She Never Disappoints
Wrigley was a rescue dog we adopted from a GSD Rescue called, Mid-South Shepherd Rescue. To my dismay, I found out recently that this remarkable and admirable organization had to stop accepting dogs. You see this GSD rescue/adoption effort was funded and operated by one very kind-hearted woman, Pepper Stidmon. Pepper helped save the lives of and find permanent home for over 400 GSD in the Mid-South area. One of my friends helped out MSSR by occasionally offering foster housing to dogs waiting adoption. Since Pepper operated the program from her home; there was no way she was able to house every dog waiting to be adopted. So, people like my friend offered up their homes while these sweet animals healed, underwent various treatments (medical & mental), or simply waited to be adopted. MSSR did not have a fancy kennel. Every dog that was part of this program was placed in loving foster homes until they could be adopted. I was told by my friend that he fostered one dog that was adopted by a family in Connecticut. Can you belive that….freakin’ Connecticut!
Wriggs was a scrawny, bony, boob-a-licious little thing when we adopted her. She nursed 7 puppies for 2 weeks under a trailer in West Memphis, AR. We were able to adopt her once all of her puppies were weaned…that’s why I say she was boob-a-licious.
After this little girl broke out of one crate, chewed her way out of another, and destroyed numerous items around the living room; she went a few weeks without destroying a single thing. IS IT REALLY OVER? NO! (For whatever reason only items in the living room were on her menu) Wrigley never disappoints. We came in one day and a she decided to eat some of the cushioning on the arm of the couch, and the next day all of the cushioning was off of the arm.
A few days later, she began eating the cardboard backing that the padding was wrapped around, and chewing on the wood frame. I hunted down some bitter spray and lacquered the couch with the stuff. She stopped eating the couch. VICTORY!!! To prevent that nasty chewing when I put up the Christmas tree last year; I hosed down that tree too. After putting ornaments on the tree, I made the mistake of touching my finger to my lips, and as I licked my lips, I was assured that the bitter spray was indeed BITTER & NASTY. I don’t know about Wrigley, but that stuff totally stopped me from chewing on the furniture.
December 12th, 2009 at 9:50 am
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