FOSTER OR PERMANENT HOME DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR TIGGER IN BOSTON

FOSTER OR PERMANENT HOME DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR TIGGER IN BOSTON AREA!…
All foster/adoption enquires to Marjon Tondravi – email: tondravi@yahoo.com

Tigger is one of our shelter dogs who flew to Boston recently & we need to quickly find him a foster or permanent home. Tigger is a sweet dog & is comfortable with many people, but is experiencing some difficulties around men. He does exceptionally well with other dogs & animals & really enjoys walks & trips to local dog parks. Tigger needs a quiet home where he can have his own space to slowly get used to western life.

The information below is from a dog trainer who recently visited Tigger. Here is her synopsis of what kind of home would best suit Tigger. Please read & share so we can quickly find Tigger the home he needs & make him a happy dog.
All foster/adoption enquires to Marjon Tondravi – email: tondravi@yahoo.com ****************************

Ideally, Tigger would go to a stable low-key,low-activity home where he will be able to acclimate to a western life style in his own time. A quiet home with another social dog where he will not be unduly required to interact with people, even unintentionally, would be fantastic. If he is pursued (chased) around or cornered in any way, even with the good intention of getting a leash on him to go outside when one is in a hurry, could dramatically set back any progress he makes.

He likes his crate and *requires* it as a respite from the household activity and people. A home that is not able to have a crate set up for him at all times, in a low traffic area, would not be suitable.

After Tigger acclimates he may be suited to living with children but I would not currently recommend a home with underage children; not because he would necessarily harm them but because a parent cannot control a child or teenager (or the child’s/teenager’s friends) 100% of the time. Protecting Tigger from unintentional chasing or cornering, which could set Tigger back tremendously, is likely not possible in a home with non-adult members. He is currently in a home with a lovely, perceptive teenage boy who is very keen to help Tigger overcome his current challenges but Tigger is not able to interact even with him. A rowdy or active child in the home would create extra complications for both Tigger and his new family.

Whilst it is true that a new environment may present a very different picture for Tigger, it is unlikely that Tigger will suddenly come around without help, patience, and force free activities to help him begin to develop positive associations with indoor life with humans. Absolutely no force or compulsion training should be used with Tigger.

In a nutshell he is having trouble acclimating to indoor western household life. The current household he is in is quiet and fairly serene; therefore, when we suggest he needs a low-key home we well and truly mean it.

He is most comfortable with women and appears to be having trouble with many men he meets, including young well-mannered men. That being said, when he was at the shelter (a place he knew what to expect and how to behave) he did get on well with two adult male volunteers, who are both �dog� people and know how to act around dogs. So positive associations are possible.

He is a sweet dog with the humans he is comfortable with and is currently doing exceptionally well in dog park situations and with other dogs and animals in the home.

There is additional information that can be discussed with a suitable adoptive family and he will likely require on-going advice of a behaviorist or suitable force free trainer familiar with dogs like Tigger.

If he is adopted within the Worcester, Greater Boston, Hartford, Springfield areas there is a force free trainer/behaviorist (though not certified behaviorist) who has agreed to offer the new family help free of charge.

All foster/adoption enquires to Marjon Tondravi – email: tondravi@yahoo.com

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