Meet Rupert
This is a difficult time for me and my rescue operation, and much is at a standstill while I focus on this latest challenge. One month after his return to Home Sweet Hammy Home, Rupert was diagnosed with Valley Fever and is on anti-fungal medications and supplements. He deserves the best and is getting around the clock care, but no adoption inquiries from this date forward will be replied to while I focus on managing life for this poor dog who has become a magnet for misfortune. His intake details can be read below.
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Home Sweet Hammy Home's mission is to help hamsters, mice and guinea pigs BUT a dog needed my help in 2023 and I leaped in to assist not knowing anything about him other than he was dumped on someone's property and at risk for a sad and possibly fatal fate. As it turned out, he was approximately 5 to 6 months old and a German Shorthair Pointer. Many have speculated I somehow chose him but that is not correct. My adult daughter and I drove blindly out to the home where he was dumped and retrieved him because no one else would or could help him. The fact he appears to be a pure bread GSP isn't in my control, rescues don't often choose which breeds need help. Although some donations have been made towards his care, I've poured much of my own personal finances into this dog since day one getting him fully vaccinated, neutered, trained and completely rehabilitated. I will not turn my back on him now.
He was adopted a few times and returned to my rescue due to having quite a bit of energy along with some quirky behavior typical dog trainers cannot work with. I've taken up the task of helping him learn to be a family dog who respects his human and their property and can operate successfully under a strong pack leader who sets up clear guidelines for him to follow.
At this point many will argue he is a working/hunting dog and that might be true but as he approaches age 2, his behavior is the best it has ever been so I will continue his training. Once he is adopted, his new family can do what they would like, but while he is here, he will not be trained in anything other than obedience and respect. He's smart as can be and has assigned himself a role here in my rescue which is to stand guard in the back yard and chase anything that moves over the walls. Butterflies, lizards, grasshoppers, June bugs, and dragonflies don't get to enter our, (his) backyard, he ensures that! He takes his self-appointed job seriously and spends much of the day outside under my watchful eye. We have long exercise and training sessions in the early mornings and late evenings. His care is balanced out with the care of the other 25 animals here, but intake is closed while he receives priority.
When Rupert is ready for adoption again his new family will be getting a grown-up gentleman who has a purpose and not an eager puppy full of mischief.