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           Once upon a time in a dog shelter called DoggieWood there were four very special dogs



    An animal
    shelter is a noisy
    place full of                                   Meet DAISY
    many excited                                    Wolfhound x 2yrs 24.8kgs Female
    dogs waiting to
    be walked or                                    Daisy has become happy and friendly
    cuddled, wanting                                with people she knows. She has
    attention. That is                              come a long way from the dog who
    all but the dogs                                was skin and bones and comatosed
    who hang back,                                  with fear. Daisy is now social with
    the dogs who                                    other dogs and loves to run and play
    are afraid of                                   in a fenced garden situation. She has
    strangers and                                   just begun to walk on lead. Out on
    unknown noises,                                 walks she pulls on lead and is scared
    the fearful dogs.                               of cars and dogs. She enjoys pats
    Does it make                                    and belly rubs.
    these dogs less
    adoptable? No,                                  Sponsor: “ In loving memory of Sach
    given time they                                 Baille!” Kathryn
    make wonderful
    companions.

                                                                      Not every family
         Meet FINN                                                    is suitable to
         Kelpie x Shar Pei 12mths 17kgs  Male                         adopt a fearful
                                                                      dog…a noisy
         Finn came from the pound very timid. He                      household with
         has started to gain confidence and                           lots of comings
         sometimes we see his tail wag however                        and goings or
         he is still timid and needs a family                         people who like
         experienced with this. He is a beautiful                     to party, kids
         gentle boy who walks with a little bit of                    who run and play
         encouragement, ignoring dogs and                             loudly or other
         interested in cars. He enjoys being                          pets who are
         patted by volunteers. Volunteers say                         dominant just do
         though slightly nervous at first he is a                     not suit a timid
         beautiful gentle boy. A real sweetheart.                     dog who needs
                                                                      time to come out
         Sponsor: “In loving memory of Crayon!”                       of their shell and
         Sam, Tim & Shannon                                           adjust to a new
                                                                      environment and
                                                                      learn to trust.


    What makes a dog SCARED or TIMID? Sometimes it is just lack of socialization, but for many dogs it was an
    abusive home with constant mistreatment or isolation and neglect. Do they recover? Yes, but it takes time….
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