Odin

Age: app. born May 2021
Gender: male
Neutered: yes
Height: app. 47 cm
Sociable with: male and female dogs, puppies and cats

Mid-July 2021 - Summer in Romania. The temperatures can be around 20° C in the early morning and quickly climb higher during the day. Up to 30° degrees in the shade around midday is not uncommon. You should not stay in the blazing sun for long.

A rubbish dump in the middle of Botosani, hidden behind a block of flats, where residents come to throw away all kinds of rubbish. From household rubbish to plastic bottles, old clothes, even pieces of furniture or parts of it or bulky waste can be found here. And in between the containers is a sealed cardboard box. Soft whining noises can be heard from inside the box. Scratching noises. The box moves a little, but no one pays attention. Inside the box are 8 puppies only a few weeks old. They are panting, can hardly breathe and have finally stopped whimpering. But then the box is opened. Bright light shines on the puppies, they blink and look into a human face.

Anca got a phone call. Someone told her that there was a cardboard box by a rubbish container in the centre of Botosani from which whining sounds could be heard. Anca got a description of the place and hurried there. She hoped she would not be too late. And thank God, all 8 puppies were alive, exhausted and dehydrated but alive.

Odin is one of those 8 puppies that someone had put in a cardboard box and dumped like rubbish in a rubbish tip. As the months passed, almost all of his siblings found loving families to travel to. Only Odin and Oscar are still waiting for their chance to live a full doggy life.

Over the months Odin has grown into a beautiful, friendly male. He lives with Anca in her "Safe Place" free in the run together with other dogs of both sexes. The young male gets along very well with everyone, gender, size or age don't matter. Odin loves to romp and run around with every four-legged friend and of course he loves to do this with his brother Oscar. And after a game of scuffle, Odin likes to lie down with his doggy friends and rest, doze and enjoy the sun on his fur. Many a time Odin is also mischievous and steals the broom from Aca's helpers and drags it away. He then looks mischievously around the corner and waits to see what happens.

Odin is friendly towards us humans, but he waits. He doesn't really dare to approach us. You can see very clearly that Odin wants to be petted. He wants to be stroked. He wants to be close, but he needs time to take that one step further and outgrow himself. After a few minutes, Odin can be touched on the muzzle. He prances around and tries to come closer again and again. Odin shows his teeth while dancing around. He pulls his lips up. At first this looks dangerous, but it is not, because Odin even tries to touch, poke and lick the hand. Only Odin doesn't really dare to stop.

We are looking for people who have experience with reserved dogs and who can help Odin to jump over his own shadow and accept the attention he so desperately wants. We are looking for a home for Odin in a rural area. It would be nice if he had a confident dog lover waiting there to show him that it is actually quite easy to accept and enjoy petting. Odin needs time to get to know his people and to build up trust. His new people should have patience, empathy, dog experience and stamina in order to lead Odin into a fulfilled dog life.