't take too much before telling me off lol
But he was such a good, and very tolerant, guy!! He let me brush him and then bath him with no problems at all!! he didn't even get too stressed in the bath! He wasn't tensed at all he just let it all happen as long as I pet him! In the begining he was soo depressed, he just walked around and sniffed everything and ran and crouched anytime I moved too fast!
By the end of it, he would run TO ME anytime I walked away! And then lean in for some pets!!! He was such a good dog! I felt horrible leaving him in the kennel again *sigh* that's the hardest part for me! Especially dogs like him that don't get a lot of attentions.
Here is a pic, after the bath when he's still a little damp, of the big sweety