Tara is 10 years old. Her owners called us to say she was growling at their youngest child who was two, although she was fine with the older children.
They mentioned in passing that they could not really keep her where they were, as well!
Probably the truth lies somewhere in between and it was obvious they no longer wanted her. In fact we found out she had been given to one of their friends when they had the baby and then the friend couldn't keep her, so she had not been back with them that long.
Normally if there is any concern about a dog towards a human we don't get involved but given her age my heart went out to her.
It was some distance away so we asked another rescue to assess her.
They found out what we thought to be the case the child was haranguing her and she was just fed up.
The other rescue took her in until we could take her, the only place we had was in kennels so she went there.
We were concerned she was not settled in kennels, after all it was no place for an old lady, and we planned to swap her with Sandy, as there were still no free places but on the Saturday I had a call from Tina at the kennels to say Tara had broken a panel from the side of her kennel and appeared in reception!
We were worried how she would be with us as she would have to spend some time crated, she doesn't like it but she has settled really well and we have her out as much as possible.
People do not like adopting older dogs because they cannot bear the heartache of losing them especially if they have only recently lost their dog, which I can understand but we are loving having Tara. She is so easy after all the young 'Hooligans' we normally have.
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| Walking with Khan and Lexus |
She enjoys her walks with Lexus, charging through the woods. She has plenty of energy but if there is not sufficient time or the weather is bad she is equally happy with just a visit to the garden. She sneaks upstairs and would love to sleep on the bed if allowed.
She could live happily with another male dog.
Could you give a 'Golden Oldie' like Tara a home?
I would give Tara or and oldie any time against a youngster! They have so much to give and are a joy to experience. It seems in this day and age that nobody wants an elderly 'anything'. It is truely a disposable society.
ReplyDeleteI hope that someone can see past her years and give her love for what remains remember staffies can live to 16/19 years.