This is just a vent/rant.

I have a friend who is a dog rescuer as am I. We live in different cities only about 5 hours apart. I go every few months to visit her.

I've been fostering this dog Fish for about 3 weeks now. He started out being very afraid of everything, including me. Wouldn't even come near me. But now he's excited when I get home and jumps all over me, snuggles me in bed, plays with me, and Astro. I've gotten him to have enough confidence where I can start working with him on some basic obedience.

I've posted updates to Facebook about him all the time, showing what a great and sweet dog he is. And every time she posts something about how he seems like a handful. All my other friends just think he's super sweet and mellow. I posted one video of him playing, and I said in the post that he acts like that for about 5 minutes a day and then sleeps the rest of it. My friend keeps posting an insisting he's a "handful."

I mentioned that we were starting to work on obedience and that he was picking it up really fast. And she said "lol, good luck." To which I responded, "if I can train your dog, I can train Fish." And she responded again "he looks like a handful." (And her dog is actually reactive aggressive. Fish is just timid.)

This is really making me mad for a few reasons. First, this dog has recovered in leaps and bounds since I got him. When I got him he was completely shut down and scared to death of humans. He had no joy. He was barely a dog. Since then he has known love and joy and given both to me in return. He is a great dog. And it makes me mad that anyone would talk badly about this animal that has been to hell and back. I feel like she has no sympathy for him.

Second, it makes me angry that she posts that stuff about him because I am posting that stuff to try and find him a home! Posting negative comments about him will turn away potential adopters. Why would you do that?!

It's just so frustrating to see these negative comments from her. Like, why would you do/say that about an abused/neglected dog? If I said anything like that about her two "handful" aggressive dogs (both rescues and mistreated in the past) she would have a fit.

Okay, end rant.

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