
17/06/2025
We are so happy that Fig has found her forever home! Fig came to us back in January as an owner surrender. One of the children in the home developed severe allergies towards her so the family was not able to keep her. They wanted to make sure she ended up in a safe place, so they made the difficult decision to surrender her over to us.
We got Fig into a very quiet, experienced foster home and she did great there. She was very nervous and shy when she first got to her foster home, but she eventually settled in and made herself at home. She was nervous around new people, and it just seemed like she was never properly socialized. Once she got to know you, she loved you. Fig was wonderful with people and super sweet. She was definitely more a people dog than she was a dog’s dog. She lived with children previously and mostly did well with them, but she was very triggered and stressed by the chaos and loud noises they’d cause. Her foster definitely noticed that she could be quite sensitive to certain things, especially noises. She also didn’t seem super socialized and she lacked some confidence. Her foster noticed that she had separation anxiety. She didn’t like when her foster went out of sight from her. We think she was used to someone always being with her, so she just panicked when she was alone. This was a struggle for her, and it’s something that she’ll need to continue to worked on.
We got her into a foster home with another dog and they did well together. She definitely required slow and proper introductions with new dogs. But once she was comfortable around them, she didn’t have any issues. They would run, play, and nap together. She would food and resource guard with other dogs, so she was fed separately. The resident dog didn’t care much about toys, so she didn’t have any major guarding issues with him. She seemed to do better with male dogs than female dogs, but it really depended on the female dog and how dominant they were. Fig’s very dominant and she did best with more easy going, submissive dogs. She also wasn’t a fan of puppy energy and preferred a calmer dog that wouldn’t get in her face. She could be leash reactive sometimes with really energetic and bouncy dogs, but was fine with other dogs.
Fig went to the vet while she was with us to have a physical exam, get updated on her vaccines, and have bloodwork done. Unfortunately, they were only able to update her on one vaccine. She was quite stressed and reactive. She went back a couple weeks later with some anxiety medicine taken before the appointment. After taking some medication for anxiety to help her have a better experience at the vet, they were able to do the rest of her vaccines and they were able to get blood from her. She was negative for heartworms and tick borne diseases. Her red blood cell and white blood cell counts were low. The vet thought this correlated to when she was last in heat or the possibility of her going into heat soon. The vet felt it was ok to proceed forward with her planned spay a few weeks later, but they wanted to recheck her bloodwork before doing her spay to make sure her counts weren’t decreasing. Her glucose level was elevated as well, but the vet felt this was due to stress from the appointment.
She went back to the vet for her spay appointment a few weeks later. During the exam the vet noticed that her v***a was swollen, so they took a swab of the area. It showed cells indicating that she was about to go into heat. Unfortunately, this meant that they could not proceed with her spay. She needed to wait up to 3 months until she could be safely spayed. Since this was the only thing left for her, and the rest of her vetting was all up to date, we decided not hold her in the rescue and wait until she could be spayed while she was with us. This was something that we would have done after she was in a new home.
Fig needed a home with a corgi experienced family who were home often and not gone all day long. She had separation anxiety and needed a family who could work on that with her. She’d also really benefit from group obedience classes to help build up her confidence and work on her socialization. She needed a quiet environment as she could be noise sensitive, so she wouldn’t do well with city or apartment living. She was dog friendly and she did well with a very friendly, confident, not dominant dog. She needed to build up some confidence so having a sibling to help her with that and guide her was best. She was also kid friendly and she did best with older children. With the right family and environment, she would continue to thrive and succeed.
We found a great family for Fig. It took time for her to settle in and feel comfortable in the new environment. Her family went slow with her and allowed her to come around on her time. She gets to live in a quiet home and she has a big fur brother who she gets along great with. Her new family has grandchildren who visit often and she enjoys spending time with. Her family is also home often, and she is able to go to work with her new mom too. We are so happy for Fig! Here’s a message from her new family:
“We are pleased to welcome Fig to our family. She is a pleasure to be around. She loves spending time with the grandchildren. They love playing ball with her. She runs around the yard with Zeus. She is my work buddy (she goes to work with me and works really hard sleeping all day). Fig loves car rides and she has figured out how to put the windows down so the child proof locks are on now. When it is bedtime she is in bed before anyone else. She loves to cuddle with myself or my husband. We are getting the pool ready so we will find out if she likes swimming. She is not a fan of the vet. We do like sitting outside on the deck watching tv. Fig’s favorite breakfast food is scrambled eggs, favorite dinner is ground chicken, kale and vegetables and favorite snack is pretzels and cheese. The best part of her day is just snugging on the couch.”
Congratulations to Fig and her new family! 🐾💜