20/05/2026
Another post I dread to write.😡😡😪😪😪😪😪 Tiekie, our beautiful little Dachshund x boy, was returned after 2 1/2 months, with the owner telling me that he is now, after almost 80 days, starting to nip. Also, in her very first writing to me, she mentioned that her own little dog is very anxious and does not want to play with her boy. 🙈 I also told them that I never rehome with younger families, for the simple fact that their lives are very busy, as are the little ones', and it can be very disruptive for any dog, especially small dogs. 😪 They wanted a little friend for their 3-year-old boy 🙈, and although I never rehome small dogs or any other dogs with small kids, I was assured of how gentle the boy is, and I could not have thought of a better choice than little Tiekie. Sweet and so gentle at the time, raised by an old lady. Now, two weeks later, just after I got the most amazing update, like always... I suddenly got a very long WhatsApp telling me that the dog is aggressive, coming out of his 'honeymoon stage', and that he is worm-infested, pooing gel and blood, one of his legs limping, (now a sudden birth defect 🙈), and then I got 'not recommended' by the family on Facebook, smearing my name and organisation, telling the world how I don't assess dogs properly and two weeks is not long enough??? 🙈 Seriously??? Funny enough, she sends me a screenshot of a behaviourist where he was assessed, and she says... the 'sudden nipping' that started now in late April??? Which means he never nipped, which he definitely did not!!! He was the sweetest little gentle boy, which she wrote over and over again. This little pup came back so traumatised, I could not touch him. Any sudden movement of my hand, he ducks and dives away. 😪 No, he was not like that before. He has been back here since 1 May and is back to his old self, as in 99.9%. No snapping, no biting, eating with all the dogs. It took around two weeks before he started to warm up, trusting my hand. I had a behaviourist here for about two hours, and she agrees with me that the only way he could have gotten so damaged was by his last home circumstances and immediate family, unknowingly, of course. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to read a dog's behaviour! If he feels threatened, he is going to first growl and then, when you proceed to go forward, he will bite. They don't have hands and a mouth to say no! Why move any dog when they sleep... many dogs growl and nip when moved for the sudden movement scares them. I was told it's a quiet home with a gentle boy, now I am told he must be placed in a quiet home 🙈. That's what I did?? Then I get asked on my posts... "since when does rehoming have an age restriction???" Older people has been through the school of life, have more patience, a calm home enviroment, onlu to mention a few. For this very reason‼️😡😪🙈. The only time he growled heavily at me was when I wanted to open his mouth to put some Diomac in for the severe diarrhoea... forcing him to do something he was not comfortable with‼️😪. Little Tiekie will go up for adoption soon. Please reach out if you can offer this sweet little boy a safe home environment with no smaller kids for now. He loved my younger grandchildren, but for now, he needs a nice calm environment without small kids where he can just 'be' without having to fear about being startled when asleep or wanting to lie around. Tiekie absolutely loves to play ball! Preferably a couple in their late 50s or early 60s. Rescue, Rehab, Rehome - A Dog's Life 0817602703
