We have been the endlessly entertained owners of Daisy for 2 ½ months now. She did have to be shaved nearly bald the next day and became the proud owner of a red dog coat. She’s currently looking very fluffy and butterball like.
She had serious house training problems at first, to the extent of regularly dirtying her own bed. We booked her into a local Dog Training, Behavior and Complementary Therapy Centre for some stress therapy and a behaviour modification program for her toileting problems. Fingers crossed, these problems seem to have resolved themselves in the last two weeks so she wouldn’t seem to need the behaviour program anymore. We’ll still be taking her for the stress therapy though as she would enjoy it. I’m going to learn doggie massage!
Despite her obviously rocky start Daisy is a very gentle and loving animal who likes nothing better than to cuddle. When she is more settled in about six months time we are hoping that she is accepted on a dog visiting program in nursing homes and hospitals, as a therapy dog. There might be another story there when that happens...
