Cookie -- Update!

Hello everyone!

It’s been a week so I thought it would be a good time to update you on how Cookie’s doing. Well, she sticks to me like glue. We go out for nice long walks three times a day, Cookie already knows when I’m coming home from school so she waits at the bottom of the stairs for me everyday.

She is a VERY quick study; she has already learned Wait, Stay, Come, and Roll Over! Although she DEMANDS treats before she does anything the first time you ask her to. Cookie has decided that she has to be asked politely before she does anything for me, so here I am saying “Cookie, can you sit please?” and of course “Thank you”!

There is a soccer field right across the street from my house; so a few days ago I tried to let Cookie off leash when no one was around (I get up to walk her at 6am before I go to school). She is very good off leash; it only takes me one or two tries to get her to COME and she heels wonderfully both on and off leash. We have met a lot of dogs while walking outside and Cookie has been good with most of them, although there was a bit of a disagreement between Cookie and a husky two days after she came home. On a happy note, Cookie made a best friend yesterday- a three-year-old golden retriever. The two of them were chasing each other around the park for the better part of an hour…

Bye, Alena and Cookie.

Cookie is finally home!

Cookie is a seven year old Rottweiler cross that spent her entire life in a backyard. She was surrendered to RAPS because the owner tied her up on a prong collar all day long. When Cookie first arrived at RAPS she was fearful and sad. She was at the RAPS City Shelter for eight months without a single soul showing interest in her. Until one day a teenage girl named Alena came into our shelter and fell in love with her. Alena didn't care that Cookie was an old dog, she just knew that Cookie was meant for her. For three months the entire family came to the shelter every Saturday to visit and walk Cookie while they waited for their house to be sold. Their new home was purchased just for Cookie, complete with a big backyard for her to run around in! Cookie will never be chained up again and she will spend the rest of her days in Alena's loving arms. She is a true rescue story and the staff and volunteers at RAPS could not be happier.