Meet Breanne
Breanne came from a shelter underweight, sores on the bottoms of her paws, nails worn down to stubs, hair falling out, and acted like she had never drank water in her life. We think that she was kept in a crate for probably the majority of her life based on the sores on her paws and the fact that she paced in circles. Since being in foster care, she has put on weight, her fur is full and healthy, her paws have healed, and her pacing is getting better.
To top things off, Breanne is deaf and had never been worked with. But, within the first week of being in foster care, she learned hand signals and responded immediately. Since then she progresses with her learning and is always looking for her foster mom to signal her with something to do.
Along with a spunky personality, Breanne has the most comical ears. They flip around every which way, from being folded in the middle, to one being straight up and the other down. Her ears are always whirling around in different directions. Just when she’s has gotten caught getting into mischief, she will look at you with an incredibly cute expression and her ears will flop into a pose. It’s very hard to not laugh.
Breanne is doing well with her potty and crate training, and she gets along great with all of the dogs within her foster home. It is going to be required that Breanne be adopted out to a home that has a fenced in yard.
You can read about deaf dogs at http://www.deafdogs.org/
E-mail julemson@wmol.com if you have any specific questions.
Submitted by Maralyn Fink
Next week: A follow up on a special dog named Bitsey, now Sadie from A Happy Tail.
