Quinten is Deaf - Adopted 3-19-14
Quinten Is Deaf 4-11-13
Adopted 3-19-14
Thank You, Shelley-Carissa-Eric-Cathy
For Transporting Quinten
Thank You, Celeste, For Evaluating
Pulling Helping Quinten
Thank You, Lisa-Hooey,
For Sponsoring Quinten
Thank You, Phillip-Sherry-Calder-Arbor,
For Sponsoring Quinten
IHO Sara & Matt (MO)
Thank You, Jeannie in CO,
For Sponsoring Napoleon
Thank You, Mia, For Sponsoring Lupine Collar
In Honor of Wingo JoJo-Jesse Ann
3-15-14 Quinten had a meet and greet, which went well. Deposit Received. Adopters working on completing the 4th side of their fencing. Will Mother Nature cooperate?
4-11-13 New to rescue from a Southern OH shelter where he came in as a stray. The shelter described him as a young male blue heeler with a docked tail. Our volunteer contact spent time with him and said he is a 38# intact male. At the shelter we were told he was fine with other dogs, both males and females. He did not want to play, but did not act out either. He did smell the dogs and they smelled him. Quinten was fine with her own 8 and 10 year old kids, and was introduced to cats, which were ignored. His evaluation was that he has a wonderful personality and never takes his eyes off of the person handling him. He knows sit, stay, down and walked right beside the person on the lead.
4-12-13 Lo and behold, Mr Quinten is a deaf ACD, which explains the good eye contact with the volunteers and transporters. We are so glad that Quinten came here first, so that his new home will at least know what his special needs might be. (How can the shelter say that he knows those commands, when they didn't know he was deaf? Please don't tell me what you think he knows, this is not fair to him.)
We are finding that Quinten is very much a people pleaser, loves attention and watches his people closely. We are also finding that Quinten is not comfortable around other dogs. His "test" at the shelter was him staying by the people, and him not interacting with the dogs. When he is not around his people, he does okay as long as he can go into a place by himself, like the kennel run or igloo. This does not happen every day, so we just watch what is going on, and adjust accordingly. In this case, he will have to meet and greet any resident dogs.