Sometimes there is no accounting for the way the Boxer brain works. Sometimes it's funny and mostly it just makes us love them more. Ask Petey's mom.
Miss Petey, our rescue boxer mix girl, is afraid of the oven. Yes it is
all my fault as I have set off the smoke alarm a few times in the past
when I use the broiler setting. I have not done that in a long time and
I am trying to get her not to be afraid every time I turn on the oven.
Lately I have not allowed her to "hide" by the back door in an effort to
show her there is nothing to fear. However she still tries to get in
as small an area as possible and, last time, I found her crammed into
our Chihuahua's little bed.
Back in December we adopted another little Chihuahua we named Jack. He
came to rescue as part of a hoarding case in which an old man had 27
dogs in his house. He was never adopted from animal control due to
being extremely timid and unsocialized. He was supposed to be
euthanized but the guy with animal control took a liking to him and
begged Doggie Paws Rescue to take him. That is where we found and
adopted him. I like hard luck cases especially those that no one else
wants. Jack has come a long way since we adopted him but I really think
it is because of Miss Petey. As you can see he just loves her and
wants to be near her as much as she will let him.
