So this dog: an absolute angel. I can’t get her to react to anything I do to her. Touched and rubbed the area that seemed to bother her the most, roughly petted her all over, tried to rough her up and get her play. Only thing she wants is lovin’, and lots of it.
I decided to let her out into the house for a while, since she wasn’t bothered by Bentley and the cat, and they all did great together. They followed her around, and she followed me around. The only time she ever got even just slightly grumpy was when both her and Bentley were up on the couch, and she waddled over, hobbled up the stairs, and laid down next to me. Then Bentley, being, well– Bentley, came over and took the chance of her finally sitting still as a time to shove his face into hers and force all his love on her. She very quietly growled at him. Mostly just just lifted her lip. Bentley gets that a lot LOL He’s missing the personal-space and body-language parts of his brain XD But I moved her head away so she wasn’t looking at him, and I told Bentley to leave her alone, and after a couple grumpy sounds from her, he finally accepted it and left her alone, and curled up on my other side.
He seems to understand how old and fragile she is, because he’s normally barking up a storm, running around like an idiot, nipping at faces and ears and legs, just trying to get new dogs to play with him. But he’s very gentle with her, and seems almost like he wants to makes sure she’s ok.
Given how sweet this dog is toward me, I can’t help but wonder if she was treated too roughly by that lady. Whether she meant to be or not, however she handled the dog has left her emotionally scarred. She also hates the slip on leash the vet uses. The lady apparently took one for some reason or another, and that’s what she came to me on. But she just completely shuts down on a slip on leash. Luckily I had an old collar laying around, and it fits her great. She’s perfect on a regular leash and collar, which is just fine with me.
Anyways, she’s back in the closest now, sleeping off her adventure in the house with the other brats– I mean animals 😉 let’s just hope she doesn’t start that barking at 4 am thing… LOL
3 months, 3 weeks ago
