Rigby, formerly known as Davey, was surrendered to a no kill shelter in Central CA with his brother Harley. I believe it was a case of an elderly owner moving or something. Anyhow, the boys were adopted out together since they had spent their whole lives together. Then at no fault of their own, the person who adopted them moved, I believe, and she brought them back to the no-kill shelter about a year or two later. Well that shelter charged a high fee to return dogs so somehow my friend Lynn got involved so she could keep them out of the regional animal control shelter.
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| Rigby (L) with his brother Harley |
Lynn, working with another rescue, found a home who was interested in both boys and they went home. Then, about a month later the person contacted them and said that two dogs was too much and they were returning Rigby. Supposedly he had peed in the house a couple times and they were not going to tolerate that. He basically was just dumped into a house and expected to be perfect and no one taught him where the potty was at that house. Dog's don't generalize well so even the most house trained dogs need a bit of a refresher when they move. Rigby also itched a lot and they found that annoying.
So back Rigby came and sadly, he was separated from his brother. The itching was quickly worked through by switching him to a good quality grain-free food and he's doing great with his house training. When he came back my friend asked me if New Rattitude could take him and I jumped at the chance. I love the bigger Rat Terriers and am always excited to foster them.
Rigby will be arriving here on Sunday thanks to Gettin' 'Em Home Rescue Transport. Thanks also to Lynn Bonham for keeping him out of the shelter and Dalinda Langley for temping him while we waited for a foster spot to open up. We can't wait to get to know him!
Rigby is of course named for the Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby" which was released in 1966 on the "Revolver" album.
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