Welcome Phoebe

Her name has been decided (at last!). Phoebe it is, thank you all for your input! Brian got the final say in the end since he has to live with her for now. So welcome to your foster home Phoebe, I am looking forward to seeing your progress over the coming months and helping you come out of your shell. Here she is this morning.

Her progress thus far: she still needs to be put on a leash to be taken outside but she goes out right past me. Once she is out there she is happy, she does her thing and is even starting to play chase games a bit with the other dogs. She really likes Toque and Sobe the best (Heidi gave her a nice dane paw smack so she is not the favorite). She has decided that inside the house is the only way to go and she scratches at the door like a little fiend if she thinks she has been left. She still spends most of her time in her kennel in the house, but she comes out more and more. She put her paws up on the chair yesterday, she was curious about Toque being up on the chair. Of course as soon as you look at her or acknowledge her she shoots back into the kennel. But, she is no longer plastered at the back of the kennel as far as she can squeeze herself. She is at the front and is comfortable enough to rest with the door open now. She still won't take food from my hand, but cheese is a great motivator and I have high hopes for that and I'll keep trying. She is eating with us in the room which is progress. She is booked for a grooming appointment on the 29th (they are aware that she bites, of course little biters cost extra). Hopefully she is ready for that, but regardless she stinks and is leaving clumps of matted fur everywhere so she is getting done like it or not and I will take her somewhere so that she doesn't associate me with the experience. That is it for now. I'm going to try peanut butter on a spoon today and see if she goes for that.

Cai was learning to lick his lips yesterday. Another ridiculous trick but what the heck. Sobe and Jorja are learning to do handstands, I'll try and get a little video of that progress for all you interested folks!