She's Home!

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	New Dawg 01 She's looking at Ed
	Snug as a Bug Aint she purty?
	I Don't Feel So Good Please ignore all the crap in our den

Y'all are going to get so sick & tired of this dawg. I luffs her. Her one-ear-up-one-ear-down kills me. She's not feeling so hot today, and after she had a tour of the house she puked on the floor. Twice. She also peed on her brand-new bed. It's forgivable today. She seems gentle and timid right now, but she walked out of the clinic on her own paws (she's got webbed feet & does not protest at all when her paws are handled!) but she was absolutely, positively terrified of the cars in the parking lot. The animal shelter said she had been picked up as a stray, so she's got a good reason to be dodgy of vehicles. I had to gingerly pick her up & hold onto her to get into the car. I kept expecting her to get carsick, but she just stayed in my lap, & I finally put her on the floorboard so she could lay down. She kept looking up at me w/that one huge bat-like pointy ear & putting her nose on my knee - I was like, "You got some coyote in you somewhere?". Now she is just laying on her bed & snoring. She looks quite contented over there.

Rob tried a half a Lexapro today - when he came to pick me up he was uber-wired. He said he could see individual veins on tree leaves a mile away. I don't know if he'll keep trying the Lexapro or if he's just going to stick w/the Xanax.

Comments

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omg I wants to steal her!!!!!

Awww sooo cute, puppy dog ears awwww flood me with photos kekeke

Best thing to do when she shows fear is ignore it, I fked up royally with my first dog and each time she was scared or nervous I picked her up and cuddled her and said it was ok puppy rarara - I was praising her for being scared!!!!

So you got to ignore it, just so oh you silly dog and get her to focus on you and ask her to sit or something, pretty much have tstay treats on you ALL the time while she adjusts and grows up.

Also, pound/shelter dogs take a few days/weeks to adjust to 'being free'm get your man to take her to puppy classes (help both him and her :) they are the best place so she can socialise and you can learn whats what, especially that breed if u havent had dogs before.

A great training book is Dog Training the gentle modern method by David weston.

Oh and clicker training IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!


awww pupppppppyyyyyyyyyyyyyy