A Quick Update

The applications are being sent in fast and furious for Shelby and we haven't even shown her at the adoption event yet. She is doing great, such a sweet little dog and although she's had a couple accidents in the house, she's doing pretty well with the house training if she's kept to a schedule. We have really enjoyed having the chance to foster this sweet girl.

Tilly's progress continues and these last two days we have some great benchmarks that she's met. First, yesterday when I tossed out a bunch of new floss knot toys for the dogs to play with, Tilly grabbed one and actually played with it! She's nosed tennis balls around before, but this was her first time to actually chew on something and throw it around.

These last few days I've been trying to give her more free-run of the main floor of the house, but I'm taking the dogs outside every 30 minutes to help avoid any accidents. Well, this afternoon she actually scratched at the sliding glass door to go out. I was ecstatic! Well... quietly ecstatic, so as not to scare the pee right out of her.

We are still taking our daily trek to the off-leash park, carrying Tilly in a baby pack and letting her down for a few minutes when only calm, older dogs are around. She seems much more relaxed at the park, although some of that might be the herbal anxiety relief drops that I'm slipping into her food and treats. She's a great dog and whoever ends up with her in their family will be lucky indeed.