My Little Lilly
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:05 pm
I found Lilly on Pet Finder on Christmas day. Contacted the Rescue, made application & included Tess’ story. I got a call the next day and Catherine from the rescue who was crying, she said that this was a miracle. She told me that we were approved to adopt Lilly. Everything went so fast.
Lilly’s first 30 hours or so were hard on her. She had to leave the only family she’s known for five years. She was locked up in a crate for maybe 12 hours in the cab of a Simi truck trailer. Then meeting her new family. She was so scared, feeling so alone.
We set out for Missoula Thursday at 10 am. Picked up some cash at the bank to pay for Lilly. The rescue said that the truck driver – an uncle of one of the ladies from the rescue, would be in Missoula at 4 pm and for us to call him at 2 pm. We called and he hadn’t even left Yakima he said he was leaving soon and would be there around 10 pm. Then he called back and said he would be in around 12-12:30 am & would call us 45 minutes out. He did get at the meeting point. Poor Lilly was in a crate. She was so scared. She looked so little huddled in the back of the crate, I tried to get her out of the crate while it was in the cab of the truck. We finally decided we would just keep her in the crate. We got her up to our room & she would only come out to eat. Mike took her out around 4:30 am to do her business. She was still very skittish. I sat in the back seat with her on the way home. (not in the crate) I petted her but she hardly looked at me. She did lay her face in my hands and took naps. She watched out the window. When we got home we were bringing things in from the Trooper. She was acting nervous and was sniffing everything. A little later I found that she peed on the floor of the bedroom. It was really our fault. I got her brought her in the bedroom and gave her a scolding, just regular tone of voice but firm. You would have thought I had broken her heart. She laid in a little corner with her head on the floor between her paws hiding her face. She was no longer nervous, so I think she thought that the scolding would have been worse than it was. I took her out a couple of times before I went to bed. Woke up at 4:30 and she had pooped on the oriental rug. No scolding but I took her right out. Then Mike got up and found that she went pee on the hallway rug. Still didn’t scold her. When I got up Mike told me what he found. I took her out again. Mike was snow blowing trails for her to go towards the woods. She pooped & peed. Good Chow! Mike took her out when he was going to the garage and she pooped on his garage floor. He took her for another walk before breakfast. Poor Lilly. She is going to need a firm but gentle hand. She is showing us when she needs to go out, no more accidents. Like I said she was very skittish. We couldn’t approach her from the front, she‘d shy away. Friday night she was still unapproachable and I had to corner just to giver her a hug & soft talk. Saturday morning she was feeling more at home, still shying away. She has started coming to us for pets. She is hanging with me in the kitchen. She no longer needs to hide in the corner & is socializing.
She is very food oriented. Her previous owner had her on a human diet & seems like she was used to grazing all day. We have her on a feeding schedule. Never thought of schedules before, but I guess Tess was on a schedule too. We got her a high grade kibble, special cookies that have brewer’s yeast as the first ingredient. She takes little treats of cheese so gently. Her new diet is agreeing with her.
Mike ordered her a tag so she is ours, forever Chow. She just has lots of issues that need to be taken care of thru kindness and firmness.
This is just the beginning for my little Lilly. She improves every day. We’ve had some great walks in the middle of the night and early morning hours. I think I have another late night companion, Lilly is another girl of the night.
Lilly’s first 30 hours or so were hard on her. She had to leave the only family she’s known for five years. She was locked up in a crate for maybe 12 hours in the cab of a Simi truck trailer. Then meeting her new family. She was so scared, feeling so alone.
We set out for Missoula Thursday at 10 am. Picked up some cash at the bank to pay for Lilly. The rescue said that the truck driver – an uncle of one of the ladies from the rescue, would be in Missoula at 4 pm and for us to call him at 2 pm. We called and he hadn’t even left Yakima he said he was leaving soon and would be there around 10 pm. Then he called back and said he would be in around 12-12:30 am & would call us 45 minutes out. He did get at the meeting point. Poor Lilly was in a crate. She was so scared. She looked so little huddled in the back of the crate, I tried to get her out of the crate while it was in the cab of the truck. We finally decided we would just keep her in the crate. We got her up to our room & she would only come out to eat. Mike took her out around 4:30 am to do her business. She was still very skittish. I sat in the back seat with her on the way home. (not in the crate) I petted her but she hardly looked at me. She did lay her face in my hands and took naps. She watched out the window. When we got home we were bringing things in from the Trooper. She was acting nervous and was sniffing everything. A little later I found that she peed on the floor of the bedroom. It was really our fault. I got her brought her in the bedroom and gave her a scolding, just regular tone of voice but firm. You would have thought I had broken her heart. She laid in a little corner with her head on the floor between her paws hiding her face. She was no longer nervous, so I think she thought that the scolding would have been worse than it was. I took her out a couple of times before I went to bed. Woke up at 4:30 and she had pooped on the oriental rug. No scolding but I took her right out. Then Mike got up and found that she went pee on the hallway rug. Still didn’t scold her. When I got up Mike told me what he found. I took her out again. Mike was snow blowing trails for her to go towards the woods. She pooped & peed. Good Chow! Mike took her out when he was going to the garage and she pooped on his garage floor. He took her for another walk before breakfast. Poor Lilly. She is going to need a firm but gentle hand. She is showing us when she needs to go out, no more accidents. Like I said she was very skittish. We couldn’t approach her from the front, she‘d shy away. Friday night she was still unapproachable and I had to corner just to giver her a hug & soft talk. Saturday morning she was feeling more at home, still shying away. She has started coming to us for pets. She is hanging with me in the kitchen. She no longer needs to hide in the corner & is socializing.
She is very food oriented. Her previous owner had her on a human diet & seems like she was used to grazing all day. We have her on a feeding schedule. Never thought of schedules before, but I guess Tess was on a schedule too. We got her a high grade kibble, special cookies that have brewer’s yeast as the first ingredient. She takes little treats of cheese so gently. Her new diet is agreeing with her.
Mike ordered her a tag so she is ours, forever Chow. She just has lots of issues that need to be taken care of thru kindness and firmness.
This is just the beginning for my little Lilly. She improves every day. We’ve had some great walks in the middle of the night and early morning hours. I think I have another late night companion, Lilly is another girl of the night.