ood Dog Rescue is a “cradle to grave” rescue group and our

adoption contract requires adopters to return their dogs to us if,

for any reason, they cannot keep them. In September 08, Cindy Fisher

notified us that she wanted to return Lexie because she had grown into

a vicious dog.

But it wasn’t easy to get Lexie back. First of all, it was difficult to

discover her location. Cindy had boarded Lexie at an unknown location

and made conditions on her return, attempting to control the kind of

foster home where we would put Lexie (no children, no other pets).

Finally, we were advised that Lexie was being warehoused in isolation

in the quarantine, dangerous dog section of the county law

enforcement agency. One of our CT volunteers rushed to get Lexie and

found her cowering in a small cage, head wrapped in a giant

Elizabethan collar, with a big stitched-up wound in the side of her

muzzle from an attack by the adopter’s other dog.

On Saturday, Sept 20 Lexie arrived back in TN and went straight to one

of our volunteer foster moms, Sharon W, who works wonders with

dispirited dogs; Lexie couldn’t be in better hands. Sharon reports

there’s not a vicious bone in Lexie’s body, but she is indeed a very

scared young dog with little trust in humans. She is slowly revealing

clues to us about the months she spent with Cindy Fisher. The

least little noise, she hits the ground. She goes nuts if anyone

touches her collar. She’s terrified of the garden hose. She eats

and drinks lying down, typical behavior for breeder dogs and

others that are kept in confined quarters, in other words