JESS

Jess (A565273) When you first get to Jess’s kennel, it looks empty. Only after reading the sign on the door, which states, “I’m here, I’m just hiding under my bed”, do you realize that Jess is, in fact right there. She makes herself tiny because everything about the shelter scares her. I move slowly, as I do with all fearful dogs and she comes out for some string cheese that I toss into her kennel. Once I get her leashed up, we move slowly toward the door, but get to a point where she doesn’t want to walk past the rows of kennels of other dogs barking. She allows me to pick her up and I carry her outside. Once there, she pees right away. I give her space to explore on her own in the run and make sure that I’m allowing her to approach me for pets. She doesn’t seem to be too scared of me though and as I crouch down she comes right up and sniffs me and licks my face. We took a short walk together but whatever underlying condition is causing her wobbly walks, it didn’t seem like she needed to go far to get her exercise in. She brought me over to a pile of leaves that happened to have a sunbeam on it and plopped down and basically told me she didn’t want to leave. Jess met another dog (sweet Minnie) and another volunteer through the fence and she seemed to be excited at seeing the other dog. Animal Services Division 3750 Brown Station RD Upper Marlboro, MD 301-780-7200

Jess (A565273) When you first get to Jess’s kennel, it looks empty. Only after reading the sign on the door, which states, “I’m here, I’m just hiding under my bed”, do you realize that Jess is, in fact right there. She makes herself tiny because everything about the shelter scares her. I move slowly, as I do with all fearful dogs and she comes out for some string cheese that I toss into her kennel. Once I get her leashed up, we move slowly toward the door, but get to a point where she doesn’t want to walk past the rows of kennels of other dogs barking. She allows me to pick her up and I carry her outside. Once there, she pees right away. I give her space to explore on her own in the run and make sure that I’m allowing her to approach me for pets. She doesn’t seem to be too scared of me though and as I crouch down she comes right up and sniffs me and licks my face. We took a short walk together but whatever underlying condition is causing her wobbly walks, it didn’t seem like she needed to go far to get her exercise

Jess (A565273) When you first get to Jess’s kennel, it looks empty. Only after reading the sign on the door, which states, “I’m here, I’m just hiding under my bed”, do you realize that Jess is, in fact right there. She makes herself tiny because everything about the shelter scares her. I move slowly, as I do with all fearful dogs and she comes out for some string cheese that I toss into her kennel. Once I get her leashed up, we move slowly toward the door, but get to a point where she doesn’t want to walk past the rows of kennels of other dogs barking. She allows me to pick her up and I carry her outside. Once there, she pees right away. I give her space to explore on her own in the run and make sure that I’m allowing her to approach me for pets. She doesn’t seem to be too scared of me though and as I crouch down she comes right up and sniffs me and licks my face. We took a short walk together but whatever underlying condition is causing her wobbly walks, it didn’t seem like she needed to go far to get her exercise in. She brought me over to a pile of leaves that happened to have a sunbeam on it and plopped down and basically told me she didn’t want to leave. Jess met another dog (sweet Minnie) and another volunteer through the fence and she seemed to be excited at seeing the other dog. Animal Services Division 3750 Brown Station RD Upper Marlboro, MD 301-780-7200