Motto had a haircut this week!!! Doesn’t she look absolutely beautiful? She was getting a bit warm with her big thick coat in the sun, so we decided it was time for a summer trim. She was done by our lovely volunteer groomers and even though she was nervous, she did really well .. especially considering it was probably her first ever proper groom!
Motto has been at the rescue for 2 months now and even though she definitely has made progress, she is still worried about us humans and our scary hands. Being picked up and handled is still quite a worry for her so she will run away when I approach her, but as long as I’m slow and calm with her she does settle eventually. One thing she has started doing the past couple of weeks is taking food from my hands. I know this won’t sound like a lot to most people, but she was too nervous to even come that close to me before, so it’s actually a huge step for her. It started by her only wanting to take high value treats like chicken from me, but she’ll now come forward for anything which is lovely.
Motto will definitely still need a calm and kind resident dog in her new home, and adopters who have all the time and patience in the world to settle her in. She’s never been in a home before so I do think she probably will be quite overwhelmed at first, but having a nice doggy friend to follow around and copy will help her massively. Her adopters will need to give her lots of time and TLC, and introduce her to new things slowly. The world is a scary place as Motto knows it, so she just needs to be shown that it’s not all bad. I hope it can happen for her soon.