Meet Polly Pardon, she ended up in a shelter through no fault of her own, but MARS is giving her a pardon. Wont you help this girl into a new and happy life?


UPDATE from Polly's new mom and dad!

My Husband and I picked up Polly just over a week ago now.  We have renamed her Sasha, so as to not confuse the dogs when we call each one since their names were so similar sounding.  She is responding to her new name just fine and has settled in very well.  She gets along with our older dog, Ozzy, and they enjoy playing together.  We have been taking her for long walks each day and she is becoming more accustomed to being around the sounds of cars passing, which seemed to spook her a bit when she first arrived.  She has been introduced to many of our family and friends, and a few people on our walks, and has done just fine.  She seems to have rebounded from her nervousness of men, and now has no issue greeting them. You would never know that she was afraid of men previously, unless we told you.

Sasha (Polly) didn’t seem to know much about toys when she first arrived and had no interest in them, but now she is learning that they are hers to play with and has started to collect them in her kennel for safe keeping.  It is very cute to watch her learn new things.  She is curious about everything we do and follows us around the house, even if it’s just up and down the stairs with laundry.

We recently learned on a walk that she hadn’t had exposure to lakes or rivers.  Our current dog loves to swim and we took them down to the river for some swimming time.  Sasha was standing at the water’s edge when our other dog plodded right in and the water washed up around her feet.  She got very scared and ran downstream, not knowing what to do.  We called her and she stopped running and turned to look at us for help.  We coaxed her back and she returned very carefully and slowly, picking up her feet high and placing them down very autiously with each step.  We will continue to expose her to more lakes and rivers to increase her comfort around them.

Sasha is a joy to have in our home and we are so thankful to have been able to adopt her.  We can’t imagine why anyone would neglect such and sweat and gentle young girl.  I have attached a few pictures of her with our other dog.  She is the smaller, darker one.