Lightning

Dachshund

7 years, Female, Small

Lightning is a shy, sweet mature doxie mix who came to rescue with her three housemates after losing their home and owner to a house fire. One thing that's apparent about all of these girlies is that they have been generously overfed! Lightning is now on a weight reduction diet to hopefully improve her overall health and long-term lifestyle. We are still learning about Lightning as she settles in, and we'll update information as we get it.  

It's pretty apparent that Lightning is stressed with all of the recent changes in her life.  We are allowing her some space to adjust to rescue and not pushing her too hard to interact.  She is slowly coming around, although right now she just prefers to watch the volunteers from her bed.  Potential fosters and adopters need to be aware that she needs patience and understanding to adapt to her new life.