Birthday: November 12th 2007 Likes: Playing with Mosey & Sadie and my foster brothers & sisters! Pet-Peeves: Having to go in a crate Favorite Toy: Nylabone, anything stuffed Favorite Food: Cheese, carob cookies, my regular food Favorite Walk: Up the road, down main street, I'm quite the traveler Best Tricks: Rain's got basic obedience training down pat but if she's in the mood or not is always the question Arrival Story: Long story short, a breeder I've admired for quite awhile tried to help me find an adult pyr who needed a home and it didn't work out but she had a litter of puppies and this little female who would've been their pick wound up with slightly crooked teeth - did I want her?! Although I said "no more puppies" and I am always a HUGE advocate for rescuing dogs instead of buying (and NEVER buy from pet stores or BYB's!!), Rain was the one who broke all of my rules and I knew we had to add her to our family!! Bio: Rain was our problem child as a puppy and had us wrapped around her little paws! She refused to accept being in a crate and screamed bloody murder, bit the bars, and made us fear she was going to hurt herself. So she went to doggy daycare for several months - little diva! But she's grown into a wonderful girl and is now home with her sisters, Mosey & Sadie, during the day and behaves like a princess should. She's still got us wrapped around her (not so) little paws but we love her to death and can't imagine life without her. Forums Motto: Mom likes me best!:) The Groups I'm In: ♥All Fur Fun♥, *Dog Rescue*, 2 Dogs 2, "Just One Litter" Is Still Too Many, Febreze® Pet Odor Eliminator™, light a candle...., PYRsonality, Those Who Support Shelters The Last Forum I Posted In: POTP request please!! I've Been On Dogster Since:
I got to go play at the dog park for the first time today - woo hoo!!! Mom and I went out to the store to get me some food and I was still looking for something to do when we were done there so we went to the park. Mom had stopped there a couple times before but there were never any dogs and their people there. But today there were between 10-15 dogs and their people!! I had a blast meeting lots of new friends and running around chasing everyone and letting them chase me! I felt bad that I scared a couple of the smaller dogs just because they weren't used to a dog my size running with them. I guess they were afraid they'd get stepped on, because I wasn't going to hurt them and just wanted to see if I could catch up to them. But I had a great time and we were all friends real quick - what a great day. Mom said the people there were really nice too so hopefully we'll go back soon. Time for a nap now though, I'm worn out.
Mom's all excited anyway - she said I passed my Canine Good Citizen and therapy dog test, whatever that means. We went to where we have training classes last weekend and two new ladies asked me to do some of the stuff I've been learning and some fun new stuff and I took it all in stride. I'm now a year old and (finally) starting to grow up a bit so mom thought maybe I'd do okay on the CGC test and thought she'd do the therapy test while we were there but I showed her what a good girl I can be when I want to:) The two tester ladies said I did great and that I passed - go figure!! Now I might even get to go visit people in the hospital and stuff so that'll be fun - I love meeting new people and having them pet me and I'm super careful around youngsters and older or frail people. Mom's excited since she's realized the goal of me being an "obedience dog" might be a bit lofty but this is something we can do well together and maybe help some other people a bit too. Guess we'll see!
Well, it's been a fun couple of months! Since I never did let Mom & Dad convince me that the crate isn't an evil torture chamber, I've been going to a Doggy Daycare. I started out going 5 days a week but now I go 3 days a week since I'm older and don't get into (much) trouble anymore. I only tried to chew the couch once (hmmm, the next day I started daycare.....) but otherwise I know where my toybox is and I'm happy to chew on them. On days I'm not at daycare, I'm home with my big sisters and we hang out in the family room and I sleep the afternoon away with them and wait for Mom to get home so we can go out to play.
I had to go for surgery a couple weeks ago cuz Mom said I'm six months old and it's time for me to get spayed. I went to the doctor's office in the morning and I came home that night so I don't even remember being crated (gasp!) during that day. I was supposed to stay quiet for 2 weeks while my belly healed but you know that's just near impossible for a young playful pup like me! But my staples are out, my belly's healed, and my hair's growing back and I'm back to my bouncy self and ready to play again! Mom says I'm a good puppy and she really does love me. She said I'm spoiled though and she lets me get away with stuff cuz I'm cute so now that I'm older it's time to start "training". Yeah, I'm good at Sit and I know what Come means but I mostly ignore it. Unless there's a cookie involved, then she has my complete attention:). So I'm looking forward to getting her trained real good!
There's been a couple other pups come and live with us for awhile and Mom calls them my "foster" brothers and sisters. Sasha was lots of fun and can run like the wind, Jasper was my favorite since he's a pup like me and we played all day long, and now my latest friend is Zena. She likes to play too but she plays too rough sometimes but I like her anyway. I hope she doesn't leave like the other ones - that makes Mom cry when they leave. But then she says something about "saving another one" and I get a new playmate. I wish she'd make up her mind whether she's happy or sad when they go to what she calls their "forever home" because I can't tell.
So that's what I've been up to. Everyday is a fun day when you're a 6 month old pup! Hope you've all been well and enjoying the sunshine!
