28/08/2024
Wow.. where do I start!
Firstly this is gorgeous Maple 🍁 I have been looking after for 2.5 weeks while her family went on holiday!
She is a rescue from Battersea dogs home, she is a bit of an anxious girl but we became best of friends straight away and she fell in love with Gus!
Maple came with some quirks which were, not liking the van very much, being nervous around men and had accidents during the night which meant her owners had to set their alarm at 3am! So my challenge began to help both maple and her lovely family…
• Within 72 hours of lots of desensitisation training I got her jumping in and out of the van off lead!
• Within the last week of the pet sit I managed to find a way to stop the accidents during the night! Which seems to be working well as I’ve received updates from her owners! ❤️
• I also helped her create more strong relationships with male company but this is still a working progress.
During our time together she came on all my group walks, went to lots of coffee shops together and met my friends and family. She came to my family’s BBQ which had quite a few men there and she took it all in her stride and actually made a great relationship with my partner and his brother and she was cuddling them in no time especially when they had sausages! 🤣 She also came to watch my partner do a sky drive too but she was much more interested in meeting all the other doggies that were there!
Spending time with maple has been the best and I think it’s also helped her confidence too in new surroundings and she has definitely got much more confidence around all types of dogs too! If I could I would definitely take her home with me 🥰