Recently rescued an adult working dog from a pound and not sure if I made a mistake.
She is the most beautiful girl, over the past month we’ve really bonded and I can tell she loves me and she seems happy, but I worry I’m not giving her enough.
Part of me knows, the life I can give her (access to a decent size garden, 2 hours of walking, and comfy caring home, I also do training activities everyday and sniff play) is WAY better than being at the pound. BUT she’s a working dog, she’s meant to be on a farm.
All I know about her history is that a farmer dumped her because she didn’t do well enough herding sheep and got too distracted by the workers.
She doesn’t know how to play, so I struggle to get any high intensity exercise. The off lead walks are mainly her sniffing everything while following me. She will run, but only if I run and I’m not a runner, I can go for about 30 seconds 😂.
I live in a pretty rural area so she’s getting lots of walks in forests and across fields. But always walking, never running.
Should I try find her another home? It breaks my heart thinking about it. And think she’d really miss me/struggle to be moved again. But all I want is what’s best for her.
Please be nice!
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