Second Chances word search
The vocabulary of adoption, from the shelter to the settling-in. If you have just brought a rescue home, some of these words will be very familiar and others — decompress, in particular — might be new. It is a gentle thing to do in the quiet first week when you are deliberately leaving the dog alone to adjust.
A4 · 2 pages · 61KB · answer key included
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The twelve words
- ADOPT
- BONDING
- DECOMPRESS
- FOREVER HOME
- FOSTER
- KINDNESS
- PATIENCE
- REHOME
- RESCUE
- SETTLE IN
- SHELTER
- TRUST
Words run in all eight directions, including diagonally and backwards. The answer key is on page two of the PDF.
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The rough guide is three days to decompress, three weeks to start settling, three months to feel at home. A dog who hides for the first few days is behaving completely normally.
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