A Fluffy Dog

Our sweet, shy, silly Suzie Q. I took Suzie along with me this past Friday to the kennel she stayed at for a few days when first arriving in WI. Lisa who owns it saw a difference in her for the better. Much more relaxed and even willingly approached Lisa to say hi.  She was awfully scruffy so Heidi the groomer there decided to see what some hand stripping(removing the dead hair) would do. That worked nice, Suzie for sure has a good amount of terrier in her mixed up family tree. Then Lisa got the scissors out and started trimming then nails needed to be trimmed. Suzie a good girl for all of it. A bit more tidy  in appearance, but still a scruffy girl. Look who is the best dog at my house. Suzie SITS for her treat. These two are such good buddies. Lazy weekend in bed after humans get up.

Our silly Suzie Q has been with us for a little over 3 weeks. She just fits right in now. We  give her free run of the house all day long and that has worked out. She manages to find a comfy spot to sleep while we are gone and has never pottied or chewed up our stuff. My hubby let her sleep on my side of the bed while I was out of town last weekend, the big softie. She does enjoy a good chew on a Nylabone. I have seen no aggression or possessive behavior with taking the bone away or when we hand out treats. She can be a bit pushy but listens when we remind her "not her turn yet". Gets along with our three dogs and sometimes all four dogs plus myself sit on the couch together. She did just fine when I did a pet store trip with her. Took a treat from a nice lady there too. She has come a long way with feeling more confident. She does pay attention what goes on outside and sometimes feels the need to bark when there is stuff going on . Shushes up when told to. She trots right a

I guess we need to turn on the heat, Suzie and Patton are snuggling to stay warm. Really it is just that my Patton thinks she is "the bomb".  I looked at the views on this blog after it got put up on Fluffy Dog Rescues Face book page. Lots of attention. Not sure if one of those views will lead to a forever home anytime soon. I better go get in all my loving now, just in case. So often people say they could not foster these dogs, would be too sad when they leave. Yes we are somewhat sad of course but so happy to see them go onto a new LIFE. Yes LIFE, so many fewer dogs are being killed in shelters because of rescues and foster homes. It just frees up space in the crowded shelters. In rural Alabama where these dogs come from it is constant intake of dogs. Thanks for giving these guys a chance. Either buy from a reputable breeder or adopt. No pet store/breeding mill pups please. OK rant over.

SUZIE Q chilling in the yard Beautiful girl WEEK 2 SUZIE Q  We are enjoying sharing our home with this sweet foster dog. She no longer has to wear a leash at all times so we can get her to come in the kitchen to eat or to go in and out of the house. She trusts us and has caught on to our routines. Having other dogs to follow along helps too I think. Another thing I realize that worked was my husbands liberal use of treats with her. She just LOVES him now.  We have been letting her sleep out of her kennel overnight with no problems at all. She picks a corner of the couch. She does enjoy sleeping, I let her sleep till 9:00 this Saturday morning and she still was not ready to face the day. Pretty lazy girl, I like that,ha ha.  I was greeted at the door by 4 happy, tail wagging, barking dogs when I got home yesterday. Nice I thought here is Suzie with the gang. WAIT! Why is Suzie NOT in her crate? Well Brian decided she would be just fine and it appeared she was. She also just c