Re: [RC] Blue Heeler/Australian Cattle Dogs - Typef
As is usually the case, I didn't get the original post on this subject so
I'm writing the entire list. (Always the bridesmaid, never the bride).
I have been entrusted with a one-year-old half Australia, half Border
Collie mix female named Lucy Lu, who desperately needs a family and kids to play
with. Or a job, or something. She is a wonderful, wonderful dog, kind, loving
and has has a rough life in her first year. She came to me from a friend who
took her in for a couple of weeks and had her fixed. She had been left tied to a
tree in a vacant lot and was skin and bones and had puppies and they'd all died.
She'd also been abused. It took many weeks to get her to not crawl to you all
the time. She is still timid and gets into things because she desperately needs
something to do. Scolding her does send her into fits of whelps. The poor thing
has been beaten terribly I think.
I would keep her because she is the sweatest dog and she loves to sit on
the love seat with me everynight and stare dreamily into my face, happy that she
has a home. But I'm on my computer all day and when I'm not, I'm on a horse so
Lucy has no one to play with. I think living here is doing her an injustice, as
much as I would love to keep her. Also, my old dog feels theatened by her.
Ironically, she had a stroke the same day Lucy arrived and her health has not
been the same since. So I am no longer able to put my old dog in the yard at the
same time because she's afraid all the time. Lucy has done nothing to her to
speak of, the old dog is just not comfortable with the company. It's created
quite a juggle for me as I'm not used to having a dog in the house, nor is the
old dog used to being in here. My carpet is suffering terribly!
If there's anyone on this list who might be interested in giving her a good
home, I would entertain the idea of talking to you. I really don't want to put
her in a foster home and would rather find her a permanent home with a happy
family.
