Do you think she will swim ?
Posted: 11 Aug 2009, 18:40
Connie ( yellow) came in to rescue due to the ill health of her owner and having already been given up by an owner previous to that so we wanted to be pretty sure she got third time lucky when she came to us for homing.
A lovely family including their choc lab came to see her today,the dogs had a good initial meeting so off she went to her new home, with her New family and her new Brother .the family wondered if she would swim
I just love photos like these
"She's getting used to the water now"
Hi Glenys
We took Connie and Harvey out for their first walk today, up at Ogden Water.
As there are no roads or other dangers around, we decided to let her off her lead and practice her recall. We thought little and often would be the best bet, so we called her and praised her plenty over the course of the outing. No running off at all, and always came bounding back when called.
Harvey was straight into the water as usual, but Connie was a little cautious at first. She soon got the hang of it, but really only went in as far as her chest. She enjoyed chasing Harvey around and stealing his stick when he had done the hard job of swimming back with it! She has quite a voice on her when she wants that stick too!
We are also really pleased with the good influence that they both seem to have on each other. Harvey helps her with her recall, and Connie seems to help Harvey to remain calmer when other dogs are around. They are also both travelling very well together.
She's had a bit of an upset stomach, which we're putting down to the journey, and she seems to favour the wet food rather than the biscuits. She's certainly not as greedy as Harvey.
Connie is settling in very well, and has really taken to Teresa, my partner. If you could pass on these few words of reassurance to the previous owner, I'm sure he'll feel much better.
Rich.
Think she looks happy do you?
A lovely family including their choc lab came to see her today,the dogs had a good initial meeting so off she went to her new home, with her New family and her new Brother .the family wondered if she would swim
I just love photos like these
"She's getting used to the water now"
Hi Glenys
We took Connie and Harvey out for their first walk today, up at Ogden Water.
As there are no roads or other dangers around, we decided to let her off her lead and practice her recall. We thought little and often would be the best bet, so we called her and praised her plenty over the course of the outing. No running off at all, and always came bounding back when called.
Harvey was straight into the water as usual, but Connie was a little cautious at first. She soon got the hang of it, but really only went in as far as her chest. She enjoyed chasing Harvey around and stealing his stick when he had done the hard job of swimming back with it! She has quite a voice on her when she wants that stick too!
We are also really pleased with the good influence that they both seem to have on each other. Harvey helps her with her recall, and Connie seems to help Harvey to remain calmer when other dogs are around. They are also both travelling very well together.
She's had a bit of an upset stomach, which we're putting down to the journey, and she seems to favour the wet food rather than the biscuits. She's certainly not as greedy as Harvey.
Connie is settling in very well, and has really taken to Teresa, my partner. If you could pass on these few words of reassurance to the previous owner, I'm sure he'll feel much better.
Rich.
Think she looks happy do you?
