Adopter FLAPPY
Krydsede raser · Mand · Voksen · 4 år
"Over tre år i venteværelset... Mener ingen mig?" Lær Flappy kende. Knap fem år gammel. Mellemstor. Krydsrøget. Mand. Og stille og ualmindelig. Flappy kom til i september 2022. Han var omkring et år gammel. Han er næsten fem. Han er sort - en farve, der ofte overses - og han har været i over tre og en halv års tid stille og rolig i sin kasse, mens nye hunde kommer, bliver fotografisk optaget, udvalges og forsvinder. Det betyder, at næsten hele hans voksne liv har været i kasser. Over tre og en halv års tid med samme rutine. Over tre og en halv års tid med samme betonløb. Over tre og en halv års tid med at se hunde komme, blive fotografisk optaget, udvalges ... og forsvinde. Over tre og en halv års tid med nye naboer, der kommer tæt ved ham - bange, håbefulde, larmende, glade - og derefter forsvinder ind i egen hjem. Og Flappy forbliver. Samme fire gange ugentligt. Samme returnering til hans plads. Samme venten. Under denne tid har han holdt sig lavt. Ikke fordi han mangler personlighed. Ikke fordi han ikke kan. Men fordi det længere tids liv i kasser skaber en stille form for stress, som aldrig helt slukkes. På vandring ser du det klart. Han gør sig usynlig. Han reagerer ikke på katte. Han ignorerer andre hunde. Han går ikke hen til folk. Han kræver ikke opmærksomhed. Han går bare – fast, neutral, behersket. Dette er ikke ligeglæde. Det er kronisk, lavgradet stress. Når stress bliver baggrundsbrummen i livet, bliver nogle hunde lydfulde. Nogle bliver reaktive. Flappy blev lille. Han holder sig selv. Han tager ikke plads. Han trænger ikke ind. Han spørger ikke. Og fordi han ikke signalerer højt, reagerer andre hunde også ikke på ham. Ingen inviteringer. Ingen legepust. Ingen "hej". Han bevæger sig gennem verden som en skygge. Det betyder, at han lever et mærkeligt ensomt liv – selv når han er omgivet af andre hunde. Flappy har også Leishmania. Det er nemt at behandle med daglig medicin, og han er fuldt frisk – oplever ingen leish-mæssige problemer. Men han er ikke sin diagnose. Og han er ikke sin farve. Ja – Flappy er sort. Og som mange af jer ved, er sorte hunde traditionelt sværere at få hjem. De overses ofte, selvom de er perfekte. Måske er det derfor, at trods alle hans gode egenskaber, folk ruller forbi ham, mens de leder efter "nye hunde" – skinnende, glitrende, nye ankomster, der fanger øjet. Det er en hund, der har tålt år med kasseliv uden at kræve noget tilbage. Vores dyrebeskyttelsesstation er aldrig blevet designet til at være en langvarig bolig. Den er et refugium. En plads til at genoprette sig fysisk. At være sikker. Men den havde aldrig været meningen at være en langvarig dom. Hunde blomstrer ikke i kasser over en længere periode. De tager det. Flappy har taget det smukt. Han skaber intet kaos. Han smelter ind i baggrunden. Han overlever. Og netop denne overlevelse gør ham nem at oversætte. Men her er det, jeg med absolut sikkerhed tror: Den dag Flappy opdager, at han har været valgt – virkelig valgt – vil han ikke mere være usynlig. Når en hund føler sig sikker længe nok, blødner nervesystemet. Verden stopper med at være noget at håndtere og starter med at være noget at undersøge. Personligheden udfolder sig. Glæden kommer tilbage. Forbindelsen bliver mulig. Den hund findes stadig inde i ham. De stille dyr er ofte de dybeste. Så lad mig spørge jer venligt ... kan I se ham? Ikke hunden, der ikke reagerer. Ikke hunden, der holder hovedet nede. Men hunden, der har set så mange gå. Og hvis han kunne spørge jer ét en ting, måske ville det være dette, på sit egen stille stemme: "Hvis jeg havde været en anden farve... mere lys, mere flot... ville I have valgt mig nu allerede?" Og her er spørgsmålet, vi skal spørge os selv: Vil vi lade disse år i vente blive til en livstid? Fordi hvis ingenting ændres, bliver det præcis det. Han ved det ikke. hvorfor han ikke er blevet valgt. Han ved kun, at han stadig venter. Flappy har 200 euro sponsorater til rejse fra en af sine fans, der har brugt tid på at lede ham gennem en periode, hvor han mistede lidt selvtillid. Flappy har Leishmania, som kan kontrolleres med en billig tablett dagligt. Omtrent vægt 02/04/25: 25 kg Omtrent vægt 04/06/25: 26 kg Omtrent vægt 21/01/26: 26 kg
Læs original (en)
“Over Three Years Waiting… Don’t I Matter to Anyone?” Meet Flappy. Nearly five years old. Medium-sized. Mixed breed. Male. And quietly extraordinary. Flappy arrived in September 2022. He was about one year old. He is nearly five. He’s black — a colour that often gets overlooked — and he has spent over three and a half years quietly waiting in a kennel while new dogs arrive, get photographed, get chosen, and leave. That means almost his entire adult life has been spent in kennels. Over three and a half years of the same routine. Over three and a half years of the same concrete runs. Over three and a half years of watching dogs arrive, get photographed, get chosen… and leave. Over three and a half years of new neighbours moving in beside him — frightened, hopeful, noisy, excited — and then disappearing into homes of their own. And Flappy stays. The same four walks a week. The same return to his space. The same waiting. During this time, he has kept a low profile. Not because he lacks personality. Not because he doesn’t care. But because living long term in a kennel creates a quiet kind of stress that never fully switches off. On walks, you see it clearly. He makes himself invisible. He doesn’t react to cats. He doesn’t acknowledge other dogs. He doesn’t approach people. He doesn’t demand attention. He simply walks — steady, neutral, contained. This isn’t indifference. It’s chronic, low-grade stress. When stress becomes the background noise of life, some dogs become loud. Some become reactive. Flappy became small. He keeps himself to himself. He doesn’t take up space. He doesn’t intrude. He doesn’t ask. And because he doesn’t signal loudly, other dogs don’t respond to him either. No invitations. No playful nudges. No “hello”. He moves through the world like a shadow. It means he lives a strangely lonely life — even when surrounded by other dogs. Flappy also has Leishmania. It is easily managed with a daily medication, and he is completely healthy — experiencing no leish-related problems. But he is not his diagnosis. And he is not his colour. Yes — Flappy is black. And as many of you know, black dogs are traditionally harder to home. Often overlooked, even when they are perfect. Perhaps that’s why, despite all his wonderful qualities, people scroll past him searching for “new dogs” — bright, flashy, new arrivals that catch the eye. He is a dog who has quietly coped with years of kennel life without demanding anything in return. Our shelter was never designed to be a long-term home. It is a refuge. A place to recover physically. To be safe. But it was never meant to be a long-term sentence. Dogs don’t thrive in kennels long term. They endure them. Flappy has endured beautifully. He causes no trouble. He blends into the background. He survives. And that survival is precisely what makes him easy to overlook. But here is what I believe with absolute certainty: The day Flappy realises he has been chosen — truly chosen — he will not need to be invisible anymore. When a dog feels safe for long enough, the nervous system softens. The world stops being something to manage and starts being something to explore. Personality unfolds. Joy creeps back in. Connection becomes possible. That dog is still inside him. The quiet ones are often the deepest ones. So let me ask you gently… can you see him? Not the dog who doesn’t react. Not the dog who keeps his head down. But the dog who has spent such a long time watching others leave. And if he could ask you just one thing, perhaps it would be this, in his own quiet voice: “If I were a different colour… brighter, flashier… would you have chosen me by now?” And here is the question we have to ask ourselves: Are we going to let all these years of waiting turn into a lifetime? Because if nothing changes, that is exactly what it becomes. He doesn’t know. why he hasn´t been chosen. He only knows he’s still waiting. Flappy has 200 euro sponsorship for travel from one of his fans who has spent time guiding him through a period where he lost a little confidence. Flappy has Leishmania which can be controlled with an inexpensive tablet daily. Approx weight 02/04/25: 25kg Approx weight 04/06/25: 26kgs Approx weight 21/01/26: 26kgs
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