Entered: 11/20/2004
Status: Adopted
Age: 2
Color: Tri-Colored – Liver/White/Tan
Weight:
Gender: Altered Male
Location: Goochland, VA
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Temperament:
Updated 1/28/05: Jeb is continuing to slowly become more comfortable in his foster home. He truly wants to be a cuddle-bug, but he is just so frightened. His foster family has been working on cuddling a little more each day and that seems to work for him. Jeb is still very frightened of new people, so his family continually encourages him to be more accepting of new people, new sounds, and new sights. His confidence is building, and as a result, there are more signs of the playful, loving boy he is to become.
Jeb was tested with a cat last night. He sniffed and snuffed the cat, walked away, came back and sniffed and snuffed the cat again, and then went to lay down on a dog bed. His foster mom honestly thinks that Jeb was afraid of the cat. He spent about 45 minutes with the cat and never tried again to get close to it. This is going to be one sweet boy when he is ready to be adopted!
Update 12/30/04: With a very patient and experienced foster family, Jeb is learning to live inside a home and with people whom he can trust. He is now very used to his crate, but is still having problems with marking in the house. He is starting to become a little less shy and will now let his foster parents pet him for a couple of minutes. Jeb was recently terrified and would not come into the house because there was a new person there. The progress with his shyness is very slow, but there is a very sweet, fun-loving springer starting to emerge. Jeb loves to play with the other dogs in his foster home and it is very funny to watch him wrestle and play.
Jeb will require an adoptive home that is willing to continue working on conquering his shyness, but they will be rewarded with a lot of love.
Original: Jeb came into rescue with 4 other springers because his owner could no longer physically or financially care for him. Jeb had always lived outside in a kennel with an attached dog house in western Pennsylvania. These dogs have not had any socialization. They have never worn collars or walked on leash. They are frightened by every movement, shadow, noise, etc. They are very sweet, but it will take a while to get them adjusted to spending a lot of time with people.
The adjustment to living as an inside dog has been tough for Jeb. He is making small improvements daily, but he still is afraid of being touched. He loves the other dogs in his foster home. He has so much fun running and playing with them. He has not shown much interest in the people in the foster home yet, but his family is hoping to see some improvement in that soon. He does not really like to be around children at this time because of their unpredictable movements. He has not responded in a negative way; he is just frightened. It is unknown how Jeb is with cats.
His foster home will do a further update as Jeb improves and grows more secure. His adopting family will need to continue all that is starting for him in his foster home. Is your family the one that is willing to continue expanding Jeb’s horizons?