Miko arrived today from the same pound as Scooby and Kai, and with a few issues to say the least. He is snotting quite badly, which resulted in an emergency isolation kennel being knocked up in the farm offices, and he generally is a right state. Underweight, covered in scars, teeth worn down and rotten, and never seen a brush, goodness only knows what his story is before finding his way to us.

Miko is clearly stressed, and is showing clear signs of "fear aggression." However, he is fine with a handler once he is out on the lead. He has had a busy day, so we can excuse his bad manners tonight, I'll be spending some time with him tomorrow after he has had time to settle a bit.

Stephen, I am really sorry about the KC but I was unware of this until the transport run was already under way and I suppose this is one of the risks when dealing with the poundies.

Thanks for taking him into your care.

It's ok Jennie, that is one of the things we have to cope with.

He is stressed as hell, but is fine once you get him on a lead. Sure he'll blossom, with a bit of SHAK tlc.

Although i didt have much to do with miko, i saw  him come into the pound completely shut down,its the first time i saw a dog that withdrawn.  he just didnt want to know.  he had started to come round and was  going on walks.  it makes me angry to see what people do to these dogs that only want to love.
thank you once again for helping out our poundies.

Well I saw this big guy briefly today! He def needs a lot of tlc but I am sure we will get there with him!

i have a soft spot for this guy i used to spend a sneeky 20 min in the morning after i cleaned him out for a fuss and even a kiss, i worked hard at getting this guy to trust me he then wanted to follow me which was great it took pete 2 tins of chappy to get him to have a lead on to walk . he is very unsure of new people but with time he started to come round and food was the tool that he liked the most he only recently got kc and has had 3-4 day on tabs.

good look big lad i no u will come on leaps and bounds.

Well, after all the stress of yesterday, Miko went for his first proper walk with me today. He is fine with the person on the other end of the lead, but is still very warying of strangers and other people being around. You can see he wants to relax, throw him a ball and he is in his element (not brave enough to try and take it off him yet) and as you can see from the pictures below, I have found the reason for his teeth to be so worn down.

I really think that given time and being socialised around people, Miko will be ok. We just have to wait for this damn kennel cough to sort itself out, then he can be intergrated with the others.

Well done John, he wouldn't of gotten this far without the time and effort you put in with him.

lovely pics  especially that one with the dirty tongue.

aaawwww look at that face now you no why i  couldn help fall for this guy.
he looks happyer already.
good look big man .

I haven't met this handsome guy either, but he has something in his eyes, the way he stares at the camera.  Thanks for taking him into your care Shak x

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