Indy
Indy came to CBR on August 28, 2022 from Stanislaus Animal Services Agency. From the very beginning, Indy was very loving with humans and was quick to flip over for belly rubs. He had no issues with humans, but he wasn’t that familiar with dogs. He would resource guard toys and became extremely stressed when another dog was in his space and he wasn’t. Crating wasn’t his favorite at all, but thankfully he had a dedicated foster that helped him work through all of this. Indy now loves the crate and has no issues resource guarding!
We got him a training session with K9 Optima in Benicia, CA. It turned out Indy was just super under socialize and lacked exposure “odd” behaviors. If a kid ran back and forth or moved “weird”, he would get very stressed and anxious. If a dog acted out in a rambunctious or anxious way, he would mirror their energy and actions. He was so unsure of the world and what everything was. Even with his reactivity, he had absolutely no bite drive. He wouldn’t even bite a toy out of a persons had, preferring to push it out of the human’s hands onto the floor and then bite to pick it up.
Indy went to a temporary foster home and got to experience city life in San Francisco, CA. Unfortunately, Indy was not meant to be a city boy. The noises, fast paced life, and quick introductions with other dogs made him more stressed out and worsened his resource guarding. His temporary foster did everything they could to make him comfortable, but we knew after that, that Indy needed a calm, quiet, country life.
Indy was moved to another foster home so his previous foster could help CBR with a different dog. At this new home, we got to see a playful and dog friendly side of Indy we didn’t see before. He absolutely loved his new foster sister and had no resource guarding issues with her, but didn’t understand social cues or respect her space. So, we got him a training session with Wolf Mother K9 to provide the new foster with guidance. She helped the foster feel more confident in what she already knew she had to do. They started from the beginning again with the integrations and were kept completely separate. The foster made sure to take the re-integration of the dogs extremely slow for the comfort of both dogs.
His foster sister was not a fan of Indy, but with time Indy won her over!!
It was clear from the beginning that the foster loved Indy and she was subtle about her family’s desire to keep him. Indy had been in rescue for over 6 months and had almost NO viable adoption interest which we will never understand why. All he needed was a family willing to take things very slow with him and give him time to adjust and learn. Since Indy had been in rescue for 6 months and his foster family seemed to be the perfect place for him through their dedication and patience for him, they were approved to foster fail.
Indy is in his forever home living it up with his new sisters.
Happy tails!
“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.”