Blackie

On a main street of Mati, in 2017, a young, black and white little girl, weak, full of ticks, was always walking around with her head bowed and her tail tucked up. Every day we left her food and water, hoping she would trust us a little. The little one would only approach the food after we had gotten into the car and driven away. After a long time, and even though she continued to shake with fear, she let us approach for petting and so, slowly, she was dewormed, spayed, had her treatments. In the end, both we and she got “tired” of walking back and forth on the streets and “agreed” to take her home. Needless to say, neither we nor our other family dogs let her go back out on the streets, and the young lady with the new name calmed down, trusted, became part of the family, no longer has her head bowed and her tail tucked. But the experience of the street does not fade, as she never stopped shaking whole in the face of anything new or unfamiliar. Blackie’s participation in the SAPT team has helped her a lot to “endure” coming into contact with groups of children and adults. And since our girl is not a “socialite”, but calm and quiet, she in turn helps shy children and adults alike become familiar with the presence and company of a dog.