Meeting a rescue dog tonight!

Pearlsasinger said:
She appears to be coming on in leaps and bounds, you are doing a great job with her
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Thanks so much! For a 1 year old rescue we could have done a lot worse. She doesn't really display many symptoms of anxiety any more, she's friendly, she's good with other dogs, loves everyone, not overly vocal, and she comes looking for cuddles. Once we crack recall and get a little bit better at loose lead walking we'll be flying it, but that's getting better all the time too. She's just such a sweetheart, I can't believe someone got her to keep in a crate all the time, but whenever I get annoyed at her previous home I just feel lucky they did the right thing for her eventually and we get to have her now :)
 
This probably wouldn't be such a win for other people but it is for me as she is so content.

I am working from home today and she has been sleeping in her bed since 8.30. At 10.30 I got up and left the room and she's still snoozing in her bed not a bit bothered. I am so so happy that she now more often than not will choose rest and we don't really have to enforce it so much. Her fear of missing out is really dying down as it's not too long ago that she would be following me to the toilet, asking to go out and come in continously, pawing at the cupboard where her toys are kept, etc. Now she really knows the drill, that when she comes in after her morning walk her job is to relax, and she's getting really good at it.

She has also started to go to 'doggy daycare' once a week to give me and Mr AP a bit more flexibility with going to the office. It's a lovely couple in the country side with their two labs and she is getting on brilliantly there. She comes home chill and content, she's been three times now. It's a nice calm environement as she definitely would not cope in one of those busy day cares where the dogs go hell for leather in a massive room all day.

We are going to the in laws for 4 days at Christmas and then on to my parents for 3 days so I'm mildly worried that if her routine is messed up she'll be a nightmare in the new year, but hopefully if we ensure she gets enough rest and her usual exercise even amongst all the excitement of Christmas she will be okay.
 
HashRouge said:
Fab update!
Please can we have some photos of her soon :)
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Just for you HR here she was this morning while I was working, last night under the blanket while I watched the telly, and the other evening when she followed me to the bath! I can only really catch her sleeping as she photographs as a blur!

ETA- Yes that's my slipper she's chewing on.
 

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HashRouge said:
She's the absolute cutest! I think she might be my favourite ever dog and I've never even met her!
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She's really on one this evening so if you want to swing by in about 10 minutes she'll be outside with her trunk like Paddington and you can just take her away.

Edit-Nevermind she has literally just got into her bed and fallen asleep so she can stay. She is the cutest though to be fair. Especially cute when she's sleeping.
 
I am fully aware that I'm 'that dog owner' but her Christmas shopping is done and her stocking has arrived. She is also getting a deer's leg, and a couple of toys not pictured. I have it on good authority that someone has bought her another equafleece which is good as the one she has is getting washed to death I can't keep up.

Somebody help me, it starts with a stocking and next thing you know I'll be calling her my furbaby and wearing her in a sling.
 

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I mean, all 4 of ours have stockings (yes I went out and got Jack one 2 days after he came home) and he does get carried around a lot but I'm pretty sure you're safe ?
 
Annette4 said:
I mean, all 4 of ours have stockings (yes I went out and got Jack one 2 days after he came home) and he does get carried around a lot but I'm pretty sure you're safe ?
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Your dogs sound nice and spoiled ?

I hope so! She's about 16kg my back couldn't take it ?

I actually worry about how obsessed with her I am. I'm pretty sure my friends and family and colleagues are sick of hearing about her and I just want to be with her all the time. Then she has a mental period and OH comes home and I beg him to take her away, but I just want her back again ?

We've discussed getting another dog in a year or so and I've said no, I wouldn't love it as much as I love her. Obsessed isn't even the word.

I'm fully aware I sound like a lunatic but here we are. Once I keep treating her like a dog we'll be grand and I won't have gone too far. If I do I'll come back and beg for help.
 
She has humped twice in the last week! One day was our fault as she was over stimulated, dunno what happened the second time.

Just to bring me back down to earth when I thought we were cured of it. Previous strategies have worked though to stop it immediately so hopefully it was just a minor relapse.

Here she is tonight, sleeping like a dad clutching the remote control. I sent it to my dad saying 'there's you' he wasn't amused lol.
 

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That's a really good way of looking at it CC thanks. I guess her humping is my biting my nails.

The positive I'm taking from it is that it didn't lead to a meltdown or spiral, she was removed, and told to calm down and she did. When she used to properly hump before it was almost impossible to get her off you and she would then start doing something else such as getting really mouthy, digging the sofa, scratching doors etc. She hasn't been mouthy in ages, can't remember the last time she dug the sofa. So lots of positives even if things regress here and there. We can't all be perfect all the time.

It was as if she went 'oh yeah I'm not supposed to do that I can just go to bed' and then she chilled.

I'm annoyed at the first time it happened this week, we got complacent and didn't enforce some rest until it was too late. But that's (another) lesson learned. If you'd told me 3 months ago that my biggest issue would be the odd hump I would have taken it!

Lead walking has become a lot more reliable too, which is great given that my neck of the woods is an ice rink atm. Walking to heel is still a work in progress though. A lot done a lot more to do.

She's turning into a cracking little pet all the same.
 
The rescue we got Fodhla from has this wee beauty in... I genuinely thought it was her for a minute except she's a bit fluffier around the neck. She looks so frightened and just like how Fodhla looked in her pics on the website ? also, her name is Shelby which was Fodhla's name before it was Fodhla. Coincidence or the Universe sending me a sign? Tell me not to.

I mean I won't, it's not a good idea yet but God do I want to....
 

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