Fancy Pants ^
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Status: AvailableID: 40740 Name: Fancy Pants ^ Breed: Poodle (Miniature) Age: 3 Years Gender: Female Adoption Fee: See below | |
Location: At Many Tears in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire |
17-03-2024 Fancy Pants is a very scared girl who has come to us from a breeder and is very worried about being touched and handled. She needs an adult only and very experienced home who have had scared dogs before and understand how to work with Fancy Pants to overcome her fears. She breaks you heart as there is nothing but worry in her eyes at the moment and she cuddles up to her kennel friends under the heat lumps for comfort. She will allow us to pick her up if we go slowly but she is very unsure and not used to hands being kind.
Fnacy Pants needs a home where she will be given the time she needs to feel safe. She is a flight risk so will need a very secure garden and home and there must be at least one other confident dog to help her and who will allow her to cuddle up with them for comfort and support if she wants to. She has never been in a home so this is going to be completely overwhelming at first and she will need owners with endless time and patience to help her learn about house training etc. At first the garden may be as scary and the inside of the home so getting in the garden and then back in the home could take time.
Fancy Pants has no idea about lead walking and this is something her new owners will need to work on once they have gained her trust. They will need to start practising in the garden and then progress outside in quiet areas and the importance of double leading her cannot be stressed enough. In time and with owners who really understand her needs Fancy Pants will slowly start to flourish and become the happy girl she should have always been.
She has had one tooth removed at the time of her spay and she is also currently being treated for an ear infection.
04-04-24 UPDATE
Fancy Pants has been with us at the rescue for almost 3 weeks now, and will still shake in fear at the sight of a human. We are working everyday to try and build her trust with us humans, but whatever has happened in her past is sadly taking over her at the moment. For a dog like Fancy Pants, the kennel environment is really not a good place. As comfortable and lovely we try and make her surroundings, the constant sound of barking, gates opening and closing, and all the hustle and bustle of daily rescue life continues to spook her - so the sooner we get her into a home, the sooner she can stop living in fear. This precious soul doesn’t deserve to have to sit in the back of a kennel all day long, hiding behind her basket. A calm, child-free home is a MUST for Fancy Pants, as well as a caring, patient, supportive & experienced family who will adopt this dog with the full understanding that this will be no quick fix. Building this beautiful little dogs trust will take a lot of time and patience, but the reward and fulfilment you will get at the end of it will be tenfold and truly truly worth it.
24-04-24 UPDATE
Fancy Pants has recently been moved to my section so I’ve been working with her for just over a week now. She is still extremely unsure about us humans and our intentions, but I do think she has made progress since she first arrived at the rescue. She still doesn’t like being handled, but she’s a lot more accepting of it now and settles in your arms quicker and for longer than she would before. Today, she even let another member of staff trim her fringe while I held her and she was SUCH a good girl. I know this sounds like such a small thing, but for a dog like Fancy Pants it’s actually huge. I’ve been taking things slowly with her in regards to being handled, and I’m going to continue to do so, but I will build up on it. I feel as though I need to build a stronger relationship with her first, and then I’ll start handling her every day. One good thing about Fancy Pants is that she’s very foodie. She will come and take a treat from my hand very sheepishly, but only if it’s something really yummy (like cheese or chicken). This is the main thing I’ve been using to gain her trust, and future adopters should probably do the same!!
17-05-24 UPDATE
Fancy Pants is making slow and steady progress and I’m starting to see her true personality shine through now that she’s letting her guard down a little. She’s a really playful girl who LOVES zooming around the yard with her friends and always tries to get them to join in with her. You could say she’s a bit of a party starter! She’s also discovered toys and now she absolutely loves having them in her kennel with her during the day. Her favourite ones are the really hard ones that she can properly chew on. Fancy Pants is still uncomfortable being touched and handled, but she is still accepting of it. I had to trim her fringe again today as it grows so fast, and I also managed to trim around her ears to tidy them up a little. After I was finished, I gently stroked her for a couple of minutes and spoke to her really softly to try and make the experience as positive as possible for her. She was a really good girl and stayed still the whole time, bless her. I’m going to keep doing what I’ve been doing with her and just hope that something clicks in her head soon so she can start trusting me. I’ll keep you all updated!
18-06-24 UPDATE
Fancy Pants has had quite a busy few weeks since my last update and has tackled quite a few new challenges! First of all, she had a bath!!! Probably for the first time in her life. I wasn’t expecting great things, I’ll be honest. She’s still quite wriggly when I need to handle her so I really wasn’t sure how well she’d cope in the actual bath itself. To ease her into it, I held her in my arms for the first 5 minutes or so and showered her very gently. I got soaked too, but it’s fine (haha)! Once I could tell she had relaxed a bit, I popped her into the bath but kept hold of her so she still felt safe. I did this through the whole thing and she actually did a really good job. I was able to shampoo her all over and rinse it off. I then wrapped her in a towel and took her over to the grooming table so I could try her off. I used the towel to get most of the water off and only used the hair dryer for about 5 minutes because I didn’t want to overdo it with her. This is where she surprised me the most because not only did she allow the hair dryer on her, she also let me brush her at the same time! I know this is a very ‘normal’ thing for most dogs, but Fancy Pants is not most dogs. I was SO proud of her!!! Secondly, I’ve started putting a harness on her every morning and taking it off in the evenings, just so she can get used to wearing one. I think we’re a long way off attaching a lead yet, but that’s okay. Wearing a harness with no fuss throughout the day is the first step, and as long as we’re moving in the right direction that’s fine with me. I’ll keep you all updated on any more life events … Wish us luck with the harness training!
31-07-24 UPDATE
Fancy pants is such a character!! When she first got moved down to my section she was very overwhelmed and unsure, even moving from one block of kennels to another can be quite the uprooting for some dogs and I think Fancy Pants was very sensitive to it. She would just sit quietly all day, she didn't get excited for food times and she wasn't really interested in anything much at all. But once she had got used to the routine and her new kennel friends, she truly started to come out of her shell, initially she would only do things when she thought there wasn't a human around, but she kept getting braver and braver until she felt comfortable enough to show us her true personality! Now, she will zoom out of the kennel full speed and run herself up to the big play yard (her favourite place) and she will continue to do zoomies until she feels too tired and then she'll have a little sniff and mooch around, then she'll find a toy and start her zoomies up again. When running back to her kennel she likes to follow me closely and boop me with her nose to let me know she is there and I need to walk faster. She loves toys so much that she has some in the kennel with her and you can often hear her jumping in and out of her beds in the back of the kennel, just like a playful puppy. She has all the makings of a happy family member, but that being said, she is still very nervous of human hands and to pick her up it is best to use a blanket, though once in your arms she is okay. She will start wearing a harness this week to help her begin her journey of exploring the big wide world, but we shall not rush this as she is a little lady who needs to feel very safe at all times. I will keep you updated with her progress, but to see just how cheeky and comical she is, it's such a wonderful start and she is so deserving of her very own humans who can pour all their love in to her to help her thrive.
28-08-24 UPDATE
Fancy Pants is one of those dogs that is struggling to find any comfort in human company at all, but she is showing more and more of her character each day.
She loves to play with other dogs and sounds a bit grumpy when she is having zoomies with them, but it's just her happy voice.
She's a beautiful girl who in the right home will one day, down the road, make a wonderful companion, but that's going to take time and effort to help her reach that point.
She is continuing harness training but it's very overwhelming for her at the moment. I hope someone sees her and feels that they'll be the perfect home for her as she needs to finally experience all of the home comforts that she's never even had a taste of before.
23-09-24 UPDATE
Fancy pants had a bit of a trim today and was a very good girl, we managed to do it with no need for a muzzle. She is getting braver, even coming up for a little chin scratch today. She is much easier to handle now but harness training is not her thing at the moment. I think once she trusts you and has a more confident friend that she wants to be with, then it will click that it's a positive thing. She really needs to be in a home where she has a consistent routine and her very own human to properly bond with.
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