Ms. Josie
Rodney and Beth, Blue Springs, MO
Ms Josie started life as a puppy mill baby. She was going to breed at 1 year old but at 6 months old she has a skin condition on her nose. She lost fur on her nose. Her littler mate Rex also lost fur on her face. The breeder turn both Josie and Rex into LL Dog Rescue. Glenn Jones Sheltie foster did research on the spots on there nose and found out that they both Had DM (Sheltie Skin). Rex and Josie were treated and both are fine now. Josie came to live with us and she never wanted to leave. She was a failed foster. She was real outgoing and active at my home(playing, being crazy). She would go to a family and she would hide. I had to get her out from under a deck and behind a TV. I would bring her home and she would be normal. So Ms Josie adopted us. We call her the crazy lady. She is a super active lady who has wore out 3 Aussies. She is 18 lbs and took on 35 lbs Aussies. She is super fast and loves to go in her back yard. She is all ways looking out the window when I come home and will herd me to the treats. Ms Josie is daddy's little girl.
Sometimes they pick us Rodney!
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Hi,
I have read the Help for Fearful dogs book in past (I have ready just about everything I can get my hands on regarding fearful pups). I feed my dogs Science Diet. The first ingrediant is chicken, but that is followed up by ground whole grain corn.
I am pleased to hear about Duncan allowing pets and asking for them. I have Way(lon), and he started letting me pet him when I came back from being out of town for several days. He will ask for pets all the time now, but I must be sitting down, or he needs to be on a leash. It warms my heart so much to see him trusting and loving. I recently started taking him on walks in a quiet park, and he is the most well behaved walker in the world. He heels beautifully. It is exciting to see him learning to enjoy his life.
Thank you for your blog.
Julie Taylor
Yeah I'm trying to avoid corn as one of the first 2 or three ingredients to cut down on the nervousness it seems to cause (according to the book.) Chicken first is great.
Walking with Duncan was one of the best things I did for him. It gave him confidence being exposed to so much and it built our relationship walking together. We started out the same way at a quiet park and once he got more confident we starting to moving to more active parks to give him more socialization with all he had to encounter. We did so gradually so it was always positive for him. I just can't believe how well he does not. Even in crowds of people and dogs like the Dogtoberfest. He absolutely loved that event, and there were SO many people around for it. I'm so proud of him.
Once Duncan learned to walk on the left on a consistent basis he became a very polite walker too. He moves over without even being asked when people are passing us and I get complements all the time on how well behaved the dogs are on walks. You see so many people at parks who are not in control of their dogs. They're pulling on the lead, or are all over the place. It's so nice to have dogs that everyone else is envious of. ;o)
You're right, it is very exciting to see them enjoying life!
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