We continue with our 100 Days with 100 Dogs series with Charlie. Charlie is an older dog with specific behavioural complications that mean he's not suitable for rehoming. At many places this would mean the end for him, but we don't euthanise unless no other option is available, and so he's one of over 20 dogs in our permanent care.
Resident Charlie
Charlie is an 7 or 8 year old male entire GSD. He came to us after his elderly owner fell and broke his hip. The owner was 82 years old when he was sold Charlie as a puppy. After breaking his hip, his owner needed family assistance and Charlie wasn't too happy with this. He had been used to doing just as he pleased so when family members tried to tell him not to do something he bit them.
We've looked after him for over two years now. Once we had worked with him we tried putting him up for adoption. A couple of people expressed interest and we'd already explained Charlie's situation before seeing them. When they visited, we asked how they would handle certain situations and of course they said they would tell him "no". One of the visitors was reminded that a different approach was needed with Charlie and his response was "what good is he if I can't tell him no" even though we had a long discussion about it before his visit.
We subsequently made the decision that for Charlie's safety we wouldn't home him. He is very happy with us and is not being put in situations he cannot cope with.
Charlie is one of over 20 resident dogs in our permanent care, and these dogs can be sponsored to help cover the cost for that care. Find out more about sponsoring our dogs here: https://gsdwelfare.blogspot.com/p/sponsor-our-dogs.html
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