It's time for me to start telling you about our newest foster girl Suri. Now just to complicate things a little her New Rattitude name is Tina Fey, but Suri is a return dog to NR and she lived as Suri for almost a year and she knows her name very well so I will be referring to her as Suri in my blog.
The
short story of how Suri ended up back in foster care is that Suri and her adoptive home turned out to not be a
good fit for her. She has a sensory sensitivity and so noise and I
believe certain touch or a combination of the two can be stressful and
very uncomfortable for her.
You can read all about Suri coming back to NR here
New foster girl Suri aka Tina Fey
And here you can read about why the decision was made to transfer Suri to our foster home
A change for Tina
As a person with chemical sensitivities and high pitched sound sensitivities I can totally relate to how Suri is feeling as a dog who doesn't tolerate the stacking of sounds (more on this in a later post). Now you might be rolling your eyes and thinking, "oh those people (and now their dogs!) in Seattle with all their sensitivities". I understand there are people who can go through their life with nothing external that bothers them. That is great! Most people and probably most dogs can do that. BUT if you are a person with one or more sensitivities you will understand that these types of things do exist and are very valid problems and can be life altering.
So for the last week we have been lying low, trying to keep the noises that we create to a minimum while we figure out which noises Suri can and can't tolerate. We want to keep Suri as comfortable as we can and let her acclimate to what will be her new home with us for at least the next 2 months while we learn about what bothers her and problem solve what we can do to help her. As with
Moon and
Sierra who both ended up really blossoming and being adopted into wonderful forever homes, we have a golden opportunity! Figuring out what we can do to help Suri and pinpointing what the best fit forever home looks like for her. Every dog has the perfect home out there...and I have no doubt Suri's will be there when she is ready to go "home".
And so our journey with Suri begins........
These pictures were taken of Suri in the first couple of days she was with us. You can see she is stressed, and not settled in. But that's ok! She has gone through a lot of changes and she will soon realize that it was all for her benifit and well being. And as the days go by we will no doubt have pictures of a calm and relaxed Suri, that is what we are striving for!
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| This was the first time she was trying to get comfortable on a dog bed near us. She couldn't quite bring herself to lie down so she stayed at half mast for quite a while. Day 2 |
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| Sitting with paw up, still tense and unsure. (pictures taken with a zoom lens) Day 2 |
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| You can see here she was wanting to just close her eyes but something was bothering her still....Day 2 |
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| Oops eyes are closing.... Day 2 |
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| Eyes closed but still tense and ears alert... Day 2 |
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| That's a good start to looking relaxed but to me she still looks tense. Day 2 |
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| Two days later she found this bed....she was having a better day on this day and she looks less tense and softer too but still alert. Day 4 |
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| And this is the first time I think she looks relaxed. Day 4 |
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