Tammie
Adopted!
New Name: Tammie Louise
Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Breed: Miniature Schnauzer
Weight: 15 pounds
Current Location: Van Alstyne, TX
Adoption Date: October 23, 2020
Adopted by: Sharon McCurdy
Latest Update:
About Tammie:
Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Breed: Miniature Schnauzer
Weight: 15 pounds
Current Location: Van Alstyne, TX
Adoption Date: October 23, 2020
Adopted by: Sharon McCurdy
Latest Update:
Big news! Tammie has found her forever home. Tammie will live with Sharon McCurdy of Van Alstyne, TX. Tammie (or Tiny T as we called her) will join Sharon’s first DRR Rescue Daisy. Daisy was VERY excited to meet her new sister!
You might remember that Daisy’s name was Liz when she was with us and she was a very shy almost feral little Maltese that Sharon took home and has worked wonders with her.
Tammie has come a long way in just over a week in foster care…she discovered toys, blankets, and learned the dog door. I know that she will continue to gain confidence under Sharon’s care. Sharon is keeping her name and she’ll be known as Tammie Louise or Tammie Lou for short. She already had a pink rhinestone collar and name tag ready for her! Happy life, sweet girl – I can’t wait to see updates on the Happy Tails page!
I had a Schnauzer that I met that I loved and planned to get, and once again my plan fell apart as the price on her was way too much. This girl was also the beneficiary of that failed attempt because once again we scooped up another Schnauzer that was on the table. She was the oldest Schnauzer in the auction and yesterday was her lucky day. She was born on 11/27/2014
Advertised as a great mom and raises them all.
Formerly # 102
We have named her Tammie Schifflet who is an ultrasonographer.
Welcome to Dog Ranch Rescue Tammie
UPDATE 10/18/2020
I need to gather the village to talk once again about some of these mill dogs and how they behave in the new life they are faced with away from living in a cage mostly alone with little human interaction.
Tammie is a prime example of this. She was born in November of 2014 and will soon have her 6 birthday. That’s 6 years as a breeder dog, making Miniature Schnauzer puppies as what mill owners refer to as merchandise for the public to buy. While the public is enjoying their little puppy, the parents to those puppies look like this.
Socially why on earth should Tammie be happy and friendly to humans?
Why should she be anything but apprehensive and worried? She has lived her whole life without a home, without a family, without getting to sleep with a person that loves her, without toys, or going for a walk, or a family vacation.
I cannot emphasize enough that these mill dogs have never been a “pet” so when we are screening applicants for potential owners it is incredibly important that the family gets this, understands this, is willing to accept this…When I explain that the adoptive family must have patience, and understanding this is exactly why.
Tammie so desperately wants to trust, her instincts tell her that she should follow a person. She can hear the kindness in a person’s voice. She has been at the sanctuary and knows that the people are kind, they feed her, they hold her, they let her out to play with other dogs, they give her clean soft bedding to sleep on, but it’s hard, it’s very, very hard to get 6 years of never having that out of her mind. She stays near but out of reach, she comes closer for a smell but then hurries away.
Sometimes the mill dogs seem unphased by their life experience, sometimes they are so damaged that we question if they can ever be a “normal” dog and sometimes they just cannot be a “normal” dog, but instead they will be the best they can be.
A dog like Tammie we predict will be okay, she will come around, she wants to, and she feels like she can trust, we just need the right family who recognizes that and will do the work necessary to help her come through it.
This is Laura’s task, and she has great instincts when talking to people about adopting. Sometimes she just picks up on one or two things that make her pause on if she feels the committment necessary from the family, do they understand what a mill dog really means? Do they understand the difficulty of housebreaking a dog who has lived in a cage where they have no place to poop or pee away from where they might want to lay down. This information is critical and I don’t envy her job, it’s difficult and many times thankless.
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