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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Gracy Update

Note:  This was written by Gracy's forever family to her foster mom, Molly, who did such a wonderful job with little Gracy.  Hannah and Marc drove 5 hours to meet her and then spent the entire day getting to know her and working on trying to get Gracy to accept their dog, Olive.
 
Molly writes, "They're a really kind, patient young couple who have given Gracy a wonderful home and are working really hard on training and behavior issues with her.  Gracy and Olive have become best friends and Marc and Hannah are very happy with Gracy.  I'm sure Gracy is loving her new life!"
 
 
 
Hi Molly,

Just wanted to give you another update on Gracy. She is such a great little girl, and I think she's really blossoming. Her and Olive are getting along fantastically. Practically best buds already. They play, and play fight. We all go on walks together. Gracy is even sleeping in the bed with us now, and she doesn't even growl or snap at Olive. She is however, not a morning dog. I get up fairly early for work and Olive is ready to go before my alarm even goes off, but Gracy just lifts her head and looks at me as if to say, "Are you kidding, no way am I getting up right now." She likes to keep sleeping with Marc, she even snuggles into his back.

Her digestion issues seem to be resolved. She's eating heartily and has very regular and consistent poops. We are currently in the process of transferring her for the food our vet prescribed to the food we make for Olive. She seems to enjoy and even dances a little when its time to eat. She's a total beggar. Now that she has mastered sitting on command we're working on coming when called. So far she complies about half of the time, but we're using positive reinforcement training, and lots of treats, which more often than not get her attention.

Gracy is a wonderful little dog, and I am so happy that we were able to bring her into our family. It already seems as if she's been here the whole time. She and Olive spend hours wrestling and barking at strange noises or things that aren't there, and playing tug of war. I even have a picture.

Hope everything is well with you and all your dogs,
Hannah, Marc, Olive and Gracy

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