03-09-2016, 05:34 PM
Judy's owner came over to see her today.
Kile was hesitant, because he was sure it would stress Judy out more than anything. I told him to let Simone know his concerns, and if she still wanted to come in and see her, that it would be okay. She did. So they spent some time saying hi and loving on each other, they were both very happy. Simone was crying a lot. I told her to come over again and check and see how bad Judy freaks out this time when she leaves (so far so good, thank goodness for peanut butter), and maybe they can try it again sometime.
We got to ask some questions, though...!
Judy is about 2 years old (which fits the Dexter timeline...). Judy was adopted in Oklahoma from a shelter by someone who wanted to breed her - but she was already spayed. That is how Simone came upon her (about 8 months ago).
Down in Oklahoma, Judy roamed free in the country, but down in Oklahoma, roaming free in the country is quite dangerous for a "wolf dog". Judy has been shot - TWICE - two separate occasions!!! One bullet grazed under her eye (we noticed a scar there, figured it could have been from anything!) and apparently was shot in one of her back legs, as well, and had to have emergency surgery to fix it! I'm pretty sure it's the leg other than the leg with the bad foot - all this info came out when we asked about the foot. We got NO info about the foot.
After THAT incident, Simone moved up here with her to live with her aunt. But, her aunt would not let her keep Judy inside, and Judy would not stay confined outside (huskies have a desperate need to be with their pack - she's totally mellow and content being inside most of the time with 2 hour long walks most days). She also let us know that Judy has a strong urge to chase/eat/kill small animals (we suspected the inclinations, given how stand-offish she was towards Butters at first, and the way she lunges at cats, and excitedly pounces into rodent holes...) however, this seems to be something that has been relatively easy to nudge her out of (likely since she's still just a baby). The other day when we were working in the garden, one of the neighbor's cats started to inquisitively approach us. Kile saw her tense up and said "watch her!" (she was 'loose' but on her leash, she could have gotten out but not right where the cat was) so I went over to Judy and together, we went and approached the cat up along the fence. She was totally mellow (I thought she would freak out but she was mostly interested) and the cat was just so odd in general being there, right up next to the fence, but still all tense and big. I talked gently to it and it started to relax and sit down, and meowed at us a couple of times, and Judy sniffed her, then silly Butters had to ruin the moment by getting really excited when he saw what was going on, and running over, and scaring off the cat. She ran just a few yards away and sat and meowed at us for a little while longer before heading off down into the ravine. It was an odd moment! But I was worried that she would be broken around cats to the point where she couldn't resist herself, and that was definitely not the case.
Simone also asked, "Is she still puking a lot?" Apparently sweet Judy had a problem with puking. Maybe this is why she was so skinny? Judy has only puked once, actually - the other day when we were working in the garden, we tried to tie her off to the stake. She did NOT like it. She barfed. So we untied her, and just kept an eye on her, and she stayed near, and was fine. But that's the only time she has barfed. I think it's likely that she was getting probably the lowest quality dog food possible, plus had a lot of anxiety being forced to be outside away from her owner all the time. She's definitely an emotional eater (Simone: "Oh yeah!!"), I believe I've mentioned - as Butters has done for many years, she waits to have her evening meal until basically 10 seconds after I get home.
So, some mysteries were uncovered, some mysteries remain. The Judy saga continues.
Kile was hesitant, because he was sure it would stress Judy out more than anything. I told him to let Simone know his concerns, and if she still wanted to come in and see her, that it would be okay. She did. So they spent some time saying hi and loving on each other, they were both very happy. Simone was crying a lot. I told her to come over again and check and see how bad Judy freaks out this time when she leaves (so far so good, thank goodness for peanut butter), and maybe they can try it again sometime.
We got to ask some questions, though...!
Judy is about 2 years old (which fits the Dexter timeline...). Judy was adopted in Oklahoma from a shelter by someone who wanted to breed her - but she was already spayed. That is how Simone came upon her (about 8 months ago).
Down in Oklahoma, Judy roamed free in the country, but down in Oklahoma, roaming free in the country is quite dangerous for a "wolf dog". Judy has been shot - TWICE - two separate occasions!!! One bullet grazed under her eye (we noticed a scar there, figured it could have been from anything!) and apparently was shot in one of her back legs, as well, and had to have emergency surgery to fix it! I'm pretty sure it's the leg other than the leg with the bad foot - all this info came out when we asked about the foot. We got NO info about the foot.
After THAT incident, Simone moved up here with her to live with her aunt. But, her aunt would not let her keep Judy inside, and Judy would not stay confined outside (huskies have a desperate need to be with their pack - she's totally mellow and content being inside most of the time with 2 hour long walks most days). She also let us know that Judy has a strong urge to chase/eat/kill small animals (we suspected the inclinations, given how stand-offish she was towards Butters at first, and the way she lunges at cats, and excitedly pounces into rodent holes...) however, this seems to be something that has been relatively easy to nudge her out of (likely since she's still just a baby). The other day when we were working in the garden, one of the neighbor's cats started to inquisitively approach us. Kile saw her tense up and said "watch her!" (she was 'loose' but on her leash, she could have gotten out but not right where the cat was) so I went over to Judy and together, we went and approached the cat up along the fence. She was totally mellow (I thought she would freak out but she was mostly interested) and the cat was just so odd in general being there, right up next to the fence, but still all tense and big. I talked gently to it and it started to relax and sit down, and meowed at us a couple of times, and Judy sniffed her, then silly Butters had to ruin the moment by getting really excited when he saw what was going on, and running over, and scaring off the cat. She ran just a few yards away and sat and meowed at us for a little while longer before heading off down into the ravine. It was an odd moment! But I was worried that she would be broken around cats to the point where she couldn't resist herself, and that was definitely not the case.
Simone also asked, "Is she still puking a lot?" Apparently sweet Judy had a problem with puking. Maybe this is why she was so skinny? Judy has only puked once, actually - the other day when we were working in the garden, we tried to tie her off to the stake. She did NOT like it. She barfed. So we untied her, and just kept an eye on her, and she stayed near, and was fine. But that's the only time she has barfed. I think it's likely that she was getting probably the lowest quality dog food possible, plus had a lot of anxiety being forced to be outside away from her owner all the time. She's definitely an emotional eater (Simone: "Oh yeah!!"), I believe I've mentioned - as Butters has done for many years, she waits to have her evening meal until basically 10 seconds after I get home.
So, some mysteries were uncovered, some mysteries remain. The Judy saga continues.
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