A Dog Scared to Death of Everyone Just Needed a Hug - The Most Beautiful Video

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81. As do you

Rescue dogs really are the best choice for most people. But a few folks have legitimate reason to buy from a responsible breeder.

I have an old rescue dog - a CRF dog - and a young rescue pup in his teenage years that is training (and not too successfully at the moment) for his CD title. He seems to be some sort of wirehair terrier/dachshund mix. Smart. Independent. Territorial. Possessive. Definitely malnourished as a pup. His behavior at times suggests that he was abused. He's been considerably more trainable than I expected. I'd like for him to do therapy work and he has met all the training requirements but he needs to mature and settle down a bit first - and so we are going to continue with obedience work for awhile. This young pup replaced another old rescue dog that had Cushings, was visually impaired and had mitral valve disease. When my old dog is gone I will probably foster for a vet that does medical rescue at least for awhile.

Someday I'd love to have the opportunity to train a young healthy pup that comes without the baggage of abuse and neglect. Just once I'd like to have that opportunity - but that may not happen for lots of reasons.

Working with the Edie's of the world is very rewarding. And there are far, far too many Edie's.