Home visit success!
Oct. 14th, 2009 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnDid a home visit last week for another rescue - young family with a 2 year old little girl, who wanted to adopt a young greyhound x whippet. I took Az, who is the same mix (though of course a lot older!) to check them out.
I was a little cautious because 2 is pretty young, after all, a greyhound cross is not a small dog, and a youngish adult is going to be boingy - and this dog had not had the best of starts in life either (neglect and mange) though she had been in foster for a while and was used to children.
The little girl turned out to be beautifully socialised with dogs: loved Az, but behaved better than many adults: approached gently, knew she wasn't supposed to shout (though it was hard!) and didn't pester him. Very cute moment when she offered him the bed her toy dog sleeps in: it was rather small, but the thought was there! Parents were pleasingly robust too: I pointed out that with a largish dog and a small child probably at some point there would be a 'tail in face' or 'child knocked over' incident, and they weren't at all bothered. Apparently a friend's springer has already been there and done that, and both parties survived.
I just heard they took their new dog home yesterday: I hope it will be the start of a wonderful friendship.
I was a little cautious because 2 is pretty young, after all, a greyhound cross is not a small dog, and a youngish adult is going to be boingy - and this dog had not had the best of starts in life either (neglect and mange) though she had been in foster for a while and was used to children.
The little girl turned out to be beautifully socialised with dogs: loved Az, but behaved better than many adults: approached gently, knew she wasn't supposed to shout (though it was hard!) and didn't pester him. Very cute moment when she offered him the bed her toy dog sleeps in: it was rather small, but the thought was there! Parents were pleasingly robust too: I pointed out that with a largish dog and a small child probably at some point there would be a 'tail in face' or 'child knocked over' incident, and they weren't at all bothered. Apparently a friend's springer has already been there and done that, and both parties survived.
I just heard they took their new dog home yesterday: I hope it will be the start of a wonderful friendship.
