Over the weekend I had the privilege to dogsit Penny for a day. I picked her up Sat night and upon first impression I wasn’t sure if she would let me take her anywhere. She was scared to meet me and kept howling and jogging around. After a few minutes she started to ignore me and followed her foster mom around which eventually led to following her out to the car.
When we got to my apt, she met my cats and immediately turned and stared at the front door. My gf took her for a short walk and we entered again, this time walking her through the whole apartment and right past the cats, who are almost the same size. Penny is a petite little dog and was very unsure, shy, and frightened of her new surroundings. She spent a lot of the first night in her crate or peeking into the living room, where the cats were. The cats spent a good part of the night walking into the office, staring at Penny, and walking out with big puffed tails. To my surprise, there was no fighting or fur flying through the air.
The next morning, Penny and I went for a good mile walk around the neighborhood. She got to explore new territory and pass dogs. Penny is amazing with passing dogs, she sat and watched them walk by her - no jumping, lounging, or aggression. We sat on the stoop for a while afterwards as cars drove down the street, bikes went by, joggers, lots of challenges and movement to react to. The whole time she was great. It seems if she feels that she can trust the person she is with - she is ok, still nervous but overall ok. I had to keep reminding myself to not react to her bouts of nervousness and keep her walking or just sit there and let her see that it didn’t bother me.
Penny relaxed in a night and played with us, ate, and seemed pretty content. She was thrilled to see her foster mom on Sunday night and ran around the apt with delight. We miss Penny and think she needs a home where the owner has some dog experience and could work with her insecurity. She showed me her teeth once out of fear and a quick “Hey!” that wasn’t loud just firm, stopped that for the rest of the time she was with us. She struck me as a shy and quiet dog - who needs time to feel out an environment, its noises, smells, etc and once it seems ok she’s fine.
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by kathy
Filed under: Penny
How does one go about adopting this Shiba? I currently own a Shiba and would love to add to my family. Thanks to tell me how to adopt “Penny”
Hi Mae-Mae,
Our adoption process starts when an adoption application is submitted. Applications are reviewed in chronological order based on date received.
Depending on the initial review, we check references and conduct a home visit. After the home visit, if we have a dog that you are interested in and we think is a good match, then we set up a time/place for you to meet the dog. Following the meeting, there is a 24 hour waiting period during which all parties decide if the adoption should move forward.
We have received a few applications for Penny already. They will be processed ahead of yours, but if you’re interested, you should still send one in, just in case.
Thanks!
Jenna
Hi Jenna,
Is Penny still available? I would love to start the application process.
Thanks for your help!
Lindsay
Hi Lindsay,
Penny is still available, but we do have a couple of good applications in process for her. Apps are processed in chronological order, so there’s no guarantee she’ll still be available when your application is received. You should send one in though! If she’s adopted, we can work on matching you up with another Shiba needing a home.
Jenna
Hello Jenna,
I have sent an application for Penny and I was just checking to see if there has been any decision about her placement. PLEASE keep me on the list. By the way, my mom meet her as well, on line that is…and she thought she was amazing. I look forward to hearing about how things are going.
Theo