Just wanting to take a moment to give the shelter an update on how are adoptee dog is doing.
Her name was Harlow when she was at the shelter, when she came home she became ‘Holly’.
It took some time for her to settle in with our other dog (also from RAPS, adopted September 2007) Tigger. He is older and very calm and settled and Holly is very young and energetic. She was very snappy at first, my husband and I both had many bites, went through a lot of bandaids between us. She wouldn’t let us take her collar off, touch her neck or put a jacket on even if we were heading out in the torrential rain. Holly and I went to obedience school and despite her ‘issues’ she was a star pupil, always wanting to please. Her favourite activity is licking Tigger’s eyes and ears, and he does seem to tolerate it and the plus side is that his eyes are sparkling like never before.
I took her and Tigger out for an adventure in the snow on Mount Seymour and Holly happily skipped about in the snow. She loves racing around at the schoolyard near our house and if Tigger is hiding in the backyard we can tell her ‘Holly! Go get Tigger! Where is Tigger?’ and she will race down the stairs around the yard and bark loudly when she finds him hiding under the boat. She dominates the household and we’re working at reminding her that we’re still in charge.
She tolerates us changing her collars now and will usually let us put a coat on her if weather necessitates. We’re still getting used to having an almost ‘puppy’ in the house, she’s done a little bit of chewing (she showed me that she didn’t like being hooked in to the backseat when we go in the car), and she always wants to play.
We’re looking forward to the challenges ahead and are pleased that Tigger has a friend to keep him company when we are at work.
Thanks again,
Sarah
