Mom helped get her from Kentucky to Canada over the weekend.
We don't know much of her story, but the way she came to the rescue was interesting. Ontario Bloodhound got a call from a shelter in Kentucky asking them to take a male bloodhound. The details were worked out and the dog was moved to a local vet to be checked over and neutered and boarded while transport was set up. As all that was happening, OBR got a call from the vet office that the dog had bitten one of their techs. Calls went back and forth with the rescue, the shelter and the vet. Turns out the shelter didn't give quite full disclosure. Now a decision had to be made....what do to with a dog that may be aggressive. The vet spoke to the head of the rescue and asked that the dog be given a second chance as the vet has interacted with the dog and thought he could be helped. Luckily, there is other rescues in the area. A local trainer said she could help, but was boarding another bloodhound that needed rescue and that would be the spot. So....a deal was worked out. Ellie Mae came to OBR and would take the foster spot and the dog would move in with the trainer. We hope she can help him and that he gets a chance at a home.
In the meantime, Ellie Mae is a petite and super sweet bloodhound girl. Maybe 60 pounds (and yes, that makes her a small bloodhound), she climbed right in mom's car on Sunday and snoozed the entire first leg of her trip to foster care.
Oh what a sweetheart!! I am so glad she is getting a second chance and how wonderful you are to have helped her!
I don't know much about dog aggression, but when a cat lashes out, she is usually scared or hurting. I hope that Ellie Mae can be helped and that she finds a great forever home.
Thank you for this transport work! I just want to kiss Ellie Mae's big nose!
WOW, talk about high level negotiations. We're happy a solution could be worked out. Your mom should receive a reward for going above and beyond the call of duty in working with rescues. She sure puts her whole heart in it, and we admire her.
That is great that they worked it out for the one that bit someone. Hope it all works out for him.
It's great to hear how everyone went out of their way to give the hound who bit someone a second chance. Hopefully this story will have two happy endings!
We agree with the Herd Cats. That took some team work and 2 dogs were helped as a result. Paws up!
I too hope he can be helped and that he gets a chance at a forever home.