About Kia

San Antonio, TX CURRENTLY ON MEDICAL HOLD Hi, my name is Kia and I am beautiful! I have had so many puppies and probably lived my whole life in a kennel before being rescued. I know I have some special needs but all I really need is patience and space and I will find my comfort-zone with you on my own - please don't force me or I might shut down. Little things can be scary for me. I am shy and slow to warm up but I desperately want to find my person. I need my own space to hide in even if it is a blanket-covered kennel in the middle of all of the action so I can catch my breath and watch what everyone is doing but trust me, I am always watching to find out who can be my friend. Once I have decided that you are my friend, I will stick to you like glue and I love to lay quietly at your feet and hang out wherever you are. In bed, I creep up for nose scratches but I am not a bed hog and I prefer to be by your feet, especially if I can look out of a window. If you don't shut the bedroom door during the day, I will try to turn your bed into my quiet spot but don't worry, you'll never know I'm there! I do stay in my kennel happily although you might have to come get me when it is time to potty with everyone and I'm too comfortable to get up. You don't have to pull my collar because if your hand is by my neck and you talk to me sweet, I will follow you wherever you go. I will talk to you in big yawns when I'm excited to see you. I'm definitely a leaner and I have learned to scratch above my tail on the wall because my pink skin can get dry and itchy. When I'm getting a really good scratch I will announce it to the house even if I'm the one scratching. Please give me a comfy bed with lots of padding in my kennel and wherever I am hanging out because I have pressure sores on my elbows and my toes are crooked from being confined on bad flooring. I like to eat in my kennel away from everyone because I'm scared I won't get enough to eat so I try to steal everyone's food. As I get more comfortable with my foster, I've gotten very brave and instead of running away, I've been testing how to stand up for myself in the pack so I need to be with very mellow dogs that don't resource guard or stand and fight - put me with big chickens like me! Large or small dogs are fine, my pack right now has 2 chiweenies, a lab mix, and an old man Dane. I don't know how I feel about cats, and children are okay if they don't run at me or make loud noises - if they do, I have to run to my kennel to hide until things get quiet again. When things get loud, I freeze and sometimes people wonder if I am blind or deaf but I just don't know what to do because a house is still new to me. I am still working on where to go potty but as long as someone lets me out every 4-6 hours, I don't have any accidents. Don't trust me if I say I don't want to go out, I'm just pretending so I can stay in the house because I am scared I am staying outside for good again. If you show me a place I can dig, I like to stretch my toes because I might have lived with a wire floor for all those years I was having puppies. I love to be outside at night when it is nice and cool and quiet and will chase and play if you jump around with me. When I'm excited I stand in a bowlegged squat so I can pounce on my friends. I am not destructive nor do I cry when I am left alone so I might get forgotten in a busy house. I would really love to be with someone who needs a constant companion who maybe works from home or needs quiet company to read or talk to because I have been very lonely a long time.

Gregg County
Longview, Texas 75608