Not sure if this should go under "Adopt" or "Rescue". Adopt looked to be about animals LOOKING for a home. RESCUE seemed to be for those that were rescue/adopted. So........
After looking for a couple of weeks and coming back over and over again to these sweeties, my wife and I made the trip out to PSSR and adopted Gina and Ginny.
Ginny (8 years old) on the left, Gina (9 years old) on the right.
These girls went from a breeder to PSSR. They had very little human contact and are very skeptical of everyday things around a house. Evidently, they were kept in a cage and only brought out to breed. Ginny, the youngest, is skittish, but will crouch down and is submissive when she finally feels you won't harm her. But then it's all over again 10 minutes later. Gina, right now, pretty much just stands in one place. We have area rugs on hardwood floors - all through the house. Gina seems to make a rug, large or small, a "prison". She will only go past the rug if coaxed or pulled by a leash. It's almost like that particular rug has her boundaries at the edges. We've overlapped area rugs onto the larger room size rugs so she'll use them as a bridge to cross from one room size rug to the other.
They are great gals, a little apprehensive about their new home right now, but they'll come around. Last night, the first night, they were great. No problems whatsoever. Not sure if Gina likes my tile job on the kitchen floor...
She didn't like stepping on the tiles and stayed on the throw rugs or on the sleeping pad she is standing on in the picture.
Today, we're all just chilling, letting the girls get used to the sights, sounds and smells of the house. Oh, yeah, plus the yapping of their adopted sister, Sasha. Sasha likes to bark.... at anything. So far, we haven't heard a peep out of Ginny and Gina.
Ginny did find the "Treat Man" last night. She is very food motivated.
We couldn't get Gina to move off the pad to join us. But, she didn't miss out on any treats. We made sure she was taken care of, too.
In short order, I'm hopeful the girls will blend in and become a part of the laid back family we are. It'll take some work in the beginning, but it's always worth helping the girls that need it the most.
After looking for a couple of weeks and coming back over and over again to these sweeties, my wife and I made the trip out to PSSR and adopted Gina and Ginny.
Ginny (8 years old) on the left, Gina (9 years old) on the right.
These girls went from a breeder to PSSR. They had very little human contact and are very skeptical of everyday things around a house. Evidently, they were kept in a cage and only brought out to breed. Ginny, the youngest, is skittish, but will crouch down and is submissive when she finally feels you won't harm her. But then it's all over again 10 minutes later. Gina, right now, pretty much just stands in one place. We have area rugs on hardwood floors - all through the house. Gina seems to make a rug, large or small, a "prison". She will only go past the rug if coaxed or pulled by a leash. It's almost like that particular rug has her boundaries at the edges. We've overlapped area rugs onto the larger room size rugs so she'll use them as a bridge to cross from one room size rug to the other.
They are great gals, a little apprehensive about their new home right now, but they'll come around. Last night, the first night, they were great. No problems whatsoever. Not sure if Gina likes my tile job on the kitchen floor...
She didn't like stepping on the tiles and stayed on the throw rugs or on the sleeping pad she is standing on in the picture.
Today, we're all just chilling, letting the girls get used to the sights, sounds and smells of the house. Oh, yeah, plus the yapping of their adopted sister, Sasha. Sasha likes to bark.... at anything. So far, we haven't heard a peep out of Ginny and Gina.
Ginny did find the "Treat Man" last night. She is very food motivated.
We couldn't get Gina to move off the pad to join us. But, she didn't miss out on any treats. We made sure she was taken care of, too.
In short order, I'm hopeful the girls will blend in and become a part of the laid back family we are. It'll take some work in the beginning, but it's always worth helping the girls that need it the most.
after a little time adjusting.