Nisha and Talía (Negreta and Lulú).... a journey.

[Candy]

Decided gin's a no-no! Enough wine already!
Goodnight everyone!xxx

 

[Atemas]

@snowbunny you and J are totally awesome - that video of Negreta and Lulu made me so tearful - what lucky dogs. I take my hat off to you both

 

[Lab_adore]

@snowbunny you and J are totally awesome - that video of Negreta and Lulu made me so tearful - what lucky dogs. I take my hat off to you both

I echo this and am raising my glass of wine to you Fiona

 

[snowbunny]

Thursday is the day we sign the papers

 

[Jessica]

How exciting! I hope she adjusts happily to her new home.

 

[Cath]

Are you getting both of them @snowbunny

 

[snowbunny]

Are you getting both of them @snowbunny

Yes. Totally bonkers, but yes. We probably won't bring them home Thursday, as we have some other things to do, but they will legally be ours then!

I was thinking of setting up a FB page journalling their progress (which we will hopefully see). I need a name for it! As well as new names for both dogs

I like Nisha and Gaia but J doesn't seem too keen.

But I'd love to hear any suggestions for a page name. Readdddyyyyyyy...... steadddddyyyy..... GO!

 

[snowbunny]

Oh, also, as much as I'm pretty confident in how to approach working with these dogs, there's no denying that they are more extreme than anything I've ever dealt with previously, so I'm putting the feelers out to see if I can find someone with a LOT of experience working with this level of fearfulness to help with talking through their particular cases. Because however much you think you know, it's never weak to ask for assistance from people with more knowledge than you. Jo-Rosie has said she's interested, and she has a lot of shelter experience, so I'm hoping that will pan out

 

[kateincornwall]

Names : Faith and Hope ? Also a name that means Hope is Evengeline ( Eva for short ) . x
FB page name suggestion : Charity ( meaning kindness ) for Faith and Hope x

 

[snowbunny]

That's lovely, Kate, but the dogs' names have to tie in with my nature theme - plus I'd feel very peculiar about calling a dog Faith when it has religious connotations to me and I'm a godless heathen

 

[Cath]

Yes. Totally bonkers, but yes. We probably won't bring them home Thursday, as we have some other things to do, but they will legally be ours then!

Wonderful news, You and J are very special people

 

[Jacqui-S]

Wonderful news, You and J are very special people

I second this

 

[chrisc831]

I do rather hope you go with Nisha, it is the name of my friend’s daughter.

 

[Lisa]

Facebook name suggestion: Forever Home.

Question - will you be using any of the prescription drugs you have used with Willow to help at the beginning at least?

 

[snowbunny]

Question - will you be using any of the prescription drugs you have used with Willow to help at the beginning at least?

Hah! Actually none of them are prescription drugs here (yes, Prozac and gabapentin are OTC here)
I certainly want to get them on meds ASAP. I will do it through my vet here obviously, and there’s a different SSRI I want some advice on having heard some stuff about it. But, yes, meds are going to be a first line of attack for these dogs

 

[snowbunny]

We still don't have names for the dogs, but I have chosen a name for the page. Once I make my first post, I'll be sure to share it with you all

 

[Candy]

I'm excited to see how they come on with you, poor sweet girls. Not easy for anyone after such a prolonged period of feeling scared.

 

[snowbunny]

They are home!

It's been a long, tiring, and very stressful day for everyone. I will update tomorrow as I have to catch up on some work now. But they are home, and in a couple of days, the real work can begin.

We have new names for them. Negreta is Nisha (nee-shah) which means "Night" in Sanskrit and Lulú is now Talía (tal-ee-ya), which is "morning dew".

As well as here, I will be documenting their journey on a FB page here: Courage Doesn't Always Roar
Please click to follow along if you're interested

 

[Sophiedoodle]

Negreta is Nisha (nee-shah) which means "Night" in Sanskrit and Lulú is now Talía (tal-ee-ya), which is "morning dew".

Beautiful names and exciting (but stressful, I imagine) times ahead. I look forward to hearing their journey

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Love the names and so happy they are home with you. You and J are AMAZING. Lots and lots of and Carbon besitos for you and your gang.