The first time I wrote this pretty girl’s story I had nothing but happy things to write about. She had been surrendered to the HSHC on January 4th 2010 because her owner could no longer afford to keep her. But she was a sweet tempered, friendly one year old with a desire to please and a love of people. She passed all of her temperament testing with A’s. She was adopted in April of 2010 and lived w
ith this owner until he surrendered her back to us on January 21, ’11. We are not sure what happened to Cashmere in the intervening 8 months, but she returned to us as a frightened and mistrustful 2 year old. I think she is truly brokenhearted to find herself back at the shelter and perhaps she does not think she will ever be happy again. We had a dedicated volunteer who worked with Cashmere for 2 months and she reported the following things about this beautiful Pit Bull Terrier mix: 1. Cashmere is incredibly smart! The professional trainer, Julie Case, taught her to sit in 8 minutes! I have since taught her “down” and “up”. I’ve also been working with her to sit and stay seated in her kennel on approach as well as leave it take it, taking treats gently and lead pulling. I'm happy to say that she has progressed in all of those areas, especially taking treats gently- she was a pig but is now so sweet and polite. Cashmere does not do well in the shelter environment. She hates being behind bars! When she is outside though, she really is the sweetest thing ever. No more returns to the shelter!
