We have a new (temporary) addition!
Bena is a year old shepherd mix (if you have any better guesses as to what she is, feel free to offer them) that I am fostering. Initially she was adopted out (the second time) with her brother/littermate. The person who 'returned' them wanted them to be kept together. After much money spent boarding and (I'm hoping) my insistence that keeping them together was an all around bad idea, they will now be adopted out separately!
Bena has some issues, but it's only been her first day. I've noticed that she has pretty severe separation anxiety and she seems very unsettled. (I'll be asking advice on that later, as well. I'm no trainer, but I would like to do as much as possible to ease her stay here and impress any potential owners.)
She did not know how to go up and down stairs. Eventually she came down for a potty break but I'm not sure she knows what a potty break is either. I took her out and 5 minutes later she peed in the kitchen. Definitely have some things we need to work on!
Anyway, here are the pictures. (These are just "Oh she's here!" pictures. I'll get more/better ones later.) I fell in love with her speckled nose. She's about the same size as Gwen, just a bit bigger. Maybe 40lbs and (I didn't know it was possible) leggier than Gwen. (Luckily she fits fine in Gwen's wire crate.)
Bena is a year old shepherd mix (if you have any better guesses as to what she is, feel free to offer them) that I am fostering. Initially she was adopted out (the second time) with her brother/littermate. The person who 'returned' them wanted them to be kept together. After much money spent boarding and (I'm hoping) my insistence that keeping them together was an all around bad idea, they will now be adopted out separately!
Bena has some issues, but it's only been her first day. I've noticed that she has pretty severe separation anxiety and she seems very unsettled. (I'll be asking advice on that later, as well. I'm no trainer, but I would like to do as much as possible to ease her stay here and impress any potential owners.)
She did not know how to go up and down stairs. Eventually she came down for a potty break but I'm not sure she knows what a potty break is either. I took her out and 5 minutes later she peed in the kitchen. Definitely have some things we need to work on!
Anyway, here are the pictures. (These are just "Oh she's here!" pictures. I'll get more/better ones later.) I fell in love with her speckled nose. She's about the same size as Gwen, just a bit bigger. Maybe 40lbs and (I didn't know it was possible) leggier than Gwen. (Luckily she fits fine in Gwen's wire crate.)
