Malinois and Dutch Shepherd Rescue, Inc.
About Maeve - located in Texas
Maeve is ready for her furrever home! Remember sweet Maeve (pronounced "Maiv")? Used up as a breed dog and dumped, starving, full of intestinal worms, and half her body with no fur from fleas and poor diet. She had pressure sores from never laying on a soft surface and she was severely underweight. Honestly, she was a hot mess!
Well Maeve today, with the help of MAD Rescue and her amazing foster, is loving life!! She still has a few months of heartworm treatment and she will need some dental work, but she has shown us how strong she is and how much she wants to live and be loved and despite the cruelty she has been through, Maeve is an absolute sweetheart!!!! Below is what her foster tells us.
Extremely sweet and loves attention. Very good with new people that I have seen. Gets attached to one person pretty strong. No problems at the vet. Minimum to no basic obedience. Not destructive. Low drive for almost everything, but has shown interest in playing with other dogs briefly and chased a ball or two as her condition improves. Dog neutral on leash. Dog-to-dog introductions must be made properly, no dominant dogs. Will haphazardly chase a cat for a second but has not attempted to pin or harm. Loves kittens and puppies, but will guard them from other animals. Crate protective- will snark at other dogs randomly near her her crate, so would reccomend feeding separately. She may be initially protective of her person with other animals. She did not want to share me in the beginning when her group of 5 dogs went out, but it was corrected and limited my paying attention to any one dog, including her outside. Likes to hold and nudge your hand with her mouth. It's extremely soft and mostly toothless. She has not been loose much in the house because of her medical condition. When she has been out, she has gone to the backdoor to pee. She does seem to potty often, but I am hoping that that improves with the change in the number of meals. And her continued recovery from what life has done to her. I have her in a 4x4 x-pen, and she is very good about using washable potty pads at night or if we are gone for a few hours.
She is down to 2 meals a day, just started recently. Trying the 4Health Sensitive stomach and skin. We are still blending it down and adding water to make it a canned food consistency. Still adding colostrum twice a day. Because of the reduced amount of fiber in the 4Health food, I have added 1 TSP of Metamucil twice a day to make sure she is pooping good.
Medically- Needs to start her Heartworm injections, starting first week of February. Will need to be on strict crate rest for approximately 3-4 months. She will need a dental after she has recovered from her Heartworm treatment. The extent of what is wrong with her mouth could be determined at that time. She is still being treated as having megacolon. This may correct itself over time, but will need to be monitored very closely. Does not need a malinois experienced family, but reccomended that if the family has other dogs, that they have experience with dominant/protective dogs and know how to do proper introductions. Does not need very active home. Couch potato type girl!
I think working from home or retired would be perfect. She showed some separation anxiety early on, but our routine has helped. She may be a little vocal as she gets into a new routine. Can you provide Maeve with a wonderful, loving home where she can enjoy the rest of her years?
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If you are interested in fostering or adopting this pet please complete an application at this link https://petstablished.com/adoption_form/24689/generic.
We are an official 501c3 organization that does not have a physical location. Our home address is in Michigan, however, the majority of our dogs are not located in Michigan. The physical location of each our our dogs is posted with the name of the pet or in the title area. If you are within 4 hours of the pet, please be prepared to pick the pet up. We do provide transport assistance up to 350 miles. The applicant must drive the remainder of the distance of the transport.
The basic information that we have available is in our posting, but sometimes fosters will post updates on the MAD Rescue Facebook page as well, https://www.facebook.com/groups/malinoisanddutchshepherdrescueinc.
If you would like to further inquire on this animal, please fill out this application. Applications that are completed in our process and being considered as a match will speak to the foster home to gain more information about our adoptable dog.
If you have questions about this pet please contact us at info@MADrescueinc.org.
You may also call our toll free number at 844-MAD-RESQ or 844-623-7377.
Additional information about all of our dogs for adoption can be located at our website MAD Rescue Inc.
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Malinois and Dutch Shepherd Rescue, Inc.
Imlay City MI 48444-9426
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