Cocos caretaker took a video for us, she said Coco is a great dog, very loving, she stays by her person.
Coco was found by a mom picking up her kids from school, Coco bonded immediately to her little girl, who named her Coco, that’s why we are keeping her name. The mom had another dog that didn’t like Coco so the mom brought her to SBC shelter in CA.
Coco was not at SBC longer than a week when she gave birth to 19 puppies, not a typo. The puppies only weighing ounces. her notes say the shelter was surprised they survived, that’s because Coco nursed and cared for them, bringing them all to a healthy weight. They all were adopted at their 8th week. Coco was euth listed immediately, I was told about her and that she was on her last call, I saw several videos of her at playtime and I knew she was a great fit for our program.
Coco is past her decompression stage and we need to find a foster for her so she can go
through her next faze of the program. She went into heat right when she got to her caretakers, that was an additional 2 weeks we were not counting on her being there., a large pledger is not coming forward with her pledge, something we have never dealt with and we’re counting on. Normally we don’t pull dogs with pledges, when we do, they always come through so this has been trying. (We paid for her time at the facility, supplies, initial medical with the Reps and Steps fundraiser)
We only have 2 weeks of funding for her at her caretakers and money to transport her. She gets along with all dogs, adores kids, we have not been able to cat test her. Housebroken, does not chew and is great in the house.
If you are or know someone who would be willing to foster her, it would be 2 months, we pay for food and medical, please let me know, thank you.
Coco update. Her caregiver said she is very loving and playful, a little shy of new people but warms up instantly. Her caregiver is helping us by gradually exposing her to different people and letting her just hang out and get used to everything. Im going to call her vet today and discuss her spay. She had 19 puppies almost 3 months ago and just had a heat a couple days ago, so we will set a date to do it with the least risk for her. Her DNA test kit was mailed out yesterday, we are all eager to see what she is mixed with and what traits she tests for.
To add to our Giving Tuesday post where we decided to create posts of the dogs we rescued this year that had extreme medical needs, who we were able to save because of donations. This is Zuko, I did not share graphic pictures of what his back looked like, but this sweet boy was stabbed between his shoulders, he had an entropion (inward turned eye lid) he was emaciated and whoever owned him prior poured scalding water or some kind of liquid down his back. We were able to get his eye lid surgery, his skin healed, bloodwork and a radiograph to ensure he was a good candidate for mobility, because of donors that believed in us. This stunner looked rough when we first rescued him, but after 2 months of treatment and recovery, we were able transport him to his mom that eagerly waited for him. He later needed a hernia surgery which unfortunately was missed because of his other needs and a biopsy to treat his skin infection which left an additional 1700 medical bill. We paid 1,000 not too long ago, but still owe 700. He is worth every penny, and again, we could not have done this without our supporters. Please consider donating so we can continue to save dogs like Zuko, who is a pure bred Black German Shepherd, that almost lost his life because no one would take a chance on a dog that needed a little bit of medical attention and love. Now he is thriving and putting in work as his mom’s Mobility Service Dog. We are a 501 c 3 all donations are tax deductible Venmo RWBDOGTAGS other methods of donating are on our website rwbdogtags.org
To add to our Giving Tuesday post where we decided to create posts of the dogs we rescued this year that had extreme medical needs, that we were able to save because of donations. This is Zuko, I did not share graphic pictures of what his back looked like, but this sweet boy was stabbed between his shoulders, he had an entropion (inward turned eye lid) he was emaciated and whoever owned him prior poured scalding water or some kind of liquid down his back. We were able to get his eye lid surgery, his skin healed, bloodwork and a radiograph to ensure he was a good candidate for mobility, because of donors that believed in us. This stunner looked rough when we first rescued him, but after 2 months of treatment and recovery, we were able transport him to his mom that eagerly waited for him. He later needed a hernia surgery which unfortunately was missed because of his other needs and a biopsy to treat his skin infection which left an additional 1700 medical bill. We paid 1,000 not too long ago, but still owe 700. He is worth every penny, and again, we could not have done this without our supporters. Please consider donating so we can continue to save dogs like Zuko, who is a pure bred Black German Shepherd, that almost lost his life because no one would take a chance on a dog that needed a little bit of medical attention and love. Now he is thriving and putting in work as his mom’s Mobility Service Dog. We are a 501 c 3 all donations are tax deductible Venmo RWBDOGTAGS other methods of donating are on our website rwbdogtags.org
Tasha our Apple Valley save #usmc #rescuebelgianmalinois #fromrescuetoservicedog
Titan is doing great, just plugging away retraining him. It is a lot of work to meet his needs, but it is well worth it. #rescuedmalinois #rwbdogtags #rwbdogtags1516
Canine Good Citizen 3 minute separation practice with Zeus. We rescued Zeus in late June from @theanimalfoundation, his dad has been working hard with one of our DOGTAGS School dog trainers, to get Zeus where he needs to be for when I come out and test our new teams for CGC, PAT, and service dog task certifications. Our trainers are veterans, Roxie is a 20 year retired veteran of the United States Air Force. We are proud of our dog trainers, they are all recipients of our program, Roxie has been apart of the program going into her 10th year. Her hard work and dedication to her trainees are on display when her teams work. #empoweringveterans #womanveterandogtrainer #rwbdogtags #rwbdogtags1516 #rwbdogtagsschool
Last Saturday I shared a video clip of Baby Girl having to wear her vest to go through the obstacle course, I used the seesaw as the example, she gets over stimulated and like a true Boxer, does the boxer bounce. A service dog vest once on is like shifting a dog from play mode to work mode. We want them to be a dog and switch out of that work mode with the vest off. But there is still a fine line where they still need to focus when they are not working, We used Baby Girls vest as a way to communicate with her that we need her to focus on the course. We took the vest off her yesterday and from prior conditioning, she caught on that she needs to focus in turn learning to self regulate. She did a lot better, when she masters this, I will put together a clip showing her from start to finish.
We added a small A Frame for the dogs. As I mentioned last week, it’s more than sit and down stays and the tasks. Dogs need stimulation and motivation. Maddee is well passed her public access and training hours, but her and her dad come every Saturday to be apart of the all the training so his service dog has the mental and physical stimulation that keeps them thriving as a team. #rwbdogtags #rwbdogtags1516
Ky’s first run of the morning.. I was not catching up to him
It is much more than training a dog to work in public or sit calmly under a chair, although there is no end to training, regardless of what the dogs can do or their certification status, they need more. They need variation, stimulation, and they need to experience things outside of the grind of basic training and working. Each session is designed to ensure our teams have all their needs met, keeping them motivated and excited when they come to Saturday training. -Baby Girl is wearing her vest because she loves the tunnels and jumps and gets over stimulated, we are countering that by having her wear her vest because she knows when it is on she needs to focus. Now that she is learning to self regulate, next training we will take the vest off.
