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12-18-2012, 10:03 PM
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You'll all perhaps forgive the new mommie brag, but in a little less
than 3 days this girl is already doing a sit/stay before meals, before any doors are opened, and before new mommie goes up or downstairs with baskets of laundry! She just needed her own person and to put that little GSD mind to work, too! 
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12-18-2012, 10:17 PM
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Oh Val, I am SO happy for you! She is simply gorgeous, and she sounds wonderful.
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12-18-2012, 10:36 PM
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Val,
Congratulations--she is gorgeous! What is her story?
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12-18-2012, 11:43 PM
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time apparently. We are probably her 4th or 5th home. Her previous adopter had 3 kids and (we found out) did day care. So Lillie got not a lot of attention. To the adopter's credit, she contacted the rescue and kept her while he searched for a new home. Lillie was great with all the kids, I got told she let a 20 month old pick food out of her bowl and didn't do anything. She did, however, knock a couple younger kids down in her youthful exuberance. We felt a little guilt at looking to begin with, it had been such a short time since we lost Sierra, but then I started thinking that a little over 5 years ago, we gave Sierra a home for Christmas, and if she's looking down on us, I know she approves. Everything in Lillie's (rather lengthy) bio made me keep returning to it and reading. Great with cats, at one point lived with 4, and let them chase her and would bring them her toys and even slept with one. VERY calm in the car, we had a 2 hour drive home and she did great. Alert to her surroundings, but doesn't bark much. Only 2 minor (to me) drawbacks, she had no recall (which I'm already fixing!) and she pulled a bit on leash. (Ditto) We've had 3 morning walks, with a lot of corrections and direction change and treats, she is starting to walk loose leash. And about 20 minutes into our walk this morning, she looked up at me for the first time. (While walking, she watches me closely other times!) She needs to lose quite a bit of weight and get her coat in better shape, but she was being fed Purina and Alpo if you can believe it, the Purina pretty much free fed. Ugh. |
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12-19-2012, 12:15 AM
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Great story! So glad you found one another! I'm sure that good food and exercise will get her slimmed down in no time!
I know how hard it is to get another animal after you've lost one but giving her a new home is a wonderful thing. I hope you spend many good years together and I look forward to hearing more about her. She sounds like a smarty pants!
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12-19-2012, 07:47 AM
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congrats she is GORGEOUS and looks like this was meant to be
 ) a keeper for sure
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