12/09/2025
⨠Meet Luna, our newly adopted pup. When I say, pup, what I really mean to say is 8 year old foster dog turned foster fail!
Itās been a tough road with her. I used to foster dogs and she was one of my fosters a couple of years ago. She came to the rescue I fostered for as an ex-breeding Mama. She was one of the most scared dogs I fostered. I was only able to get a harness on her a few times to walk her in the month I had her as she would run away from humans when they came close. And she would flinch any time anyone touched her. We knew that earning her trust would take a long time so she was adopted out to a person who was well aware of her background and what was needed to help her.
Unfortunately the new owner ended up having their own health issues and surrendered her back to the rescue. Although I wasnāt fostering anymore, I took her on so she didnāt have to go to yet another home. Those first few weeks were tough, it was right in the middle when my cat Daisy was in her final weeks with us. But I just knew in the pit of my stomach that she came back to me for a reason. It was like her little soul was calling me, so we decided to make this her forever home. š
Itās been almost 3 months now and sheās made so many improvements like losing some weight (she was very obese when she came back!), being able to get the harness on her to walk her now takes seconds, sheāll eat food out of my hand, she lets me pat her if we are both sitting down, she sometimes comes up to me to say hello and she doesnāt flinch as much when sheās patted. Previously she had to have her nails cut under sedation. Iāve found an amazing dog groomer who cuts her nails and I am touching them when we sit down so she gets used to the touch. We still have other things to work on her with, like getting her in & out the front door, not freezing when she sees a person on the street, not getting startled so easily and skin allergies that keep flaring up.
I know the poor baby has suffered some major traumas and itās going to take time. But thatās ok, cause sheās home now. Iām so proud of the progress sheās made in just a few months. Sheās very receptive to receiving Reiki. I tell her all the time sheās safe and she will always be with us. And I think under those big brown eyes is a bit of a goofball, I canāt wait to see her little personality emerge with time, love and healing.. š„°