Home check tomorrow

[DeepfriedPizza]

I have a home check tomorrow for potentially rescuing a dog from Romania.

I'm guessing they'll just take a took round the house and garden to make sure everything is as we said it was in the application.

I hope they take no note of the dog bed set up in my living room that I bought in an excited moment.

Fingers and toes crossed!

Oooh good luck - let us know how it goes!

Well, they just cancelled. They are going to try to do it on Thursday. I am pretty gutted

It's apparently happening at 10 tomorrow

Good luck!

Finally everything is official, we passed home check and we should get our puppy at the end of the month

Fantastic! Well done you :)

Any idea what or who you're getting? Be prepared for a bit of "oh my word, what have we done?" for the first week or so but after that it's great!

We know who we are getting but we are not sure what she is ha ha.

She's beautiful! Congratulations :)

How exciting she's gorgeous ! It's a wonderful thing you have done . When is she arriving ?

2am tomorrow morning, we are very excited

How's it going deepfriedpizza? Had the "oh-heck-what-have-we-done" crisis yet?!

It's not going well for me if I'm brutally honest. I suffer from anxiety and I had an anxiety attack on Wednesday night so 24 hours after she arrived I had palpitations,sweats,nausea,diarrhoea etc. I've hardly eaten since she came.
I think I've taken on too much

She barks at people,leaves and everything else that moves and it sets my nerves on edge. I have to drag her in the house if she's in the garden. She doesn't bark when on a lead at all.

Sorry for the negativity

Is the rescue supporting you Deepfried? Do they have a trainer/behaviourist available to work with you both?

Her issues don't sound at all unusual for a Romanian rescue, she'll have been through a lot and it may take some time for her to settle.

You might find this article about settling in a Romanian rescue dog helpful, it's got lots of great advice.

They do have a trainer but they are based too far away.
We have booked our own trainer but he can't start until September 1st (pizza pup was here 2 weeks early)

That link was very helpful, thank you. I think it's my issue rather than the dog's I knew she would have these issues I just didn't realise how badly they'd affect me.

I had EXACTLY the same response to our rescue greyhound when she arrived. Nothing she'd done but it was my anxiety. I was petrified and was convinced we shouldn't have taken her on. I dissolved into tears one night about 10 days after getting her and the next morning seemed fine. I think it's totally normal to feel this way so don't make a knee-jerk reaction. Flipdog is now SO settled with us and we could not imagine not having her.

Give yourself and her time. Good luck. It is a lot to take in to start with. Be gentle with yourself.

Thanks, that's very reassuring. I would never give her back, dh would be distraught and I don't think I could forgive myself for doing so.

The trainer that will be working with us trained military dogs etc so should help us. I just need to get by in the meantime