Loading ...On Monday I received an email from a friend who needed help, she had a pair of Maremma sheepdogs as livestock guardians; until last week one when of them turned on her, ravaging her arm, and had to be euthanised.
The dogs were siblings and 5 years old, and the remaining female – Spirit – is taking the loss very hard. Our friend, after a lot of soul searching, made the very hard decision to re-home Spirit, and emailed me to ask if I knew of any Maremma or LGD rescue groups in the area, and I don’t.
I felt so bad for my friend and for Spirit that my first reaction was a need to help in anyway I could. Fortunately I am very lucky to be married to a man that understands and supports me.
So I would like to introduce Spirit to you. We will see if she fits in with Aspen, Willow and our flock. If not we will offer her a home until we can find one better suited.
For now Spirit has her own private ‘room’ while she gets settled. Willow and Aspen are quite keen to meet her, and they talk to her through the door. If anyone has any experience with introducing LGD’s any advice would be appreciated.
It’s funny because we are just in the process of changing the dogs over to raw feed, which surprisingly is cheaper as well as healthier and we were looking forward to a lower feed bill. Hey ho, what can you do!
another member of the family,hope the cellar is still mine,miss you both x
Comment by dave scott — November 25, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
you guys have such huge hearts!
Comment by Lala — November 25, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
Welcome Spirit!! — for intros, 3 people, 3 leashes (preferably people who are strong enough to control very large dogs!)
Comment by Cheryl — November 25, 2009 @ 6:43 pm
AWW this story is so bittersweet. You and Steve are wonderful wonderful people.
If you need a third hand to do intro’s with I can always help
Comment by Veronica — November 26, 2009 @ 10:12 am
@ Dave – you know there is always room for you! We miss you too xx
@ Lala – Thank you.
You, who has helped us out so many times!
@ V – Thanks, we may well need help.
Comment by Heidi — November 26, 2009 @ 4:48 pm