I wrote this post yesterday afternoon:
Today I met a remarkable young man (Cameron) who in six days will be leaving to join the Air Force. Guess what his problem is? He has a three-year old yellow lab that will be going to the Humane Society. He found a home for one of his dogs, but hasn’t been able to find one for Tucker, because Tucker is fear aggressive. He was given up by his original owner because he bit her, and had been through 5 homes by the time he was 8 months old. My personal opinion is that someone failed this dog. Since he bit his original owner, I would say the failure was hers or the breeders.
Cameron rescued the dog the day before Tucker was scheduled to be euthanized; in six days Tucker will head off to the Humane Society and Cameron is concerned if Tucker is there for too long, all the progress Tucker has made will be undone.
Cameron worked extensively with Tucker and as far as I know, Tucker gets along with other dogs (since Cameron had two dogs, it would seem so at least to me.) There is a concern, because he has bitten before that he should not be around children, I would also think his new owner should have experience with dogs (not a first time dog owner) and preferably experience with fear aggressive dogs.
I am appealing to blogger world. While my readership is still small I know some of you have larger readerships and I’m hoping we can spread the word and help this young man find a home for his dog while he is serving our country. I was also wondering if one of you or one of your readers might know of a program for members of the armed services that help them with their pets while they are serving.
He should try talking to his vet. I know in my area, there is a program in which vets will take in dogs (free of charge) of people who need to stay at shelters that don’t allow dogs, and re-home the dogs. I wouldn’t be surprised if a vet would be willing to do somethign similar for this dog – re-home him, but keep him until they find a good home. Plus, a vet will have alot of experience with all types of dogs, and Tucker hopefully won’t lose too much of his training. My vet re-homed a client’s dog after she passed away, and kept him in their kennels until they found him a home.
Thank you Lexy!