Poor Fergi. Someone was pretty mean to her at some time in the past, and she’s still scared of everybody. Dogs like that make me want to hug them and tell them that everything’s going to be all right, but of course, that’s the whole problem: you can’t get within ten feet.
Fergi needed a lot of reassurance, even though I was staying around ten feet away.
I wasn't the only one she was scared of. Other passers-by were also potential threats.
Look at that face. Who could bear to hurt that face?
When mom wasn't holding her, she tended to put her back against a wall.
Thank you for posting Fergi! She looks fabulous! I love your wonderful pictures and blog!
Fergi is a beautiful dog and sadly this happens a lot to dogs that are mistreated and sometimes dropped off at a shelter. I miss our little Shi-tzu we had to put down this past year who would have been 18 this year!
Hmm. I thought she was a Dog of San Jose. Must be one of those 1% dogs with multiple residences!
She’s an honorary Dog of San Francisco!
She does live in SF! She lives with my brother when I have to travel. She has good homes in both cities hehe!
Hope she’s adapting to big city life a little bit. All those scary people!
This looks exactly like my dog!
http://www.dogforum.com/attachments/7168d1341180249-my-dog-blue-heeler-help-input-dsc03708.jpg
http://www.dogforum.com/attachments/7169d1341180287-my-dog-blue-heeler-help-input-dsc03667.jpg
http://www.dogforum.com/attachments/7172d1341180519-my-dog-blue-heeler-help-input-dsc03905.jpg
http://www.dogforum.com/attachments/7207d1341340904-my-dog-blue-heeler-help-input-dsc04525.jpg
http://www.dogforum.com/attachments/7279d1341963543-my-dog-blue-heeler-help-input-dsc04675.jpg
Wow, you’re right, they do look similar! I love the puzzled expression in the second picture… ‘hey, why’re you pointing that weird thing at me when you could be over here PLAYING??’
I was wondering if my dog was a pointer cattle dog mix as well
http://www.dogforum.com/members/17051/album/handsome-boy-1121/
Weird: when I try to access that, it asks me to log into the forum. Won’t show it to me without logging in. But the posts made by Jennifer, above, work fine without me logging in.