Amy's
reading for Dallas
(Andrea's comments in black, Amy's in
red.)I wanted to share
Dallas' reading (she was one that "shouted out" to Andrea). Truly,
truly amazing…..
Like I said before, some dogs just
call out to me to talk to them. Dallas is one of them.
She was purchased at a pet store by a Mexican/Hispanic couple who lived
in an apartment, and then were eager to get rid of her, the typical
stupid reason of "she got too big" She is as disgusted with that excuse
as I am and makes the comment of "I'm a Great Dane people, not a
Chihuahua. What did you think you were getting?"
They didn't treat her badly when
she was small, but as she grew and became too much trouble, the
treatment got worse. Locked in rooms alone when people came over. New
people, new men = being alone and unloved. Every time she met someone
new, life just got worse. New people at the puppy store, new people in
the house, new people keep taking her away and she is certain she
doesn't belong.
You need to tell her the stories of the dogs in your home before her,
how it is forever and no one is taking her away, ever.
She likes her collar, thinks you
have style and she herself is a fashion diva. I think she'd let you put
clothes on her. She knows she is pretty, but is not vain about it. She
carries her inner self like a princess or Audrey Hepburn. She his happy
with you when she allows herself to believe that she's not going away
again. Tell her that she will always have room there with you.
I see her jumping with those long
legs and playing with a rope toy attached to a football. She'd like it
if you showed her off while walking or at dog related events. She
believes herself to be a great example of a good dog. She's only
slightly unsure of herself, being with you has really bolstered her
confidence; she's trying to be like you. She really looks up to
you.
You often hear of being meant to be
with someone, and that is Dallas and you.
I feel an underlying worry about smaller dogs with her, because of the
whole early life experience, but when she sees how you are with them
she'll change her worrying ways.
She shows me groaning and sighing
with happiness when she's on her back and having her chest rubbed, and
resting her head in your lap. I think she'd be good around kids.
She's showing me a green stuffie froggy toy too. Has long arms and legs
and she likes it. She knows you love her already, just is a little
insecure about getting to stay.
The impression I got about the food was that the people figured they
could keep her smaller if they didn't feed her enough. I couldn't tell
from the photo that she was so thin. Please tell her you love how large
she is and that being big is what Danes do best.
I was thinking about Dallas as I was running this morning (against my
will, I'm in the Navy and we exercise for 2 hours every morning)
anyway, I was thinking about her and her flinching and food, and I got
the image of her being so hungry that she tried to steal a hot dog from
the man's hand, and he clocked her good for her efforts. All it takes
is one smack when they're babies to wreck them. Just keep loving her
and giving her the good stuff, maybe even her own hot dog to show her
she's not going to be hit ever again.
Kicking myself again for not following what I was reading about her and
food. Her problem with food, to my view, was with the whole "the less
we feed her the smaller she'll be" idiotic idea the previous people
had. You may have to feed her one piece at a time or get one of those
bowls that make it so they have to eat slower (it's got pegs in it to
eat around) Make sure she doesn't have one of those collapsing
esophagus things where the dog has to stand up to eat.
I relayed the message of thanks to her, and told her to keep up the good work, and to keep the food in her tummy. There will always be more where that came from.
Contact Andrea
Andrea Newborg
andrea@andreatalkstoanimals.com