We adopted a feral-rescue kitten about a year ago. She wasn’t terribly communicative (or sociable) for a while. It took about six months for her to completely let her guard down.
We’ve fostered a feral adult that was trapped, so no shelter time at all. Took her a couple of weeks to lower her guard for us (mild brag, my wife and I are VERY good with dogs), but it was over a month before she stopped growling at our dogs. However, within 3 months, she was playing with abandon (after my girl pup taught her about playing, anyway). It was extremely rewarding to see her blossom from a suspicious, scared pooch into a loving, playful girl that we found a wonderful home for.
johovey almost 6 years ago
Took lessons from our Shiba Inu, I see. He seems to have a very loud opinion about everything.
Ida No almost 6 years ago
She’s also 2 grams of fluff standing on stilts. She may be tiny, but she makes it up in volume.
dragonliz Premium Member almost 6 years ago
She didn’t have any human contact with humans. Can you have human contact any other way?
Doctor Toon almost 6 years ago
Have to hope that bark is worse than the bite
skipper1992 almost 6 years ago
We adopted a feral-rescue kitten about a year ago. She wasn’t terribly communicative (or sociable) for a while. It took about six months for her to completely let her guard down.
John Phelps almost 6 years ago
We’ve fostered a feral adult that was trapped, so no shelter time at all. Took her a couple of weeks to lower her guard for us (mild brag, my wife and I are VERY good with dogs), but it was over a month before she stopped growling at our dogs. However, within 3 months, she was playing with abandon (after my girl pup taught her about playing, anyway). It was extremely rewarding to see her blossom from a suspicious, scared pooch into a loving, playful girl that we found a wonderful home for.