Meet Mae.

Mae is deaf, a small 7 year old apricot poodle, she has neurological issues but walks/runs just fine. She was abandoned by her owners, left without food/water and was rescued by animal services. She was found at the bottom of a drained swimming pool in south Florida (estimated 2 weeks without food/water proper shelter). As you can imagine she may have suffered permanent damage while exposed in that pool in the heat. For 6 years her new owner cared for her but financial and personal reasons arose which meant the owner had to surrender her, this time it was different, she was placed into a nice foster home, never missing a meal.

As is sometimes seen in owner surrenders, Mae had a hard time adjusting to a new home when surrendered to CPR. Her deafness, change in situation were hard on her. She is a good girl but can be people protective/aggressive, meaning she can latch on to 1 person in the home and not really want other people around. Her deafness has it's own unique aspects and also affects her personality (she is in her own world!). Has had issues with house training but seems good now, has had issues with food/water aggressiveness but has settled down in that area also. She really needs someone with patience and love that will let her know they care and yet lay down the boundries so she feels safe. Mae has been in foster care for over 6 months and unfortunately her foster mom is having pregnancy complications and so we need to transfer her to another foster home shortly.

CPR has seen other dogs have a difficult transition similar to this but the dogs always overcome the challenge. Time is something shelters cannot afford the dogs in their care but CPR does. Donations allow us to rehabilitate a dog and allow it to learn to live within their new world.