08/20/2026
🌴💗🐾 WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT A DOG, GIVE IT A CHANCE: When you adopt a dog consider all it has been through before coming to your home & give it time to acclimate. Rescuing a dog is a wonderful lasting commitment & likely will be one of the best decisions of your life! We ask that you think about what all your new companion has been through before coming to you & don’t make a snap judgement on their temperament based on their 1st or even 2nd night with you. Expecting them to be perfect right away is unreasonable & unfair. Most rescue dogs are in a dog rescue because their first set of humans failed them. They have gone from the only home they have likely known for years to a scary, loud, stressful, traumatic shelter or to a rescue into a temporary foster home. The comfort of their home, people, fur-siblings & routine has all been changed in an instant & they don’t understand why. Their world has been completely turned upside-down, usually due to no fault of their own, they don’t know why but are forced to put on a brave face & deal with it the best they can. We comfort them as much as we can while they are in foster care with us but the process can still be stressful causing dogs to feel unsettled & anxious. It is the happiest day of their lives when they are adopted by you but they don’t understand right away that you are their FURever home. They often times come to you feeling confused & insecure because of all they have been through since being dumped by their original owners. GIVE THEM A CHANCE! Give them time to get to know you, give them time to get to know your home, give them time to learn to navigate their new surroundings. Give them time to decompress, give them a quiet place like a crate they can go to feel safe, give them several weeks before slowly introducing them to other pets. (With more help on introduction, check out our introductions tab on our website.) Give them time to learn your schedule, give them time to adjust to a new routine, potty schedule, new food & a new lifestyle. If you want your adoption to succeed be mindful of what your new best friend has been through. Give them love, give them time & most importantly GIVE THEM PATIENCE! 🐾💗🌴
For tips on how to introduce a dog you’ve just adopted to your current dog check out our website under the EDUCATIONAL section:
www.BullTerrierRescueOfCentralFl.org