Meridian Pet of the Week: Kaylie
We are proud to present Kaylie, 7, as our pet of the week. We wanted to share a few words from Kaylie’s foster mom:
“I started fostering this little girl from the minute she arrived in Idaho. She was transported out of Arizona by Annie’s Rescue Ride, lifted out of the transport van and put into my arms. This poor little girl was stiff as a board, she was so scared. The back story we were told is that she was relinquished to a shelter in Arizona because she was tormented by the family’s 2-year-old child. However, Kaylie never snapped nor bit the child but was scared so the adults thought it best to re-home her.
“She has been in my home for three weeks and she is a total cuddle bug. The only problem I find with her is, she wants to cuddle under the blankets at night. But, we have come to a compromise, I gave her a special blanket that is just her own and it’s at the end of the bed. That being said, sometimes at night, I wake and find she has climbed in under my blanket and is glued to my side. She is skiddish at sudden movements and cowers when she feels she has done something wrong, but with encouragement and a soft voice, she quickly recovers.
“She is very attentive when you talk to her and one day she came to me with a small dog toy in her mouth and low and behold, she plays fetch. She is house trained but is used to a doggie door which I do not have. She will wake me up and/or use a wee pad I placed next to the back door, but over the last week she has neither woke me nor used the wee pad and I have had no ‘accidents.’ She is a very intelligent and patient girl but also would be best with another dog in the house. She tries to play with my older 6-pound dog that is way too old to play, which frustrates her. She was not reactive to small or large dogs which I have both in my house. She will not come onto the kitchen floor at all. I set her bowls on a rug near the carpet and if the bowl is moved, she stretches her body out so her paws don’t touch the floor. She also sits quietly until I tell her she can eat. She is a wonderful girl and would be a great companion. I think families with children 10 or older would be best for her because of the poor experience she had in her prior home with the 2-year-old. I have not tried her on a leash at this point, so I am unsure on that front, but overall, she is an amazing girl.”
Since Kaylie is in foster, if you are interested in setting up a meet and greet, please contact us at 208-794-0944.
To meet other dogs come to the Meridian Canine Rescue and fill out an application. The rescue’s location is 501 E. Scenery Lane in Meridian. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Call 208-794-0944 or go to meridianrescue.org.