George, a Rescue Dog: Day Eight
George is a 10 year old toy poodle mix, who was dumped by his owners at the Baytown Animal Shelter. He was found there by Lou Sisk, and Holly Dool found him rescue with the Blind Dog Rescue Alliance. I’m fostering George and updating his story to show that rescue dogs straight from the shelter make wonderful pets.
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Apparently, George likes Lebanese food. You might recall that for the past two days, I’ve had problems giving George his pills. I’ve been feeding him a super high quality canned dog food. Initially, I just mixed the pills in with the food and he housed everything. Then as he started to realize that he was going to eat 3 meals a day, he started eating around the pills, then just turning his nose up at the entire dish. I tried crushing the pills and mixing them into the food. Nope. I tried peanut butter and pills. Nope. Treats and pills. Nope.
Yesterday, I was hungry for Lebanese food, so I cooked Riz bi Djaj, which is chicken and rice. You roast the chicken and cook it with rice and nuts that have been sautéed in a little bit of butter.
I was having some of this dish for lunch today and I wondered if George might eat the pills if I crush them and mix them into some Riz bi Djaj. Sure enough, he scarfed up the chicken, the rice, and the pills. Will this last? I don’t know, but I’m certainly not eating any more of it –I’m saving it up for George!
It was a really nice day, so I took the opportunity to hang out with George outside. I’ve been trying to work on getting him to relax with human touch. He’s still pretty skittish, which is understandable given everything that’s happened to him. But I think the combination of the beautiful weather, a relaxing short walk, and a nice scratch relaxed George a bit.
George, relaxing in the sunshine.
