[goldendog]

Well it has been a bit since there has been an update on “Z”. Sorry for the lapse. Sometimes changes are so minute they don’t seem to show at all. It has now been a little over 2 months that “Z” has been with us and she seems to have adjusted well to our home.

Her interaction with our cat is improving. They have been face-to-face with the cat staring at the dog, sometimes the cat will siss which “Z” does not like. Z will back away, cry and then bark. Z still has the desire to chase after her when the cat jumps from the couch to go back into the bedroom. But we have been able to stop her with a “tsh” or at least change the direction of her attention.

She sleeps on her bed every night in the living room instead of sleeping in her kennel. And doesn’t seem to have an interest in sleeping in our bedroom with us. She remains there on her bed until we get up in the morning to begin the day.

She loves going for cart rides and knows just what position she has to be in to enjoy the ride.

She has been going back to the Humane Society to visit on Mondays and some Fridays to get used to having dogs pass by and either play with them or ignore them. This has been semi successful. She has even played with several of the larger dogs a bit.

She has excelled in walking on a leash and healing and is getting better at ignoring the little barking dogs who are tethered at the end of the leashes..

Over the past week we have learned that she is extremely afraid of thunder and lightning, or any loud noise actually. I had to literally drag her from the house tonight to get her to take a walk and then she did not calm down the entire walk. It is going to be a long summer for her with our daily storms. Hopefully we can give her enough calm and balance that she can begin to ignore the storms.

So that is the update for now.