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<\/a>Marshall predicts an influx of returned pets when normalcy returns.\u00a0 \u201cI see people return dogs even when they are home,\u201d Marshall said.\u00a0 \u201cPeople aren\u2019t as disciplined as they need to be kennel training, because \u2018he looks so sad\u2019 but then they come home to destroyed furniture.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some ways for owners to help the transitions for their pet is to not get to work super early, and conversely, coming straight home after, and if possible, during lunch.<\/p>\n
Marshall said she swears by the phrase, \u201ca tired dog is a good dog, a rested dog misbehaves\u201d and walks her own dog for three miles every day regardless of the weather.<\/p>\n
Winona State alumna Pam Leber, who now resides in Palatine, Illinois, with her husband, Mark, and daughter, Michala, adopted a dog during the pandemic after many phone calls, e-mails and google searches.<\/p>\n
Michala, who recently graduated from DePaul University, was adamant having a dog would help with her anxiety, especially during quarantine.<\/p>\n
\u201cMichala had been asking since third grade, she did a presentation for us, but my husband didn\u2019t want a dog because he\u2019s allergic, so the dog needed to be hypoallergenic and it\u2019s a lot of work and responsibility.\u201d Pam Leber said. \u201cBut he really began to see being home during the pandemic how it affected her, and he started to get soft.\u201d<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t take much more convincing before the family drove to an Amish farm near LaPorte, Indiana, to look at a litter of five puppies, and after a short getting-to-know-you period with the dogs, one that had lurked in the back worked his way to Michala\u2019s side, emblazoned with the name tag \u201cRebel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur last name spelled backwards; we took that as a sign\u201d Pam Leber said.<\/p>\n With Michala still searching for post-graduation employment, the costs of supplies for newly renamed Bentley are split between her and her parents, who were fortunate enough to receive a hand-me-down cage and bed from a family friend.<\/p>\n A run to the pet store can sometimes cost more than $100. Pam Leber said she recognizes how hard the situation can become.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got a dog when I was 13 and we had to give it back because we were too scared at the time, now looking back, that would be heartbreaking,\u201d Pam Leber said.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ve given this dog a warm place and a loving home, do you want to give that up?\u00a0 Do you have a friend or family member it can stay with?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>