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April 13, 2016 | 6 Comments

BLOGGING FROM A TO Z

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Meet Kilo, an adorable three and a half-year-old pug mix.

Kilo’s person Susan shares his story:

We started fostering him in August 2014 from a lovely organization called ‘Homeward Bound Rescue.’ His foster person of 2 weeks could no longer care for him. He had been through at least three homes before the first foster, so we were number 5. We eventually adopted him, as he became part of the family.

He is funny affectionate and he makes us smile every day.

Kilo arrived poorly house-trained, poorly socialized and very anxious and reactive. However, he has always been the biggest love-bug with the family. He lives on my lap or beside me and gives the best pug hugs. He loves to play games, get massages and chew his toys.

His favorite things in the world are food and me, so I have used positive reinforcement with love, praise, toys, and treats to train him. Kilo is now crate-trained, mostly toilet-trained, and knows approximately 30 tricks and behaviors.  He needs a lot of physical and mental stimulation between snoozes (snoring). We walk, play and train for at least ten minutes every 2-3 hours most days. He still sometimes lacks focus and a reliable recall but every month he gets better. He is a very athletic resourceful jumper and will steal food and “treasure”. Kilo’s definition of food is quite broad and occasionally includes dirty tissues. He likes to check through the recycling and hoards any empty plastic bottles.

Kilo does not like strangers, the mail person or other dogs. However, we have had several breakthroughs the last three weeks. He attended Canadian Pet Expo for an hour and was very well-behaved. Linzy even taught him to ride her skate board. He also had a relatively successful walk with Aria’s puppy Beau and visited his only friend Stan’s house last weekend and was amazing!

Kilo makes my life better and I couldn’t imagine it without him now.

RESCUES ROCK!

 

Click to read more about Kilo and Talent Hounds!

Thank you Susan & Kilo,

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Categories: WORKS OF ART Tagged: A to Z Challenge, Pet Portraits, Rescue

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  1. Talent Hounds says

    April 13, 2016 at 9:22 am

    OMG I love the painting of Kilo. Thanks so much for featuring my little love bug.
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    • Sadie says

      April 13, 2016 at 3:26 pm

      My Pleasure!

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  2. Beth says

    April 14, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    What a beautiful painting of Kilo! It is fun to learn a little bit more about him on this blog!
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    • Sadie says

      April 15, 2016 at 9:28 am

      Thanks Beth!

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  3. Rachel says

    April 24, 2016 at 2:58 pm

    Rescues do rock! I’m glad that Kilo ended up in the perfect home.
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    • Sadie says

      April 25, 2016 at 7:27 am

      Indeed. Kilo is a lucky pup.

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