Possible koolie boy in Kurri pound.
http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?show...p;#entry4350594

poor poor little mite. Such sad eyes and such fear. Imagine what he had to go through to make him that scared. Some people.

...what a beautiful coloured dog. Has anyone found out more about him....is he going to re-homed ?

oh poor thing looks terrified

According to the notes he was left tied up outside the pound, that's all they know. The pound is pretty full at the moment so if his behaviour deteriorates due to stress he will likely be put on the PTS list sooner rather than later unfortunately.

they are such sad photos... made me want to cry.

Has anyone emailed the link to Tjukurpa?

No - I haven't sent the link to TJ - completely slipped my mind to do that. I just spoke to one of the local rescuers and at the moment the dog is still in there.

He is being picked up tomorrow and taken to a Koolie Rescue foster home.

That is great news!! I hope the little fella finds a new home and gets the love he deserves.

...Oh please let us know how he goes. If I could get him up here to QLD I would take him.

Just fantastic news. It would be great if his forever home (when he finds one) sends along some photos of him in a happier state.

Brooke where are you in Qld? We are keen to rehome him as quickly as possible. We may be able to get him up to Qld.

We are near Biloela.....We can travel to Rockhampton (3 hours from home) to meet transport....either Dog Movers or by plane.

Wonderful news!! Thank you to TJ and scouserdog for organising his rescue! I would dearly love to hear how this poor boy goes too and look forward to seeing pics of him happy and full of love of life.

...Is there any news on "Kurri" ??

was just thinking the same thing myself. I reckon he looks like a "Bob". Any news anyone?

he is now safe in foster care in Canberra - he has a new name - Dodger - is booked into the vet for the big chop and has even had a bath - although he did not think he needed one - and is happy playing with his foster sister.

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That is so good to hear he is going well. He sounds like he is a happy boy which is good and hopefully his pound and past life haven't scarred him too much.

I couldn't get the links to photobucket to work..came up saying page not found.

...Thats the best news !

pics didnt work for me either, glad to hear he is enjoying life now :)

Just fantastic. He looked so scared and you can only imagine what that dog must have gone through to look that frightened.

Couldn't see the photos either but would really love to see them if you can fix the links.

I will try again with photobucket:

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Thats better. He looks really good and relaxed. So what's the next step with him as far as finding a home?

We are looking for the right home for him - if you know of anyone interested then contact Tjukurpa.

I really hope his next home is full of love.

He looked very settled and relaxed in the photos which is great to see.
How is his temperament? Do you think he will be easy to re-home in that sense?

Sweet, gentle, likes to be a lapdog, already trained, not fond of cats or thunder or baths.

Glad he's in care and fingers crossed the right home is not to long in coming to this poor boy.

HI Guys

Just to give you an update on Dodger here in Canberra.

Cats are no problem, well the cat has the problem, dodger is just scared of her when she growls, otherwise he basically ignores her completely even when she's on the ground near him.

Thunder or anything that resembles it is still an issue, he runs and hides. Also any that he considers to be uncomfortable atmosphere, we had to send the dogs outside today because we had to dash to an urgent appointment, it took a while to drag him out of under my daughters bed.

And he seems to be afraid of cameras, every time we get one out, he cringes away.

My sister brought her two boys aged 3 and 5 over today and he acted like he was 'home' bouncing on the trampoline with them and our coolie cross Dizzy.

Biggest smooch you ever saw. Just loves laying all over my hubby not bad considering he was too scared to even look at hubby originally.

He's learning about fetching balls, and occasionally gets it right, but otherwise enjoys the fun anyway.

The word 'outside' has a negative conotation that we're slowly chipping away at, with treats & fun, he now goes out without too much fuss some of the time.

Shares his food quite happily with our other dog, no problems.

Put him on the halti for the first time yesterday and he responded beautifully, I'm sure he is trained but not followed through, rather than not trained at all, he responds too quickly for a dog that doesn't understand what we're asking of him. And responds 9 out of 10 times to the stay command.

The more I look at him the more I'm convinced that there's either heeler or something else lurking, tail is only about 3/4 lenth but waggs lots anyways.

Due for another bath today to help with flea bite irritation, thats happening shortly. Wonder how much of a fight i get this time.

Am determined to get him into a wonderful forever home soon.

Keep your eyes open for us.

Cheers
Cindy

Cindy...so great to hear he is doing well and that he is slowly getting over his fears.

Would love to see some more photos of him if you can get some.

Keep up the awesome work and keep us posted on his progress.

I really hope he finds the perfect loving forever home.

Well that bath wasn't so bad :) Coped well, with our other pup in the bathroom as moral support, before she had hers. Now all we gotta do is cope with two ferals running through the house while they work off their frisky after bath rampage cause its raining here :)

He really is a lovely dark red, not seen a colour quite like him before.

Will have to be a little inventive with the camera, will upload some mopre photos soon.

Been following the link, pleased to hear that he has settle and out of his scary situation. Baths are never fun, so who got more wet the dog or you?

my daughter who's a veteran at bathing (has her own coolie x) went in in her swimmers, all i had to do was the towling afterwards :) not silly. He smells so much better now, and is actually soft. Doesn't help that we have a fish pond and he just loves to stand in it (tummy deep) to have a drink.

He sounds like he's quite a gentle soft soul. Poor pup. The other dog in the photo looks like the koolie x I got out of the pound last year.

The brown lassy in the photo is our Dizzy :) Thank you for your part in her rescue, she's quite a character and we love her dearly.

It looked so much like Dizzy I thought it must have been her!! She was such a sweetie and very full of beans!! Thank you for taking her on and it's lovely to see her all growed up!

She's mothering Dodger like you wouldn't believe. I didn't think there would be anything more important than the 'ball' but she actually sits and waits for Dodger to have a go at fetching, its so cute to watch.

Her rescue was somewhat muddled, I thought she came from Melbourne, but now am wondering if she was actually from Newcastle, which pound did she come from do you know??

There is a Whippet cross called Bella in Coff's Harbour RSPCA that is the image of dizzy. she've 5 so could be her mum I suppose. Likeness is so close you have trouble telling them apart.

http://www.adoptapet.com.au/animal/portfol...animalid=124286

She is very similar to Dizzy!

Do you know which pound dizzy came from??

Cindy, how is Dodger doing? Any news on a forever home for him yet?

He's still here at this stage, the people that want to meet him have had some medical issues with their mother (broken leg which resulted in hip replacement) so things are a bit chaotic for them at the moment.

I am hopeful in the next week we'll be able to hook up for a meet & greet to see how things go. Fingers and toes crossed.

In the meantime, we went to the 'dogs day out' here in Canberra, OMG the amount of dogs!!! Dodger went pretty good considering he's probably not seen that many dogs in his life, behaved really well.

Walking on a lead well now, am taking him out regularly and he's enjoying going out and coming back!! Has selective deafness, doesn't like to come back if you let him off though, hubby found that one out the hard way :)

Car travel is getting there, more work to do but he's progressing.

Thunder well forget it ..... sigh oh well lots more work to do on that front, found him in next doors yard this afternoon he broke through the fence was that scared.

But.... He's finally learning to play, we had him and Dizzy running nuts through the house last night chasing each other with toys. He now has his very own Kong ball and fluffy penguin that squeeks and is starting to work out that they are for playing with...

Just got word that the family that i was hoping for has taken another dog. Would have been nice if they had at least met him... oh well... we still love him, it will happen when it happens...

Good to hear he is progressing with his behaviour and becoming more used to other dogs and people. You are doing wonderful work with him.

That is a shame about that family but then i guess they just weren't meant to be and someone wonderful will come along for Dodger

Sometimes it almost seems that some rescue dogs don't know how to play or at least it takes them a little while to relax and let their guard down and play. Fingers crossed the right home for him comes along soon.

Ok have given up!!! Can't fight it or hubby any longer.

Birth Announcement!!

We welcome Dodger to our 'forever family'

Cheers
Cindy

THATS AWESOME NEWS !!!!

AWESOME!!!!!!

congrats :) glad he has his forever home now

That is fantastic news! He is going to have a great life now in his forever home.

Fantastic news!! Congratulations!!!