Meet Nova

Nova Update: We had Nova for over a year when she started to become aggressive with our other dogs. She would start fights with the others but she was always the one who wound up getting hurt. We tried many suggestions to correct the situation but after two trips to the vet because of fighting and a trip to the hospital due to trying to break up one of the fights, we decided we would have to rehome her. We knew we weren't going to just surrender her to a shelter. There was just no way we could traumatize her like that. I spoke with the local shelter I foster for and found out they have a home to home program. You keep your pet in your home and they post it to their adoptable pets page. This worked out wonderfully for us as the person who contacted me about Nova worked with us to gradually get her used to him before keeping her. It was still a heartbreaking process because we all loved her so much. But knowing that she was able to get the one on one love and attention she deserved helped. The person who adopted her still sends me updates about she is doing and she seems to be thriving. We learned from this incident how much more we need to learn about dog behavior, training, etc.

We could have just deleted Nova's story as we hadn't launched the website yet. But I think it's important for people to know that things can go wrong when you adopt and you just need to make sure you find the very best solution for the animal and yourself/family. 

Meet Nova

She is our second foster fail. She was removed from a very abusive household. She was emaciated and scared of everything. I saw a picture of her on a post about an overcrowded shelter that a group member had posted on Milo's Place. She looked so pitiful and alone. I applied to foster with them and went to a meet and greet. She crawled on her belly to me and that was it. I wanted to foster her until she could be adopted from my home, rather than building up her confidence and then putting her back in a cage.

We had her for about 4 months and she had come a very long way. She learned how to play with toys, that doors weren't the enemy, that there would always be something to eat and no hands or voices raised in anger. She looked amazing and while still timid she was gaining in confidence. She got along great with our crew and cuddled with all of us.

Then one day shelter foster coordinator emailed me and asked that we bring her back in a week so they could get her adopted. I asked if she could stay with us and we'd meet any potential adopters wherever they wanted. The shelter stated that they weren't able to do that. If she was going to be adopted she would have to be brought back there unless we knew someone who wanted to adopt her. We had been trying the whole time we had her but weren't able to find anyone. There was no way we could take her back to the shelter after she had come so far. So foster fail # 2 joined the crew. She's an awesome, loving girl who has been through some horrible times. She now eats like a princess and will never go hungry again.