The cry for help in our last Winter Paw Print ( http://cawggreece.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/1autumn08-3.jpg ) had effect and a foster home was found for her in Holland. Her foster mum tells the rest of her story…
Monday 23rd February: Arrival & 1st weekend with us…
The meeting of Miriam with Zico (♂) and Marley (♀), our other 2 dogs, through the fence went well. Later we put them together and after a while we could take Miriam’s muzzle off…it just went great!! I kept waiting for Miriam’s little horns to show up, but thankfully they stayed away. Miriam is very affectionate, keeps giving kisses and is a real cutie.
The next day Miriam comes for a walk with Zico & Marley. Marley isn’t that interested in Miriam but she is not nasty to her either. Zico is very nosy and playful to Miriam.
That night at 23:00 I went for a last round, although it was cold. Miriam was enjoying nosing around and exploring the neighborhood that eventually I came home 45 min. later and what does dear Miriam 2 minutes after entering the house??? A big pee, right in front of my nose! I corrected her immediately and send her to the back garden and since then no surprises anymore!! Another positive thing: the cat of the neighbors walked through the garden while Miriam was there…Miriam looked at him, sniffed at him and walked on. Bravo!!
Sunday 1st March: A little incident…
First week went well except for a small incident between Marley and Miriam, from Marleys side! Marley is in season, so guess it was related to that, she is always a bit moody then… It was anyway to be expected that something like this would happen; the mutual order has be established at some point!! Marley is now ok and sweet again to Miriam. Miriam likes to snuggle up, follows me everywhere, gives lots of kisses and her tail might fall off of all the wagging!
Miriam is a Golden Dog and we are seriously thinking of adopting her ourselves…
Saturday 21st March: Work required…
It all goes really well between Miriam and Marley, they lay together and give each other kisses.
Nevertheless Miriam shows some actions that require work: my mail is not a toy, nor is the remote control! A bone usually sorts the problem which is of course removed when we leave so no fights will occur. A bigger problem is her growling at visitors. She lies next to me and starts barking and growling. When I say something she stops, but as soon as the visitor comes closer she starts again. We also have to be careful with some other dogs, which she can have a fierce reaction to.
In spite of it all we have decided to…adopt Miriam!! She is such a grateful dog which keep surprising us every time again. She loves dog snacks and you can see her enjoy them. Our other dogs as well but are much more spoiled. If I give those two a bowl of food they give me a look like: “Hey, where is the soft, tin food? I don’t want this stuff!”. While Miriam straight starts eating!
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