The Bad News. We took Maddy back on Thursday (which broke our hearts as she really was a great dog) but as the kennel said, since she's now had some home experience and proved to be quite good except for the cat, it will be much easier for someone to give her a home. With no cats. So they appreciated the time we did spend with her.
The Good News We took a dog named Clyde for a walk afterwards. He is very shy and timid and was likely beat during his short life, as he has a tendency to cower if you move too fast over him. :( But we decided to give him a go anyway, as TLC is something we have plenty of, and with me being home all day, plenty of time to bond with him. So we got right to it when we got him home today, let him sniff around the house first. Negotiate the stairs ... Then introduced him to Snoopy in the bedroom. I had Snoopy on the corner of the bed, and Phil brought Clyde in. Total disinterest. Snoopy of course growled. ;) So Phil walked him down the hallway and brought him in again, right up to the edge of the bed, Clyde looked at the cat, then looked away. Didn't care. I moved Snoopy around, let him growl so Clyde could see that it was a furry live animal, but he still didn't care one hoot. So Phil walked him out and I put Snoopy on the floor, then Phil walked Clyde back in, he looked at the cat, then looked up at Phil as if to say, "What? What do you want me to do?" He then just stood there and panted. So I held the cat up (yeah, getting brave holding a potential clawing, biting, spitting cat but I wanted a reaction) and held Snoopy near the dogs face, Snoopy hissed and took a couple of mighty swipes at Clyde. He stopped panting, put a sad look on his face, and cowered behind Phil. Hmmm. So, one more time, Phil led him down the hall, then brought him back. This time he didn't even want to be near the cat, so I let Snoopy loose to run by his legs, and he perked up a bit at that, but only to just see what was going on. He didn't want to chase him, and didn't even so much as sniff or look for him afterwards. So. We might have a winner. Now he's gets the week's test. He will still stay muzzled when loose around the house and not blocked off from Snoopy. He still needs to settle, as he is very nervous, and Snoopy has to learn to come out of hiding. The potential for him to change his mind about the cat is there, as the kennels and experts warn, but we'll see. Should all go well, he is being renamed Woody, short for Woodstock. ;) He's a very handsome, dark brindle boy, and as soon as I can, I'll get some pics up. Of both him and Maddy. Cheers, Erika ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
