This is our shelter, in the middle of nature, about 800 m away from the road and in the other direction nothing but forest and meadow....
And this is Fletcher
Fletcher came from the Alexandria kill kennel and was a filthy, growling at other dogs, menacing rack of ribs who was just trimmed to not let anyone hurt him anymore...the look on his face in the pictures speaks volumes....
He walked around the kennel in such a stiff posture, taking every opportunity, whether it was a dog house or an overturned water tub, to make himself look bigger than all the dogs around him....He arrived while I was at the shelter and I can still remember being very worried that he would bring total ill-temper and strife to the kennel...this was in December 2021....
He was neutered and slowly gained weight, didn't want to be confined...nice he was, but woe betide any dog that got too close to him or the food. He didn't start a confrontation on his own, but also had no inhibitions to jump in when it was started from another side. He looked everywhere and was very interested. When we were at the shelter in February 2022, we also took him out on a leash and he enjoyed that very much. "Unfortunately" this probably gave him a taste of freedom that he couldn't get rid of....
Fletcher's urge to be free was enormous....he wanted to get out of the kennel at all costs, tried constantly and it was almost impossible to go in without him coming out...so after the walk was before the walk and he decided to join us for the next round, but free....
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It may be that the pictures don't make you want to adopt him, because a dog in freedom in nice weather is great to look at. But life outside the shelter is dangerous, finite and truly not always beautiful. We take pictures when the weather is nice, when it is warm and when volunteers are at the shelter, which is about 4 weeks a year. But there is a reason why storm, rain, cold and wet are not in the pictures: We don't want to go out in this bad weather. But Fletcher only has to and can hide under a roof for a while or, if the caretaker allows it, in the container for a short while. But there are about 20 free-living dogs - they will certainly not be tolerated in the heated container all winter long....the beautiful pictures and videos full of affection are MOMENTARY...this is not the life of the animals in front of the shelter!
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The second problem is the shepherds with their sheep and the guard dogs, who move around the shelter for a few months a year...the free-roaming herd in front of the shelter runs in a closed group against the wandering sheep and dogs; the herd cannot be chased away, but the donkeys and the young lambs are frightened...also the confrontation of the herd of sheep belonging to the guard dogs with the free-roaming herd around Fletcher is not without danger...
Fletcher is a very freedom loving dog but needs people around him just as much, he loves to have physical contact.
He needs a certain amount of freedom and self-determination, he will never be a flat or city dog...nevertheless he is looking for closeness, shelter, cuddles and would be a great friend for life in a rural area with a garden. He developed into a loving, charming, funny and friendly dog, very uncomplicated and so human-affectionate.
The positive thing about the freedom and self-determination in the shelter is that you get to know a dog that you would never have expected to be in Fletcher...funny and so funny, always there when a volunteer walks dogs from the shelter. Funnily enough, he is not at all interested in big and nagging male dogs and simply avoids them...Fletcher has developed great muscles due to all the exercise and I would like to let the pictures and videos speak for themselves regarding his character....
Give the dogs outside the shelter a chance for a home too! They are neither harder to handle nor are they not interested in a secure home and love, quite the opposite!
Click here for his profile:
https://www.hope-for-future.com/tiervermittlung/zu-den-hunden/fletcher/
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