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BUTTONS HAS GOOD NEWS
Hello all! Well, if you read my article in the After lots and lots of work and patience I
last eNewsletter about my amazing new am ready for my new long term foster
toy box, you will remember that I home so that they can continue to work
mentioned that I might have some special with me and Aunty Lisa to help overcome
news - well, I can now announce it!! my door fears in a new home environment.
I have found my special new long term I am settling in and at the moment my
foster home! foster parents and me are just getting to
know each other and they are helping me
I came to BTRF in a terrible state – bad to adapt to my new home at my own pace.
ears, eyes, skin, tummy – you name it I had There is lots of sleeping, sniffing, licking
it. I was surrendered because my guardian and chewing (as this helps me feel calm
just couldn’t cope with my off the wall and relaxed), no walks yet – that’s way too
behaviour and I had to be kept in another
room behind closed doors. I had also bitten much for me to cope with at the moment. I
a few times which made life almost am just noodling and chilling.
unbearable for my family. Best of all I live with two other beddie
buddies who are showing me the ropes
They did absolutely the right thing and
asked for help, so BTRF took me in. My care and I have a bit of a soft spot for my little
team got stuck in to find out what was girlfriend, we are hanging out together and
going on and to start to unravel my issues. I even let her share my toy box!
It was touch and go at the beginning So that’s me for now – here I am hanging
because of my ‘biteyness’, but slowly and out with my foster dad – who I love to bits.
carefully they got to the bottom of my
issues, I was in a HUGE amount of pain.
Once we knew why and I started to get the
treatment I needed, I began to feel much
better quite quickly and my ears, eyes, skin
and tummy all improved with a good diet
and lots of the right supplements.
The one big issue I was still struggling with
was doors! Because I had been shut behind
a closing door and I had learnt to pair this Thank you again to our supporters who
with the pain, I was terrified every time have supplied all my medical care and
anyone came through a doorway near me. treatment to help get me to where I am
But Aunty Lisa really helped me with this now and to enable me to start a new
and helped me understand that I didn’t happy and pain free life.
need to be scared but if I directed my fear
and anxiety into grabbing my toy or my Licky slurps to you all
favourite rabbit ear snack, I could manage
my worries and learn that actually doors Buttons the Beddie
were nothing to be fearful about.
info@bedlingtonrescue.co.uk www.bedlingtonrescue.co.uk
