Michelle gave us one last update on Mabel before she began her long trek to Chicago. Mabel's behavioural issues are improving and she is gaining confidence. Michelle and Andrew have done such a wonderful job with her. Mabel is healthier and happier thanks to them. Our emaciated puppy who weighed 33.7 lbs at her first vet appointment on July 1st now weighs in at a whopping 43.7 lbs. Pretty impressive in just 17 days. I can't thanks Michelle and Andrew enough for taking such good care of her.
"Mabel's temperment has finally stabilized and become predictable with us- she is much better behaved (though she's still a typical bully puppy and will need to learn manners) and hasn't peed or pooped in the house while supervised since she flooded our West Elm rug.
She gets along amazingly with Maggie and Sabrina, though play must be supervised because it has escalated (with Sabrina) into fighting once or twice- and they're easily broken up with verbal correction. She's still going to need a lot of help and reinforcement at [her next foster home], particularly with the food aggression because it took her quite a while and different techniques to finally get her calmer, and she still does it on rare occasions (wet food, petting her muzzle with pressure).
She is mushy and delicious and such a lap dog! I love her and am so jealous of Ruth- now that we fattened her up, and turned her from a sad dog into a bad dog into a great, healthy dog she gets to enjoy her at her funnest. No fair!
Still not sure how Mabel will do with the transport- she'll be stressed and meeting a whole lotta peeps. She'll also be much stronger than she was initially- praying she doesn't bite anyone! She is doing well with strangers who are already in her house when we let her out, but not as well with people on the other side of the fence (still growls, and hackles up) or on the other side of the door (like the Chinese food delivery guy).
When she gets her health cert. tomorrow we're going to ask about dosing her with Benadryl to help her sleep and we'll send a bottle of Rescue Remedy on the way. I got her a name tag today and Andrew needs to buy her own collar and leash. I'm so excited for her and so nervous too- I want everyone to make it in one piece but I'm going to miss her!
Hopefully she'll get over her kennel cough and can head up to [her next foster home] in Chicago this weekend- I know she is so excited to get her! She is a GREAT dog but will need to go to someone with bully experience- she is developing a strong/protective personality (of us, she loves us), though we're working on her food manners and her leash manners with strangers we encounter on walks. We have gotten great advice from friends and others in the dog world.
Mabel has not had even one accident in her crate and she takes her wound scrubbing (ouch) and hydromassaging in stride.All in all, things are going well :) I am planning to call the AC facility and let them know how she's doing and to send them a letter. Andrew is pissed at them because they said they had her for 6 days but the pictures you've seen of how much she improved in just six days makes him think they hadn't been feeding her enough."
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