joshuagough
Well-Known Member
The wife & I had been talking about fostering from Southern States Mastiff Rescue for a while. Week before last we ran across the opportunity to foster Harmony a said to be 4 year old brindle female EM.
She was brought into a shelter in south Al, with her companion Beethoven assumed to be 4/5ish male EM. They were said to be wondering in the woods for some time.. they appear to have been through a lot but are both extremely sweet & well mannered.
We took the hour & half drive to pick them up not really knowing much about them. On the way back we stopped by a local pet supply store to run them through the "doggy car wash" (big bath stalls for dogs, that you can use). They both were well mannered even while I gave them a bath, not sure they'd seen many baths in the recent years.
Beethoven will be fostered (to possibly adopt) by another local SSMR volunteer family, they picked him up after his bath (they are close by so we are going to try some play dates).
We headed to a park near our house to introduce Harmony to her other two bothers.. we wanted to insure we did this on common ground rather than bring her straight into the house. Everyone seemed to mesh well, she's been used to breed pups it appears so she's a little cautious of males.. but she seems to be opening up to our two guys.
She is heart worm positive and thin but we will start the process of treatment & loving the heck out of her. We are looking forward to this adventure, finding Harmony a loving & responsible home.
& yes you know I had to make a video, & yes that's almost 200lbs of Mastiff in a Honda Accord
[video=youtube;-IsMyhEs_7E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IsMyhEs_7E[/video]
She was brought into a shelter in south Al, with her companion Beethoven assumed to be 4/5ish male EM. They were said to be wondering in the woods for some time.. they appear to have been through a lot but are both extremely sweet & well mannered.
We took the hour & half drive to pick them up not really knowing much about them. On the way back we stopped by a local pet supply store to run them through the "doggy car wash" (big bath stalls for dogs, that you can use). They both were well mannered even while I gave them a bath, not sure they'd seen many baths in the recent years.
Beethoven will be fostered (to possibly adopt) by another local SSMR volunteer family, they picked him up after his bath (they are close by so we are going to try some play dates).
We headed to a park near our house to introduce Harmony to her other two bothers.. we wanted to insure we did this on common ground rather than bring her straight into the house. Everyone seemed to mesh well, she's been used to breed pups it appears so she's a little cautious of males.. but she seems to be opening up to our two guys.
She is heart worm positive and thin but we will start the process of treatment & loving the heck out of her. We are looking forward to this adventure, finding Harmony a loving & responsible home.
& yes you know I had to make a video, & yes that's almost 200lbs of Mastiff in a Honda Accord
[video=youtube;-IsMyhEs_7E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IsMyhEs_7E[/video]
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