Adopted dog success stories?

Posted by Kathy @tcokeefe, Mar 14 6:12am

My husband, 78, and I, 75, adopted a little seven-year-old Rescue terrier seven weeks ago. He’s the cutest, most loving thing with the both of us at home. But we have discovered since bringing him home that he has terrible separation anxiety. We cannot leave him in a crate, or in a room or even in the house for a minute without terrible heartbreaking crying and barking. We even installed cameras and the barking and crying do not diminish no matter how long we are gone. So we have not left the house together now for over a month. We have spent a small fortune on a behaviorist veterinarian and trainer, and we are doing everything, including putting him on Prozac. We are hoping that sometime over the next several months things will improve, but it’s a challenge. Question, has anyone survived the sort of situation? Also, are we insane adopting a dog at our age? He may be seven but he’s a little so he might have a pretty long life. That part doesn’t worry me as much as the behavior issues. Finally, returning him probably means euthanasia so it’s a horrible, horrible decision whether to keep him or not.

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We've always had Labs that we raised from pups. Then I brought home a 2 yr old Male Jack Russell Terrier given to me by a breeder who was downsizing. He was the love of our lives. He passed at 17 1\2 and we went into mourning. When we thought of getting another dog we both knew we didn't want a new dog....we wanted him back. That took over a year to get over. Well I'm 68 with MS and coming off a two year battle with 2 cancers and Hubs is battling his own arthritis issues. But we thought if we found the right adult dog we could bring that Dog Joy back into our lives.
Little did we know the meaning of Dog Joy! We adopted Tonto a Portuguese Podengo Poqueno from a rescue org. in Rochester. He is spectacular! He is bonded to Hubs and prefers him over me., Which is fine....the JRT was my boy. But,this little angel is the best boy. He was rescued in Tijuana. He's a great cuddler. Housebreaking was easy. No chewing, barking, or even shedding! Just a delight!

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@sandy8043 Aren’t animals amazing? We think we are rescuing them, but we are the ones that are rescued. They give us purpose. We have a Labradoodle and a Yorkie-Poo…they are the reasons we get up every morning! 🤣

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