“Good news! Our training committee has approved an initial training consultation as well as a full medical work-up, with one of our veterinary partners, for Diego! Today, I will be securing one of our trainers to work with Diego. While I do that, please feel free to schedule a time for Diego to be seenContinue reading “Dog Scholarship?”
Tag Archives: Surrender
Stay Back
Walks had always been a source of peace for me, a way to decompress from the day and work through some thoughts. When I was furloughed months before, I strolled around a nearby lake several times a week, watching the swans grow up and prepare to fly away for the winter. The turtles would sunbatheContinue reading “Stay Back”
Energy
One week passed from Diego’s pseudo surrender evaluation, and it was time to take him back to see Adam, the trainer, in his group class. I attached the leash to Diego’s collar, rather than the orange harness he came in, as Adam had instructed. The week before I was too scared to do it, beingContinue reading “Energy”
Evaluation
This was it. The rescue gave me a location about half an hour away to bring Diego to be evaluated by a trainer for his surrender. They would prepare a new foster to take him in the interim. My sister gave me her flexible crate to load into the back of the car. Purvasha wasContinue reading “Evaluation”
Help!
“Let’s go clean you up.” I walked with Purvasha to the bathroom, and was relieved to have real first aid supplies and more than just Band-Aids in my closet. I sprayed saline on her wound to clean it, and got out some Neosporin. She stayed calm through all of it, as if we weren’t bothContinue reading “Help!”
Megan Kiecker 