One month dwelling: A Penny replace!

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How’s Penny doing as of late?

So glad you requested! 😉

The front half of a white dog is in the frame. She has a brown freckle underneath a right eye that isn't fully formed. She's wearing a red banadan with pink and white hearts and the name Penny in pink and white bubble letters.

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Right here’s a rundown of her progress, together with just a few cute images:

The primary week after she got here dwelling, Penny slept. We needed to wake her as much as eat and to go outdoors, and the couple instances we tried to stroll her that first week, she didn’t need to go previous the driveway.

I took her into the vet for a full examination, and we talked about how a lot she was sleeping. The vet advised we give her one other week earlier than we nervous as a result of Penny was feeling secure and safe–possible for the primary time ever–and recovering.

Looks as if that was the case as a result of after a couple of week, she tried her first little zoom across the yard, and now? Full-blown zoomie monster!

She does nonetheless sleep so much, greater than any dog we’ve ever had, however her days are way more balanced now as a substitute of all sleep on a regular basis.

Penny, the white dog with brown spots all over her hind quarters, is sound asleep with her head resting on the edge of a fluffy gray bolster bed. In front of Penny is a pink and red dog toy.

She appeared to have zero expertise with dog toys and chew toys.

Since she will’t hear the squeak, she wasn’t simply enticed into taking part in. Now, one month in, she tends to chew on a toy on her mattress or on my mattress within the evenings. Her toy choice appears to be a crinkly texture.

She’s not into chasing or fetch proper now–she nonetheless has a STRONG cower response whenever you increase an arm, even to throw a toy, so we’re avoiding that for now. If anybody has nice ideas for getting a pup to play, let me know. In any other case, we simply give her a number of time and persistence.

Fast aspect story: The opposite day, Violet fell and startled Penny. I may hear Violet reassuring her again and again, “It’s okay, Penny. You’re secure. I might by no means hit you. You’ll by no means be damage right here.” And I virtually drowned in my tears, you guys. I felt such a deep disappointment for all Penny skilled to make her so positive she’s about to be damage AND for Violet dropping a few of her infantile naivete concerning the world and the way individuals deal with animals AND for the deep empathy Violet confirmed Penny in that second.

Anyway, Penny appears to like chewing on these cool bone substitutes, once more largely within the night in mattress. Afterwards, she hides it (underneath John’s pillow). We purchased a pack of three about two weeks in the past, and she or he’s nonetheless engaged on the primary one!

A white dog with brown spots across her hind quarters sits on a blue dog bed on a gray floor against a white wall. Penny the dog is wearing a blue harness and a red white and blue leash. Her one blue eye is turned toward the camera, and her ears are dropping like she's exhausted.

Penny and I began a foundational behaviors dog coaching class at an area coaching heart. She had the primary evening final week and crushed it. Timid at first, she got here out of her shell and labored actually onerous with me–till the final 5 minutes when she pointed her nostril towards the door like, “OK! I’m completed right here! Dwelling, please!” And he or she received dwelling and zonked out, even sleeping by the chaos of getting the women out the door for college the subsequent morning.

We’re working by our homework workout routines this week, and one thing SHOCKING occurred to me…

I feel Penny is a dog who can follow at locations like Lowe’s.

Should you’ve been round for any size of time, you already know this, however when you’re new or as a refresher: I labored with Lucas from his adoption in 2007 by his demise and Cooper from his adoption in 2010 by his demise final yr, soooooo that’s one thing like 16 straight years of working with and managing reactive canine. My nervous system doesn’t know what to do with a dog who sat patiently in a room with 4 different canine in numerous states of calm-to-reacting.

I actually can’t wrap my thoughts round how you can prepare a non-reactive dog–ha. I’ll get there, however it feels unusual. Actually, after we received again from class final week, John mentioned to me, “You’re not twitching! I don’t suppose I’ve seen you come dwelling from a coaching class not twitching since again within the Emmett days!”

This picture shows a black cat and a tortoiseshell cat lounging on a floral blanket that is on top of a pair of human legs. To the bottom right corner, a white dog is curled up and sound asleep with her head tucked against the legs. She wears a purple and pink collar. Next to her is a bolster pillow with woodland animals printed on it. In the background, there are two dog toys and the edge of a wire dog crate. None of the animals are touching, but they're lounging close to one another.

As for the cats: The image above I took over the weekend, and that is the closest they’ve all been ever.

Penny ignores them utterly.

For the primary couple weeks, they hissed at her like loopy however couldn’t work out how Penny was ignoring them!

Then Newt simply type of… gave up. She did the cat equal of shrugging her shoulders and moved on. Now, she mainly ignores Penny, although they’ll stroll proper previous one another with none bother.

Ripley remains to be on the fence. Some days, she’s nice ignoring Penny. Different days, Penny appears to be like at her, and Ripley’s again to hissing.

The truth that all of them cuddled up the opposite evening exhibits me they’re heading in an excellent path, even when the cats weren’t totally relaxed. Even Ripley, together with her head down, has her ears perked on this pic, so she’s not absolutely settled into sleep, however we’re getting there!

BTW, that blanket is my weighted blanket that impressed this put up.

Atop a large gray poof chair, a little girl in a pink t-shirt and wrapped in a pink glasses and wearing pink and blue glasses cuddles up next to a white dog with brown spots on her hind end. The dog is wearing a pink and purple collar. The little girl has the flu and her eyes are red-rimmed and her hair is messy. The dog is pushed up against her legs to comfort her.

What else?

She’s unbelievable with the women. She likes to snuggle with them. When Violet had the flu, Penny cuddled her for 2 straight days. Yesterday, Violet and Astrid have been taking part in within the yard. Penny requested to be set free and she or he laid down close to the place they have been taking part in and saved an eye fixed on them. John and I watched from the window, amazed.

She’s lastly strolling all the way in which to the top of our block and again. This week I plan to push her a little bit additional. Nevertheless, she has but to go to the lavatory in any respect on a stroll. As quickly as we’re dwelling, she dashes out to the yard to alleviate herself. Odd, I feel, however she’ll get there.

Subsequent up: I’m trying into DNA checks for her. I’ve been asking round as a result of it’s been some time, however we used the Knowledge Panel earlier than, although many individuals have beneficial the Embark take a look at. Any execs or cons to assist me resolve?

I feel that’s it–at the least, for now!

She’s an absolute gem. We’re so in love with this little woman, and she or he matches proper in with our household. I’m so grateful she got here into our lives. It was meant to be!

I’m sharing extra pics and movies of her on Instagram, so if we’re not linked there, please do attain out!