Originally Posted by JaneB

I adopted a German Shepherd that was abused. She just turned 8 and I adopted her when she just turned 4. She suffers every day from the past abuse. She will sit in a chair and rock back and forth for hours. She is scared of any voice that is raised. Scared to the point that she will pee and hide in a corner. Sometimes when you pet her she will freak out and lay down like she is dead. She has high anxiety and the vet just put her on anxiety medication. I had hoped that she would not need medication, but after four years of her being scared every day she needs it. The vet told me it is like they beat the dog out of Lola and she is just a shell.

I also have fostered many abused dogs. One hid behind the couch for a week. She was that scared of people. Another as so scared of people that she would nip anyone that came by her. Another named Mickey was scared of everything. He would cry all the time and pee everywhere. They were all adopted to nice homes, but they still have issues to this day. They will never be normal dogs. They are always going to have their issues because they were abused. Just like Dusty the cat will have issues.