Honey is a very lucky (and very beautiful) apricot (reddish) young adult Mastiff girl in need of a wonderful home to give her the chance at a happy life. And through it all, Honey is sweet and submissive- and greets all newcomers as though they are her long lost friends. You can truly see the gratitude in her eyes in the photos above.

 

Honey was dumped off at a shelter with a litter of newborn (surely mixed breed)  puppies.

 The pups have all been adopted out by the shelter but Honey is available to the right loving family.

Half starved as she was and is, she was certainly in  no condition to whelp or care for puppies- but because her previous owner did not care enough about her to have her spayed she was forced to endure it all.

 

 Thanks to some very caring employees at the Brunswick Co. Animal shelter, SSMR was notified to rescue Honey and find her a great home.

 

Honey is very underweight at approximately 90 lbs. Even when she recovers and has been fed well for a few months she will always be of an easily manageable size. She should weigh no more than120 lbs when she is at a healthy weight.

 

Honey has not yet been spayed but will be very soon.

 

Below are some early observations paraphrased from a note from her current foster mom:

 

"Honey has been nothing but sweet to everyone who has met her- both men and women. We have had lots of company too.

She has shown no food or treat/bone aggression with any of us which is wonderful because with any dog who has been starved that can be an issue.

 

 As far as house manners, Honey is an opportunistic .trash/counter surfer if she has free access to the kitchen- again common when dogs have been starved and have had to fend for themselves to stay alive. With consistent boundary training and good food this should change.

 

Honey is house broken, and has never attempted to chew up anything...she may have some separation anxiety that will hopefully go away
with time. We can see her getting frantic through the window when we leave her so we are giving her big bones to chew on when we leave the house to keep her occupied and that seems to really help- and we blocked off the window from her access as well.

 

 The couch is her BEST FRIEND, and once she realized she could get on the couch, she was in heaven!

 

She listens extremely well, a simple "AHHHH" and she will stop what she is doing. She knows 'sit', but that is about it.

She does come when called and is very much a velcro dog who just wants to be with you as much as possible.

She will not yet go outside by herself to potty, I have to walk outside with her or she sits at the door.

She seems to be okay on a leash, but we have not been on a real walk yet. The day I got her from the shelter, she was badly in need of a bath- so I took her straight to a local self service dog washing place (they have the raised tubs, hot water, etc) and gave her a good bath.

She was great with that, let me clean her ears, etc. She seems to be fine with overall handling, ears, feet, tail, butt, etc. "

 

Below is an update from her foster mom on Feb 22,2009