Saving Ellie

23/02/2024

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07/11/2023

Ellie is 100% living her best life!! 💕

03/07/2023

Warning long post ahead!!!

I was asked to share a win with you all. We adopted Ellie 3 years ago, she had a lot of trama and issues, we were aware of them, but didn’t think it was as bad as it was. She doesn’t trust anyone, we couldn’t have anyone over, take her anywhere, or be around other dogs. Leaving to go on vacation or trips was impossible because no one could dog sit her. Everytime someone would come over to our house Ellie got locked in our bedroom. But this year Ellie has made some big adjustments. She’s made a handful of friends, she’s started trusting other people, and she’s been working to be friends with another dog! She’s not 100% there yet, but seeing this from these things gives me hope that maybe someday she won’t be so scared and untrusting of everyone she meets! I do think knowing her triggers and stressors help in these situations.

We have found that when meeting new people, it’s best for Ellie to be in the same room as them, but to be ignored and on “place” for a while or until she is calm. This is my friend, who loves dogs and wanted to say hi to Ellie before Ellie was calmed down, but I told her “no it’s best for Ellie to relax before she comes to say hi” and it worked beautifully! This was the 2nd time meeting my friend, but 2 years since they have met the first time. This was huge!!!!

This other picture is of another friends dog, Bella. Bella is less than 1 year old, full of energy as most of you can probably tell from her breed! Bella isn’t fully trained in obedience yet, she’s working on it! But Ellie has meet Bella 3 times and she’s doing amazing with that too! It helps that Bella doesn’t bark at Ellie.

I feel like it’s take 3 years for Ellie to finally let her guard down and realize we are not going to put her in dangerous situations, we are going to take care of her, and that we love her. I can’t stop thinking about what she went through before we got her and what trama she has had that caused her to be so aggressive towards everyone she meets, we will never know, I just hope she knows she’s safe here!

For those that are in similar situations, don’t give up. It’s hard work and can be very frustrating in certain situations, but training your dog is the best answer for almost every situation you will come across! Listen to them, learn their triggers and watch how they respond to environments.

I am so proud of Ellie, and I’m hoping we keep moving up! 💕

30/05/2023

Ellie says Have some fun today!!!!

02/05/2023

Mini pool party for Charli!!

16/02/2022

Ellie is definitely living her best life!

16/02/2022

Two years ago Ellie had made her way to her Iowa foster family. ♥️

Ellie’s tired from playing! Taking a break! 😂❤️

25/08/2021

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