Meet Whisper my parents new dog. Whisper is a Husky that was found wandering in the forest. She was taken to a local Shelter where they found her. They have no idea how long she was wandering or if she got lost or was kicked out of her old house
She is a very skinny girl and needs to gain about 20% of her body weight but other then that she is a healthy quiet girl. She has not left my dad’s side since he went to pick her up last Tuesday. They go for walks to the lake together and around their community and she goes with him in the car everywhere. She even went with my dad to pick up my mom at the airport. She wants no part in being the alpha dog and is quite happy to be a follower. She doesn’t really show interest in the other dogs they have met on their walks either. At some point she will probably get a friend but my parents knew she was shy and would need time before she wanted a friend.
My dad thought it was going to be an easy job to fatten her right up but she isn’t interested any of the food he has or the treats. For the first few days he cooked for her something he would have never done for Kahlua since he ate everything and anything. Apparently she wants nothing to do with dog food even premium brands she only wants chop meat and whatever else my dad is throwing in there for her.We did get her two sample bags of The Honest Kitchen to see if she likes it since it is almost homemade and not a kibble and Indiana and Davinia love it.
She likes to sleep outside on the porch in the morning and early afternoon and then goes to sit on the landing going up to my dad’s office for the rest of the day. My parents vet thinks she is about 2 – 3 years old. We can’t wait to meet her. It will be an interesting dynamic between her and Davinia but I am sure that there will be no problem with her and Indiana.
Maybe she will take the girls on a sled ride if we visit in the winter. BOL!
Oops link is epi4dogs.com
If she doesn't gain weight quick and has diarrhea, I would worry about EPI – Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency. I am going to write a post about it soon. My dog, Charley, has it. Congrats to your parents on their new dog and it's great they rescued!
Julie (@thelittlekitchn)
Oh, she's so pretty! Many thanks to your parents for rescuing her from the shelter. It sounds like she's found a GREAT forever family! 🙂
God bless your parents for taking Whisper in. She does look awfully thin. I hope that your Dad can fatten her up. Maybe she was an outdoor dog where ever she lived before and they just threw her table scraps? Either way, she certainly shows that she is a loyal and loving dog. I'm so glad she gets a second chance. Her name kind of fits how your described her doesn't it? Quiet and unassuming… like a Whisper.
Welcome Whisper!
You is very pretty buts you must eats some more because you are too skinny. I hopes that we can be furiends too. 🙂
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae
DogPackSnacks are the only thing my dog cannot resist. Whisper seems to be eating again, but if there's any issue, try these turkey jerky things. Amazing!
My basanji-mix Babba-Loo was also found wandering through a forest! He was there for 4 months and had lymes disease. God bless your folks for adopting Whisper!
Seems that Whisper has decided to eat. My parents took her berry picking this afternoon but she wasn't interested in eating them. She rolled it down the road for a bit though. My mom was making dinner tonight and Whisper went over to her so my mom gave her a piece of vegetable that she was cutting and Whisper ate it. They gave her a few more pieces of vegetable and then took a jar of baby food out of the cabinet from when my sisters cats were visiting and she ate the jar and then had some most of her dinner. Guess she was just wasn't ready.
She is beautiful! Huskies are known to be runners, so hard to tell how long she was out there. If she only survived on occasional wild kill, it's no wonder kibble doesn't appeal to her but chopped meat does! I wonder if her body has trained itself to not want to eat often, since she couldn't. Your parents are wonderful to have taken her in, and she seems to agree. May they enjoy many, many happy years together.
She actually didn't have a name until this morning. It is very possible she was never an inside dog before now though she does have inside manners. We will never know I guess but she certainly likes her new home.