Quote Originally Posted by Biciclista View Post
aren't these dogs seriously unsocialized? Is there much you can do with a 2 year old dog who has never been handled?
+1 what NbyNW said (and cute dog!).
I have 2 dogs with bad backgrounds - Murphy was abused and Finagle was feral for at least a year. Neither was in a puppy mill, though. Agility and other fun dog sports are great... these dogs are a lot of work! It's rewarding and fun work, though. I love my guys, but my next dog will not have all that baggage.
But, it can be done, and it's very very rewarding, and you end up with a terrific buddy! Murphy will only let a very few people touch him (up from 0 a few years ago), but he loves and deeply trusts me - and that is a (selfish) wonderful feeling.
So, if anyone has the time and drive, I say go for it! I will do so again, I will get another dog from an abusive situation or a puppy mill, just not my next dog.
I'm not sure I'd take another feral dog, though. Luckily there aren't many out there (unluckily because they don't survive).

Badger - OK if I post this on the Mighty Mites forum? It's a small dog performance forum. Also, any other info I can give them?