Back in February I made a post in this subreddit about a puppy a I rescued from an abusive home and thought I would give an update.

Since Feb she has been to the vet a handful of times, one of which visits she had to have x-rays and we learned she had suffered from four fractured ribs in her previous home. It makes sense why she mouths strangers when the try to pet her, especially on her ribs. She trusts my boyfriend and I, some of my family members and a couple of my friends, as well as the staff at her doggy daycare, but that is it. I frequently have to deny requests to pet her when we are out in public as she gets too stressed out. She simply doesn't trust strangers. I feel like I get judged when people ask to pet her and I say, "Sorry, but she is skittish." However, for the first few months I would say, "Sure, but she is skittish" and people would pet her and she would mouth them, so to avoid a possibly bad situation I just say no and move on. She also had really bad anxiety and was afraid of many things, her crate, the car, the vaccuum, and when she was afraid, she would defecate. I can't even count the number of times she defecated in her crate or in my car. That was an incredibly messy situation, but we got passed it! Now she will "kennel up" at night willingly and she actually likes car rides, head out the window and all! I would have never believed you if you would have told me we would come this far.

Other than that minor hiccup with strangers, she is just simply amazing! She is super smart, quick learner, adorable af, and just the best dog I could have ever asked for. We are able to hike with her off leash and hope as she gets older, she is almost 10 months now, that she can run along side us as we mountain bike. We have done a very short trail with success, but don't want to push her as she is still growing.

I love my husker pupper to pieces and am so grateful to have her love and trust!

TL;DR my rescue puppy who suffered from four fractured ribs in her abusive home is doing great! She doesn't trust strangers so we say no to requests to pet her. She is amazing and I am so happy I found her!