05/17/2026
Bibbles has been here for 2 years. She's only 5 years old. She's 60 pounds and a squishy baby.
She came to us from the 2024 Bucksport cruelty case, after a fake rescue got busted. We took six dogs from that case. All very friendly, snuggly dogs who had actually been saved from a shelter euthanasia list in Florida and then transferred by middle-man rescue to the Bucksport fraud named Elisha Krutelski, who had been laundering rescue money offered for placement of the dogs through her 501-c-3, for her own private spending sprees..
These dogs were held off the original euthanasia list in Florida because people there took interest and deemed them highly adoptable. They just weren't going to have a chance where they were. But they were definitely sent them to THE WRONG place, an all too common problem.
Fast forward to now, Bibbles is still sitting here waiting. Actually, we still have four of the original six.
The community here was in an uproar after the bust, but not one application was received to adopt any of them. Actually, many of the dogs still sit with the rescues that absorbed them.
Mia, Gladys, Boris, Beckett, Bibbles all came straight to our shelters. One dog went to a partner. Boris lives in the "big pack" at our director's home. Beckett and Bibbles still wait on the adoption floor. Gladys was let go last year because of a medical condition. We just let Mia go on a sunny day by the pond after eating cupcakes- it became all too clear that her condition (degenerative myelopathy) gave her more bad days than was worth it.
Back to Bibbles- she is a great dog. She's so gentle and loves creature comfort- her cushy bed is her reprieve. She loves a snuggle, being invited to sit on a lap sends her to immediate joy, and she's wonderful in the house. So why is she still here? We're assuming it's because she's "dog selective".
She doesn't want to live with other dogs. Can you blame her? She experienced too much uncertainty and mismanagement in the past. But that doesn't mean that she isn't adoptable. She shares the kennel room politely. She doesn't fuss at the other dogs that she sees. But that's because she knows we will protect her, and we won't push her boundaries or ask her to be with the others in close proximity because she just doesn't want it- it's makes her uncomfortable and stressed.
There is a scale of dog selectivity. And it's worth defining, because it’s not very well understood, even in circles where people consider themselves somewhat dog savy.
This scale is fluid, and dogs may shift their position on the scale based on development and lived experience. Or they may stay in the category that you find them in. She won't ever want to be social with other animals, and that's ok!
With time, and sometimes because of either good or bad experiences they've had, some dogs may become more dog tolerant, dog selective, dog avoidant, or dog aggressive.
But it's worth noting--just because a dog is dog selective, dog avoidant, or dog aggressive, DOES NOT mean they are human selective, avoidant or aggressive. It's NOT a generalized preference--it's dog specific.
In other words, dogs on the less dog-social end of the scale, can still be, and most often are, AMAZING with humans. And to be specific--we don't adopt dogs out once we know they are not good socially with average humans.
Bibbles would love her own person (or multiple people!!) , to snuggle in bed, to have her own backyard (and her own fence would be even better!). She will love all the humans she meets. She just doesn't want to be forced to be around other dogs. She loves the quiet life- she's a home body anyway. No cats, but there are plenty of people out there who could accommodate this.
Please help us find her the chance she's been waiting so long for.
https://peaceridgesanctuary.org/adopt/
