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Animal Success Stories
We would love to highlight successful, happy adoptions on our website. If you have adopted a dog from SSR and would like to share your story and some pictures, please email the Webmaster at webmaster@shenandoahrescue.org. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
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When we adopted Abbey in February, we were all a little nervous about how she'd interact with my 14 year old cat, Alistair, as we'd had trouble integrating him and our previous dog. With SSR's help, we cat tested her as best as we could before we brought her home to Pittsburgh. As you can see from this picture, we had nothing to worry about. They're two peas in a pod
We had also been told that she may be dog aggressive, so we enrolled her in a Behavior Buddies class through our local Camp Bow Wow to help her get socialized. We've not seen any instances of aggression towards other dogs, both in class and on walks. She's interested in the other dogs in class, but totally ignores other dogs on walks. She has too much to sniff! We've also tried taking her to the dog park and she had so much fun playing chase with the other pups. She also had a blast with her best friends, Jaws and Drax, who are our friends' dogs that she got to spend the weekend with while we were out of town recently. It was always very important for us to get a dog through rescue, and we could not possibly love Abbey more. She's an incredible dog and we're so thankful to SSR for making it possible for us to find her.  We met Rooney (SSR's Alex) at his foster’s house and right away our other male, Guinness, relaxed around him and laid next to Rooney. We knew then that he was our boy! Rooney was so adorable, like a little teddy bear, and he had just the right amount of goofy and sweet. He is a such a cuddler and has a sweet disposition. We just love him! He gets along great with Guinness and Molly, our other GSDs, and our 2 cats, Bella and Abbey. It was really helpful to know before going to meet him that he did well with cats and other dogs. Our pack would not be complete without him.
We’ve had Rooney about 5 months and while he is a super sweet, willing to please, smart boy, we have faced some challenges. Shortly after adopting him, we realized he had some big fears of being left alone. We worked closely with our veterinarian and also sought out a behavior therapist to help us help Rooney work through some of his anxiety. We are still working on it, but he has improved and we think starting to realize he is home and we will come back. Through working with a trainer, we also discovered he was most likely not treated very nicely by some people in the past. He will cower if he sees us with something over our head, with anything long that has a handle. He also will cower if we get too excited and raise our voices. We are working through these fears and doing our best to make sure he knows that no one will ever hurt him again.
When we were facing some of our challenges with Rooney, the SSR adopters page was a great resource and community for support. Everyone was helpful with suggestions and reassurances that sometimes the adjustment period can take longer for some dogs than others. This really helped us to stay patient with Rooney’s acclimation to being home and to trust that in time he will be okay.
We couldn’t imagine a better fit for our pack and love him to pieces. There isn’t anything we wouldn’t do for him.
 Hi! My rescuers named me Atlas when I was in Texas, but I'm a Virginia boy now. And I've got a new name too - Zeke. Click a letter to find an animal or view all.
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