Welcome to see Veera's own page!
Veera came to our pack in November 2002. We thought to have buddy
for Pontus and we thought, that it could be some homeless dog. She has been brought from
Estonia, from Kodutute Koerte Varjupaik's homeless dog's center.
Why from Estonia? Because there homeless dog's life is so much
worse than in Finland. For her first years she has been living at the streets or dog
shelter, connected to not warmed dog house with only 2 meters short chain. In
veterinary's opinion, she was 3-4 years old when she came to us. Veera is Belgian Shepherd dog-mix, maybe some German Shepherd
dog also. Her character is more like Belgian Shepherd, but her moves like
German Shepherd. Her size is smaller than either of those races, but if
her food has been white bread and potato's peels, no wonder...
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Veera's first years has been quite severe, concluding from her acts.
When she came to us, she feared every man, especially those who
talked Russia. Every angry / loud voices got her run away under our
bed, she still does that. It took 1 year to get her trust us so
much, that she dared to come to us with her ears up, without
flinging her back at the floor.
Nowadays Veera is happy and sometimes even playful bitch - she
didn't even know how to play when she came to our family.
Unfortunately after her sterilation, she has become really angry for
other dogs. That is most likely her unsure character's and sad
background's fault. Even we have tried everything to get this action
off, it seems to be permanent. Veera loves smoothing and scratching
and would like it to be done all the time. Veera is also very eager
runner and she likes to pull bike or kick-sled. She also likes any
kind of balls - she could play with them for hours.
Veera has been totally healthy, physically and mentally and I think
we have been lucky. Many other dog from those kind of conditions has
been more difficult cases. She suffers a little bit parting anxiety,
because she maybe thinks that people abandon her again, but that is
very minor.
With kids Veera gets along well and loves them to scratch her.
Sometimes she wants to shepherd them and snap them at their ankles,
but that she'll stop by command. Veera is more mine than Pekka's
dog, because I brought her home from Estonia.
After all also Veera is very dear, lovely and beautiful member of
our family. Despite of all her special needs, we haven't ever regret
for taking her to our pack!
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