Help! Chewie still needs a good home
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Thank you for thinking of Chewie's needs first! You're doing the right thing by contacting your local rescue. Please give them time to help you. I sincerely believe that is your best option for finding a qualified home for your Chewie. Sometimes it takes several weeks to a month or two to find just the right home for a sheepie. In the meantime, he's safe and he's getting as much time and attention as you can give him. I'm sure your local OES rescue will do their best to assist you. Then you will know that your boy is going to a home that has been thoroughly checked out and will be best suited to give your Chewie the time and attention and care you wish for him.  |
| in the time you are waiting is there anyone around to walk him in the day? |
| Can you contact every OES rescue group in the west? I think the SoCalOES Rescue must be very busy, because I have contacted them twice - once about 5 years ago to adopt and then again several months ago when I was considering fostering. I never heard from them, but I understand they are very active.
Does your dog need to be placed in state? Have you considered posting in the "Dogs in Trouble" section? I know Chewie is not yet in trouble. but he certainly is an attractive boy and I would think he would be a snap to place. wow... and just when I had made the decision to buy a puppy..... *youch* |
| If you if it is possible to place Chewie out of state, I know there is a woman in SF seeking a dog. She just lost hers and is grief struck. Please see her post in this forum, her screen name is VelcroVoodoo. |
| I just read your previous post about wanting Chewie to go to a home in the country. But I wonder if it wouldn't be as great a life for Chewie if he was with someone who could be with him all the time and he could live inside?
It is just a thought because someone who lives in a dog friendly city like VelcroVoodoo in SF could offer Chewie beach romps, dog parks and strolls on the city streets in a city with similar temperatures as he is used to - not to mention those killer SF views from the dog park. I have had a lot of rescue dogs in my life and one thing I know for certain is that dogs are companion animals. They need to be with you. Sleeping in a crate in the garage and spending his days in a small side yard is not the ideal life for a dog, as you know. So perhaps you may want to consider placing Chewie with someone who will love him unconditionally and give him the mental and physical stimulation he needs. I don't know VelcroVoodoo, nor am I advocating on her behalf. But I understand how she is feeling right now - and since you have a wonderful dog that you wish to rehome, it would seem the dream of a farm nearby where Chewie could romp freely may be idyllic, but really tough to find. Good luck! |
| I have gotten some information from a couple of people on the forum and talked with a women who heads up the OES rescue in the Greater Portland Area here in Oregon. She has been working with and breeding OES for 45 years and has rescued many many OES.
In our converstation she assured me that Chewie is just fine. I am probably being overly paranoid and hyper worried. Basically she said I need to chill a bit! We talked at length about Chewie's yard and about training him to sleep by our bed without being hypervigilant. She said Chewie probably sleeps all day while we're gone to work and school. If he isn't acting up, having behavior problems, being neurotic or something he's just fine and happy. And, if fact he doesn't have any behavior or acting out issues. I know he mostly sleeps all day and doesn't bark because our son whose in college works nights and sleeps days and says he never barks. Also, our neighbor is right by the fence and she says he doesn't bark. She really wanted to assure me that Chewie is probably very happy with getting some attention in the AM and some food, sleeping all day and then getting to hang out with us in the eve. She thinks it would be much more damaging to him to disrupt him again. She also thinks he is probably extra attached to our family because we rescued him from abuse and he has now been able to live at our house for 18 months free from any physical discipline/violence and free from verbal and psychological abuse. We never yell at him, and are never cross with him in any way. He is also much better behaved now compared to our first few months with him. We are feeling much better about being a good family for Chewie. We were very worried and upset about being able to find a better home for him. She does think another traumatization to Chewie could be just too much for him and we would hate to do that to him. She said she would probably be hard pressed to find a better home than we are for him. She did suggest that since OES dogs like to flock together with their own kind, he might like another OES to live with, but we don't have room and we already have a Golden Retriever girl who is a 1 1/2 old. They play together and are very happy together. So he is not all together lonely. She also told me as an example, that she has a friend who keeps two OES in a small brownstone in Boston and teaches all day. She comes home and plays and walks them in the eve. Several responses on the forum or in emails directly to me also said similarly that he is probably sleeping all day and happy and we are being to hard on ourselves as a family for him. And that it would be worse to traumatize him with a disruption/move again. So, we have changed our minds and believe that we shouldn't be so hard on ourselves for being gone all day, Chewie is most likely happy and content to wait til we get home. He's always excited to see us and loves to hang out in the kitchen with me or sit in the LR while we hang out as a family. He is also getting better during walks and the gal in Portland gave me some pointers on training him better in walking. Thank you to everyone who posted and emailed for your support and concern. Chewie thanks you too! |
| So glad to hear that Chewie doesn't need a new home after all. They can be couch potatoes and lay around all day without any problem. My two play together, but in this heat we never get any exercise. They are still fine even without the walks, but I am home or someone is most of the time. You will find that he will love his golden buddy and his people. We wish you all the best. |
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