SPCA · going home with you
Betty
German Shorthaired Pointer · A-1003
“Older lady, easy company, barks at the mail now.”
I'm Betty, an older lady who mostly just wants to be near you. I sleep a lot, I don't ask for much, and I'll follow you room to room like it's my job.
Everything in here came from someone who spent time with her — her vet, her fosters, the volunteers who walked her. Nothing has been invented to fill a gap. Where we did not know something, we left it out.
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Her first night with you
If you read nothing else in this folder, read this page.
I settled in fine and slept most of the day.Settling in — in her own words, from what her fosters wrote down.
I started barking at the mail, never used to do that.Comfort and quirks — in her own words, from what her fosters wrote down.
I want to be in whatever room you're in.People — in her own words, from what her fosters wrote down.
Please don't
×Don't expect me to eat in a noisy kennel, I won't touch my food till you take me outside.
She has just lost every routine she had. Most of what looks like a behaviour problem in week one is a dog who does not yet know what happens next. Give her a week of the same thing happening at the same time before you decide who she is.
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What she needs from you
Printed exactly as her medical record holds it. Never reworded, never in her voice.
Dental Cleaninguntil 09/15/2026Non-urgent
And the rest of her
In her own words, from what people wrote down.
Settling in
•I settled in fine and slept most of the day.
People
•I want to be in whatever room you're in.
Comfort and quirks
•I started barking at the mail, never used to do that.
Still working on
•Kennels with a lot of noise get to me and I won't eat, but take me outside and I'm completely fine.
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The people who knew her first
Real people, and they would rather hear from you early than late.
Wallace TrentFoster“she's started barking at the mail never did that before otherwise same good girl”
Nadia FournierVolunteer“betty is not doing well in the kennel she won't eat with all the noise but she's completely fine the second you take her outside”
I'm a good girl, mostly quiet, just keep me close and skip the noisy kennel if you can. I'll be right there with you either way.
Printed 22 August 2026 from 3 notes left by fosters, volunteers and staff, and 3 records from her medical file. The two systems share no identifier, so records were matched on name and date; anything we could not match confidently was left out rather than guessed. If something in here is wrong, tell us and we will correct it — her record is supposed to outlive our guesses.