Thanks for all your responses. My mom had a real scare with Lucy tonight. She was walking all three dogs (I was at work) and stopped to clean up after them. Somehow Lucy's leash became detached from her collar and Lucy took off. As she was running down the street a car came around the corner. It came within inches of hitting her. I'm thanking God now that it was an old man going very slow in that car.
Lucy was given to me by a coworker. Her daughter, Christina, had gone to a party at the apartment where her owner lived. Christina didn't like the way the owner treated Lucy and told him. Well his reply was something to the effect of "Take her if you want to. If you don't I'm just gonna put her in a box on the side of the road." Well they took her and gave her to me.
She came with an airline carrier style crate where you could see she had been scratching frantically to get out, a cat bowl, and a bag of Purina beneful weight control formula (10 months old and very skinny). She was very shy around new people, especially men. I got her on May 20th. I took her to the dog park almost every day till I moved on August 20th. She loved being chased by other dogs. It was so funny to see her in the front with a pack of dogs chasing her and my puppy, Abby, bringing up the rear. She improved tons because she met new people and dogs every day. She never would get very close to the people though.
Well there is no dog park here so I take them to a baseball field to run. They also get walked 4 times a day (2 long, 2 short) because I have no fenced yard. It's embarassing walking her because she barks at all the people we see. She definitely needs training. I want to get her in a class for the socialization. I've already been looking for trainers in the area. I'm kinda working through a rough spot but should be able to afford it in a month or so.
