The article recounts the author's experience of adopting Sophie, a nervous rescue dog from Romania. Initially confident due to past experience with rescue dogs, the author quickly realized Sophie's journey to adjustment would be much more challenging. Despite efforts for two years, Sophie remains timid, illustrating the unpredictability of pet behavior. The author emphasizes patience and understanding, as well as the possible need for medication to aid in a rescue dogâs adaptation to their new home and environment.
For the first six months, she spent 90% of her time in her safe place, always hiding there when visitors came to the house.
Things only began to improve when our vet prescribed her a drug called fluoxetine, otherwise known as Prozac, but it still took more than a year for us to get her beyond the garden for a walk.
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