Petey comes to live with us.

Petey was found in a puppy mill in Wyoming with a group of other dogs. There were approximately 10 Pomeranians that were shipped to TX to the rescue group that we rescued our other dogs from. We picked up Petey from the woman who had been fostering him on the first Sunday in January, 2009. We watched as the woman tried to herd him into his crate. This took about ten minutes. Petey was pretty quiet on his way to our house. He had a collar on so we put a leash on him and got him out of the crate when we got him home and in our backyard. Petey immediately pulled out of his collar and ran to the farthest side of the yard. Dave cornered him where he proceeded to projectile vomit. (Petey, not Dave) Now you have to understand that Petey is 6 pounds and doesn't have many of his teeth. We finally got him herded into the house where he met our other two dogs. He was interested in the dogs but not in the humans. Petey would go in his crate as he felt comfortable there. We could pick him up only if we got him in his crate, opened the top of the crate and reached in and picked him up. Of course, this was never easy as he would get as far into the corner of his crate as he would and bite anyone who tried to pick him up. We also put a couple of dog beds in our bedroom hoping he would get comfortable enough to come into the bedroom with us. We always watched TV in our bedroom every evening. We could not get near him, pet him or even walk toward him without Petey running away. Over the next few months, he would bark at us when he wanted food. He loved to go outside and chase the other dogs. He would sit as far away from any human who happened to be in the backyard or in the room. If he were in the house, he usually sat in another room never laying down but sitting so that he could get away quickly. Petey would occasionally take food out of our hands but would immediately run away with the food to eat in a quiet area. We decided that we would not bring him to the veterinarian as he had a complete check up in October of 2008. He was spayed at that time.