Lucky was saved by the bell

I AM Lucky

Lucky showed up around mid November 2010 on our compound, 2 houses down. At first I thought she was staying there with the tennant, I soon guessed she was not. A very, very scared female about 5-6 months old yapping at all in attempts to scare us off. She was a bit thin, but had no mange really. A great looking street dog in Fiji.
My 2 other dogs, as well as the neighbors 4, was barking a lot at her trying to scare her off 2 their turf, not to mention how much she was barking back, even at nights. Annoying!
When I realized she was a street dog I began to feed her to gain her trust.
I spoke to both my neighbors about my intent and they had no problems with that. My partner said NO MORE DOGS at moment. We simply don't have room. He's been very patient though with most of my "work".
 At first I just left her with food and water 2 times a day and walked away, but I alway let her know I was coming by talking to her, NOT to scare her off. First 2 days she growled. Afraid of me! Then I gave her some bones as well. Made it more intereesting to accept me. I still made no attempt to even look at her nor touch her. My intentions were to gain her trust enough for me to grab her and take her to SPCA hoping they could find a home for her. After about a week, she moved to a house closer. Now we were  neighbors! Great, I had come a little step forward and I could look at her and talked to her.
By this time my 2 dogs had learned to accept I was feeding her as well next door and just made sure I was ok when I went there with her food. It took almost a week before she came close enough to grab a bite out of my hand and another few days more than one piece. But to touch her, noway José! 

I'm here now!

 Then a few days later she actually came up on our deck during the days and then litterally moved in. To chase her off was not an option since I now had a chance to get her closer on her terms. My dogs had a problem with that at first, but Cookie found out she had a friend in her, about same age. They became really good friends and could play for hours. She ended up the last 3 nights sleeping on our deck so we also finally got some quiet nights. I do lock my dogs on deck at night for the peace and qiuet we all need.
On December 6th I took her to SPCA to see if she could get a new home. They simply couldn't take her.
They have no facility nor enough funds to feed her until they find a new home. I din't know what to do! Feeling rather desperate.
They didn't want to put down either since she was a healthy good looking young dog. I can't blame them. My only choice was to take her to Agriculture in Lautoka and have euthanized or perhaps find her a new home. As I was talking to SPCA inside the office, the one holding Lucky outside called me. An Indian had just arrived and wanted the dog. Did I hear correct? He had come to look for a dog, a companion for his other dog, and was pleased to see an adult dog, and I said YES! She's yours and take good care of her. Since SPCA don't want to release unspayed dogs I was also lucky enough to find out the vet was to come 4 days later and could spay her. He asked if he could leave her there until Friday so he only had to make one more trip. I said no problem, I'll bring her back home and back in on Friday and pay for her getting spayed it if he pick her up after. Her collar came with her as well as a lead. So Lucky ended up coming back with us for a few more days before I finally dropped her off again.
She never got really confident during daytime for me to pat her but at nights it was easier. She was a great little dog here and I hope she's doing well in her new home with another dog and cats. The indian man did come back for some spayed cats as well, I heard.

A bit afraid of people

There will always be someone whom need or want an adult dog or a puppy or an adult cat or kitten.

Let's just make sure they all get spayed in time.