Tehachapi News

Up, Up and Away for Gracie Girl

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Gracie Girl, a purebred Yorkie, couldn't get along with the other female Yorkie in the house and they fought constantly. Life was miserable for Gracie's family and they worried over the dogs hurting if not killing each other.
 
In desperation, Gracie's family called STOP, Save Tehachapi's Orphaned Pets, and asked if we could find a new home for Gracie. Luckily, we just adopted out a dog so we had a foster home available. But the question was--would Gracie get along with other dogs? Was she adoptable?
 
Yes. Gracie was fine with other dogs, even other female dogs. So what caused the problem between Gracie and her housemate? STOP consulted several experts in the field of dog care and everyone agreed that the problem was more than likely due to the fact that neither of the dogs had been spayed and that both dogs wanted to be alpha dogs.
 
Spaying at this late date may or may not have saved this relationship. Certainly, there wouldn't have been peace overnight and Gracie's family couldn't take the chance of the dogs getting into it again and the other female's puppies being harmed.
 
STOP posted Gracie on www.petfinder.com and told her story. A few days later an application to adopt Gracie came via email. The applicant said she was already in love with Gracie just from her picture and that she wanted to adopt her.
 
STOP reviewed the application and set up the adoption. On Labor Day at 12:15 PM, Gracie's new mom flew into the Tehachapi Airport
to pick Gracie up and take her to her new home in Santa Ynez.
 
Gracie's new mom reports that Gracie is doing well and that she is everything she dreamed she would be--a good little dog.