Momma Dixie

Good morning Sharon, Well, our girl has settled in quite nicely, seems like she's been here forever. Though she does appear to be part camel, only peed 4x since arriving, pooped 1x. This is good for me as I need the exercise, we are walking the perimeter of the yard MANY, MANY times a day. Bill did take her for a walk around the neighborhood yesterday while I did some groceries. She greeted some neighbors and their dogs very nicely, which was a pleasure as our last girl could not be trusted to always behave. She has been quite respectful of our cat, Penny. Interested in her but giving her plenty of space. I'm sure they will be good buddies before we know it. As of yesterday evening, they were both lying about 5 feet apart on the carpet in front of the fire. That's a good sign for sure. She's quite food motivated, so decreasing her kibble a bit to compensate for training treats throughout the day. She's very bright and I've no doubt that she will love learning new things. Will definitely be doing some basic training with her to get in the swing of things but I think she will have a lot of fun trying agility or perhaps a nose-work class. Does seem to have a great little nose on her, shows some promise there. I can assure you this...she is going to have a great life, we are totally in love with her already and are looking forward to all the adventures ahead! I am attaching a copy of the Matching Gift Form from Stanley, Black & Decker. Since you are a 501(c)3 they will match my donation dollar for dollar! Glad I thought to look into that. Just have to fill out the bottom portion, attach the 501(c)3 certificate and mail to the address provided on form. I'll be keeping you posted on her progress and again, thank you for taking her in, taking care of her pups and allowing me to adopt her. I'll forever be grateful to Safe at Last, but specifically you! Alison PS - You'll note in the picture that I found the chicken story so funny that I bought her a "Suspicious Chicken" of her own.