How to
Avoid Making the Top Ten Shih Tzu Rescue Mistakes
When you opt for a rescue dog, you are also saving a life. This
is a wonderful thing to do and which should be encouraged in all
totality. However, there are a few mistakes that people make when
going for Shih Tzu rescue or adoption.
There is No Mistake That You Are Saving a Life
1. Expecting too much – it is true that rescuing a Shih Tzu is
a wonderful thing to do. There are so many of these wonderful
dogs languishing in shelter homes waiting desperately to be loved
that it is a pity not to use this opportunity. However, do not
expect that the dog that you bring home from the shelter would
be exactly matched to your home. You will need to work with it
and adjustment time should be kept in mind.
2. Instant friendship – The Shih Tzu rescue center may help you
in bonding with the dog. However, it will take some time before
this dog feels like it is yours in totality.
3. Well trained – it is wrong to expect that all the Shih Tzu
rescue dogs are perfectly trained and will give you no trouble.
In fact, these dogs are quite traumatized and when so, animals
could behave very odd. While the basics will be there, it will
be sometime before everything falls into place.
4. You see what you get – Not always. The dog might be looking
okay, but may carry with it memories of a terrible past, which
may make it react in very peculiar manner when faced with certain
triggers.
5. The Shih Tzu rescue animals are always housebroken – yes,
indeed. However, often the sight and feel of a new house may disorient
the Shih Tzu into relieving itself wherever it finds suitable.
6. The older the Shih Tzu rescue dog the more problems you will
have. Not necessarily. There would be wonderful senior dogs that
would have mellowed with time and would be too grateful to you
for all the comfort and love you would provide it.
7. Adult Shih Tzu rescue dogs are easier to train – true. However,
do not forget that these dogs have been at one time or other abandoned.
The Shih Tzu being the sentimental dog it is, might loose its
trust in humans altogether after this.
8. Adult Shih Tzu rescue will behave responsibly – true. However,
once again it all goes to the past. You may discover that your
dog has some very peculiar habits that you do not approve of.
9. The adult Shih Tzu is a very docile dog – true. However, in
order to behave at its best, it needs the best circumstances as
well. The trauma of being in a shelter, being abandoned, might
make a little more aggressive that its original nature would permit.
10. Cannot find good breed dog in a rescue - there are many dogs,
which are of mixed parentage, true. Nevertheless, there are also
a good number of pure breeds with papers that will be found in
the rescue/ adoption shelters.
Once you know the top ten mistakes made in Shih Tzu rescue, you
can make efforts to avoid them. Once you do decide on adoption,
you should know what
to expect from a Shih Tzu rescue dog.
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