Nugget
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Intake Date: 9/5/18 Last Update: 9/21/18 Date Available: Now Accepting Applications until: Age: 5yrs DOB: unknown Gender: F Weight: 54.5lbs Energy Level: moderate Color & Markings: Brindle Good with other dogs: Yes Good with cats: NA, she hasn't met one to date, as we know of Good with kids: BBR Policy states no children under the age of 8+. Object aggression: No Special Needs: Slow introductions to EVERYTHING, most importantly, sounds Medications: Yes: Rimadyl 100mg 1x(pain), Doxycycline Hyclate 150mg 2x daily(antibiotic), Tobramycin Ophthalmic Solution 0.3%, 1 drop 3x daily(antibiotic) Crate Trained: Yes House Trained: Yes, only accidents have been in her crate Physical Fence Required: No but will need to be leashed at all times Adoption donation: Prior to applying to adopt Nugget please review our adoption process on our website with rules and process information.
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My Ideal Home: Hi my name is Nugget!
Helloooo to all those pawrents looking for a beautiful furbaby to open your hearts to. My healing journey has been A LOT of work for both me and my foster pawrents, and now I'm trying and learning so much about being a dog!
The perfect home for me would be with a "2nd shift" or "late night" family. I love learning new places, but new sounds can be very scary for me, and late night times are much quieter for me to enjoy life.
My days start with my one of favorite times...MEAL TIME! I am a curvy girl, food and treats will always be the best encouragement to get my attention. After my breakfast, I like to play with you or a furbaby(once we get to know each other) for about an hour, then I need to nap for several hours! I have not had an accident inside my foster home since soon after my arrival. I haven't had to learn a potty time signal yet because my foster pawrents take me outside every 4hrs. Once outside, when I'm ready to go #2, my foster pawrents say I do the "poopy dance"! I will run around very fast, and that's my only signal to let you know I'm about to do my business...and I prefer you to not watch me. Most times, I will go out to pee, but sometimes I just don't need to go and will just sit down and will show you my VERY stubborn side. And generally, I won't need to go #2, until night time! Again, if there are any loud sounds while I'm trying to go potty, I will get too scared and won't do my business. Then, I won't come back inside, unless you calmly come talk me down...and even then...your patience will wear down and require you to carry me back inside.
I have to have drops in my eyes, 2x's everyday, because of the entropian surgery. I also have mild allergies, and need 2-3 benadryl a day. Most days, it's just 2, but the spring time may make my nose run like it does in the fall, so then I get 3 a day. But since I haven't been out of a mill in the spring time, the vet dr lady says my allergies could be similar to my fall allergies.
I do love toys, but not ones that squeak. Again, I don't like new sounds and if you need me to learn that the new sound is ok, you'll need to "show me" many times before it doesn't scare me. I do enjoy playing with dogs my size or bigger. Little dogs can't handle my spunkiness, or size...and since I'm still learning how to be a dog, I don't know my own strength sometimes.
I have learned to enjoy bath time! I love when my foster mom talks to me during baths, she tells me how pretty I am and how much she loves a "clean baby"! Sometimes, I get a special surpise too, and find peanut butter or squeeze cheese on the bathtub walls!! That makes bath time really fun...but really fast too, cause I just keep moving around trying to lick all the yumminess!
When we go "bye bye", I'm a good girl, but prefer to lay on the floor of the car. If we are going to see the vet people, I'm very happy because they were there to help me get better and are always so nice to me. If we are going any new place, I'm still scared and will need you to help me out of the car.
I've also learned that I LOVE to be on furniture! I love to sleep, sit, and watch from the couch. I can see more of what's going on, and not be so scared. I love to play on the bed with my foster family. But at bedtime, I still need my own space. It's also the only time I spend in my crate these days, or if my foster pawrents run errands for a couple hours. And when you get up...I want out! I am so happy to be with you, I have a booty bounce that will make you smile!
I do like going for "walkie's" in cool temperatures, but I can be a little stubborn for the first block or two. Then, I will be ok, and can go for a 3/4mi walk. I do not do my business on a walk, nor do I want to sniff or smell any scents. Apparently, because I like to eat...my foster family says I need to get some exercise, so that's why we go?? And because I am on a dual leash with my frenchie foster brother...who walks fast(but he stops A LOT to pee on everything...so I get a quick break), I can keep up with him! But I really love following and being with my big foster sister, but she walks ahead of us, so I always try to walk fast enough to keep up with her!
I do like to be very playful an hour before bedtime! I will play pull and tug, play with my foster siblings, and want to rough house with you! Most nights, this happens between 2-3am...its so quiet outside, I feel safe to "dog"...and can be very rambunctious!
Lastly, you should know the most important thing that causes me great stress. I DON'T LIKE CHANGE! I need a consistent environment I can feel safe in, to be my best self. I don't like things moved around, i.e. furniture, food & water bowls, my bed. I hate the vacuum, blow dryer, and lawn equipment. I don't like dogs barking when I'm outside, windy storms, or heavy rain. And fireworks is one of the worst things humans seem to enjoy!
So, for now, this is all I know to share about me. We are working hard everyday to heal my brokenness, trying to learn to be a "dog", and not be so scared all the time. But having never known life outside being a mill mom, I still often get overwhelmed and afraid. I will need a very understanding family that will continue to help me heal and grow into the best furbaby I want to be. And if you can do that for me, I will learn to trust you too, and will want to be with you...next to you...all the time! I have finally learned what love looks and feels like, and desperately need to keep that to finally close the door of my past...and to have my best future!
Booty Wiggles,
Nugget
My intake info: Hi, my name is Nugget, and I have a big ol' nugget of a story to tell...so grab your water bowl, a chew toy, and maybe a tissue...its gonna take me a minute to tell you!
You see, the first chapters in my life had me a victim of a puppymill. Life was very hard for me, and my fellow canine inmates. I am a strong girl, and tried my very best to hold on, but then I started feeling really, REALLY bad. Then one day, I was taken out of my jail cell, put into a "hot room" that was moving. When the "room" stopped moving, a big man took me into an unfamiliar new place. By now, I was feeling even worse inside my body, and was getting so very tired. Then I heard the sweetest sound, and opened my eyes to see the most beautiful lady I've ever smelled, who had the kindest eyes to ever look at me, begging me to "please hold on, I'm going to get you help"! She cradled my sickened body, placed me inside a VERY "cooled room", and then could see that some of my fellow inmates were also around me. We all could faintly feel the "cooled room" was moving, and none of us knew where or what going on, but we all could hear the lady telling us "you're safe now, you'll never know that kind of life again"! I really needed to believe her because by now, I knew I was feeling so awful and heard the ladies say, "oh my God, they're dying...we've got to hurry"! After some time, the "cooled room" stopped moving, and those same kind eyes...my saving angel, carried me into a hospital, and my life was forever changed!
The next thing I know to tell is when I woke up, I didn't feel so bad anymore, and there were lots of kind eyes looking at me...and I could feel their worries. My belly was very tender, and somebody there thought I should be wearing a lampshade...and I wasn't having any of that! You exist where I did for 5yrs, and you wouldn't like not knowing what's heading your way either...so, I shook my head until it was off! And, let's just tell the truth here, I'm a big girl...too big to get to the part of my belly that they didn't want me touching, and it was so tender just to move in my VERY clean crate anyways...so, I let them know they could keep that awful thing! I would learn I was in the "hospital", and each day there, I started feeling a little bit better. After a few days, I saw a new set of kind eyes, and he said "Nugget (that's what he called me), it's time to go", and he put me in another "cooled room" that started moving again. I was worried he was "moving" me back to the bad place because he put that lampshade BACK on! Seriously, I thought we had an understanding...so, I shook it off my head AGAIN...and I guess I made my point because he didn't even try to put it back on!
I would learn, that man with the kind eyes, was a "furbaby chauffeur", and a "cooled room" is called a "car". When he stopped the car, he carried me into another new place, and it's called a "foster home". It was all too much for me, but I really needed to go potty...but this new "foster pawrent" man didn't put me in a crate...HE TOOK ME "OUTSIDE"?? I was sooooo scared, and overwhelmed with all the sounds and smells...but now, I really had to go, so I marked a spot pretty quickly. Now I am learning the ins and outs and love my foster home!
Helloooo to all those pawrents looking for a beautiful furbaby to open your hearts to. My healing journey has been A LOT of work for both me and my foster pawrents, and now I'm trying and learning so much about being a dog!
The perfect home for me would be with a "2nd shift" or "late night" family. I love learning new places, but new sounds can be very scary for me, and late night times are much quieter for me to enjoy life.
My days start with my one of favorite times...MEAL TIME! I am a curvy girl, food and treats will always be the best encouragement to get my attention. After my breakfast, I like to play with you or a furbaby(once we get to know each other) for about an hour, then I need to nap for several hours! I have not had an accident inside my foster home since soon after my arrival. I haven't had to learn a potty time signal yet because my foster pawrents take me outside every 4hrs. Once outside, when I'm ready to go #2, my foster pawrents say I do the "poopy dance"! I will run around very fast, and that's my only signal to let you know I'm about to do my business...and I prefer you to not watch me. Most times, I will go out to pee, but sometimes I just don't need to go and will just sit down and will show you my VERY stubborn side. And generally, I won't need to go #2, until night time! Again, if there are any loud sounds while I'm trying to go potty, I will get too scared and won't do my business. Then, I won't come back inside, unless you calmly come talk me down...and even then...your patience will wear down and require you to carry me back inside.
I have to have drops in my eyes, 2x's everyday, because of the entropian surgery. I also have mild allergies, and need 2-3 benadryl a day. Most days, it's just 2, but the spring time may make my nose run like it does in the fall, so then I get 3 a day. But since I haven't been out of a mill in the spring time, the vet dr lady says my allergies could be similar to my fall allergies.
I do love toys, but not ones that squeak. Again, I don't like new sounds and if you need me to learn that the new sound is ok, you'll need to "show me" many times before it doesn't scare me. I do enjoy playing with dogs my size or bigger. Little dogs can't handle my spunkiness, or size...and since I'm still learning how to be a dog, I don't know my own strength sometimes.
I have learned to enjoy bath time! I love when my foster mom talks to me during baths, she tells me how pretty I am and how much she loves a "clean baby"! Sometimes, I get a special surpise too, and find peanut butter or squeeze cheese on the bathtub walls!! That makes bath time really fun...but really fast too, cause I just keep moving around trying to lick all the yumminess!
When we go "bye bye", I'm a good girl, but prefer to lay on the floor of the car. If we are going to see the vet people, I'm very happy because they were there to help me get better and are always so nice to me. If we are going any new place, I'm still scared and will need you to help me out of the car.
I've also learned that I LOVE to be on furniture! I love to sleep, sit, and watch from the couch. I can see more of what's going on, and not be so scared. I love to play on the bed with my foster family. But at bedtime, I still need my own space. It's also the only time I spend in my crate these days, or if my foster pawrents run errands for a couple hours. And when you get up...I want out! I am so happy to be with you, I have a booty bounce that will make you smile!
I do like going for "walkie's" in cool temperatures, but I can be a little stubborn for the first block or two. Then, I will be ok, and can go for a 3/4mi walk. I do not do my business on a walk, nor do I want to sniff or smell any scents. Apparently, because I like to eat...my foster family says I need to get some exercise, so that's why we go?? And because I am on a dual leash with my frenchie foster brother...who walks fast(but he stops A LOT to pee on everything...so I get a quick break), I can keep up with him! But I really love following and being with my big foster sister, but she walks ahead of us, so I always try to walk fast enough to keep up with her!
I do like to be very playful an hour before bedtime! I will play pull and tug, play with my foster siblings, and want to rough house with you! Most nights, this happens between 2-3am...its so quiet outside, I feel safe to "dog"...and can be very rambunctious!
Lastly, you should know the most important thing that causes me great stress. I DON'T LIKE CHANGE! I need a consistent environment I can feel safe in, to be my best self. I don't like things moved around, i.e. furniture, food & water bowls, my bed. I hate the vacuum, blow dryer, and lawn equipment. I don't like dogs barking when I'm outside, windy storms, or heavy rain. And fireworks is one of the worst things humans seem to enjoy!
So, for now, this is all I know to share about me. We are working hard everyday to heal my brokenness, trying to learn to be a "dog", and not be so scared all the time. But having never known life outside being a mill mom, I still often get overwhelmed and afraid. I will need a very understanding family that will continue to help me heal and grow into the best furbaby I want to be. And if you can do that for me, I will learn to trust you too, and will want to be with you...next to you...all the time! I have finally learned what love looks and feels like, and desperately need to keep that to finally close the door of my past...and to have my best future!
Booty Wiggles,
Nugget
My intake info: Hi, my name is Nugget, and I have a big ol' nugget of a story to tell...so grab your water bowl, a chew toy, and maybe a tissue...its gonna take me a minute to tell you!
You see, the first chapters in my life had me a victim of a puppymill. Life was very hard for me, and my fellow canine inmates. I am a strong girl, and tried my very best to hold on, but then I started feeling really, REALLY bad. Then one day, I was taken out of my jail cell, put into a "hot room" that was moving. When the "room" stopped moving, a big man took me into an unfamiliar new place. By now, I was feeling even worse inside my body, and was getting so very tired. Then I heard the sweetest sound, and opened my eyes to see the most beautiful lady I've ever smelled, who had the kindest eyes to ever look at me, begging me to "please hold on, I'm going to get you help"! She cradled my sickened body, placed me inside a VERY "cooled room", and then could see that some of my fellow inmates were also around me. We all could faintly feel the "cooled room" was moving, and none of us knew where or what going on, but we all could hear the lady telling us "you're safe now, you'll never know that kind of life again"! I really needed to believe her because by now, I knew I was feeling so awful and heard the ladies say, "oh my God, they're dying...we've got to hurry"! After some time, the "cooled room" stopped moving, and those same kind eyes...my saving angel, carried me into a hospital, and my life was forever changed!
The next thing I know to tell is when I woke up, I didn't feel so bad anymore, and there were lots of kind eyes looking at me...and I could feel their worries. My belly was very tender, and somebody there thought I should be wearing a lampshade...and I wasn't having any of that! You exist where I did for 5yrs, and you wouldn't like not knowing what's heading your way either...so, I shook my head until it was off! And, let's just tell the truth here, I'm a big girl...too big to get to the part of my belly that they didn't want me touching, and it was so tender just to move in my VERY clean crate anyways...so, I let them know they could keep that awful thing! I would learn I was in the "hospital", and each day there, I started feeling a little bit better. After a few days, I saw a new set of kind eyes, and he said "Nugget (that's what he called me), it's time to go", and he put me in another "cooled room" that started moving again. I was worried he was "moving" me back to the bad place because he put that lampshade BACK on! Seriously, I thought we had an understanding...so, I shook it off my head AGAIN...and I guess I made my point because he didn't even try to put it back on!
I would learn, that man with the kind eyes, was a "furbaby chauffeur", and a "cooled room" is called a "car". When he stopped the car, he carried me into another new place, and it's called a "foster home". It was all too much for me, but I really needed to go potty...but this new "foster pawrent" man didn't put me in a crate...HE TOOK ME "OUTSIDE"?? I was sooooo scared, and overwhelmed with all the sounds and smells...but now, I really had to go, so I marked a spot pretty quickly. Now I am learning the ins and outs and love my foster home!
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