We went to see Buddy and brought Claudia’s dad, David, with us. We waited in the lobby for an escort, and Brenda met us and escorted us to kennel #88. At this time, Brenda removed the Pit Bull from Buddy’s kennel and placed him in an empty kennel two doors down from Buddy.
Buddy was lying in his outside kennel, and we started feeding him. He must have been hungry as he immediately started eating the hotdog pieces that we threw on the floor of his kennel. As he approached, I took a hotdog piece and offered it to him by sticking my fingers through the bars of his kennel. To my surprise, he took it right from my fingers, and he took it more gently than any dog I’ve ever known! Claudia also was also able to feed him from her hand.
We proceeded to feed him hotdogs, liverwurst, chicken breast, and canned dog food, and he ate everything but the dog food right from our hands. The dog food he ate from a fork. The liverwurst was definitely his favorite though. How did I know this? Because when he was full, he’d turn his nose up at everything but that, and he ate that until it was gone!
On our way out, we stopped by kennel #60 to visit the black and white Pit Bull. In spite of where he was, he was always so happy to see us. His tail always went a mile a minute! We all three poked our fingers through the bars and let him lick them and petted him as much as we could between the bars. Claudia's Dad, David, also mentioned how cute and friendly the dog was, and we totally agreed as we had noticed that the first time we saw him. We hated to have to say good bye to him, but it was time leave.
On the way home, we were somewhat elated and felt Buddy had crossed another milestone. He seemed to no longer fear either of us and was starting to trust us and get to know us. It wasn’t much, but it was something! In fact, it was more than we could have hoped for.
Buddy was lying in his outside kennel, and we started feeding him. He must have been hungry as he immediately started eating the hotdog pieces that we threw on the floor of his kennel. As he approached, I took a hotdog piece and offered it to him by sticking my fingers through the bars of his kennel. To my surprise, he took it right from my fingers, and he took it more gently than any dog I’ve ever known! Claudia also was also able to feed him from her hand.
We proceeded to feed him hotdogs, liverwurst, chicken breast, and canned dog food, and he ate everything but the dog food right from our hands. The dog food he ate from a fork. The liverwurst was definitely his favorite though. How did I know this? Because when he was full, he’d turn his nose up at everything but that, and he ate that until it was gone!
On our way out, we stopped by kennel #60 to visit the black and white Pit Bull. In spite of where he was, he was always so happy to see us. His tail always went a mile a minute! We all three poked our fingers through the bars and let him lick them and petted him as much as we could between the bars. Claudia's Dad, David, also mentioned how cute and friendly the dog was, and we totally agreed as we had noticed that the first time we saw him. We hated to have to say good bye to him, but it was time leave.
On the way home, we were somewhat elated and felt Buddy had crossed another milestone. He seemed to no longer fear either of us and was starting to trust us and get to know us. It wasn’t much, but it was something! In fact, it was more than we could have hoped for.
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