I like this foolish lady so very a lot.
Penny’s been with us for a few yr and a half now.
She’s totally settled into life and the routine. She’s wholesome. She’s an absolute delight of a canine–with a handful of quirks that make her uniquely Penny.
Wanting again to when she got here dwelling to us the week after Christmas in 2023, you’ll be able to see the concern on her face in each image. You’ll be able to see little scabby chew marks on her muzzle, and her milk was nonetheless in.
Her nails have been too lengthy (they nonetheless are–she HATES nail trims), and he or she continually flinched, pancaked, or fled if somebody stretched or stepped over the child gate or tossed a ball.
Regardless of all of it, regardless of the cruelty and neglect she confronted, Penny is the sweetest, gentlest, calmest little angel who ever walked this earth. She is going to go wherever, do something, meet anybody, and wag her tail the complete time.
When as soon as we celebrated getting her to stroll to the top of our driveway with out getting scared, now when she sees her leash come out, she dances round with pleasure.
Really, Penny is a magical little pup.
She’s additionally tremendous bizarre. (:
Penny’s obtained some quirks that preserve us on our toes.
A yr and a half in, and he or she nonetheless gained’t stroll down the entrance corridor of our home or enter the eating room. She solely goes into the lavatory when she’s actually, actually frightened, and he or she sits on the bathtub mat and waits for somebody to return gather her.
She’s a useful resource guarder, which is smart contemplating her background, however she will by no means end an entire bully stick or dental chew, so she hides them within the corners of the sofa. Since Penny’s been right here, all of the couches and chairs in our lounge are completely destroyed from her digging into them to cover her spoils. Now, although, we’ve got to maintain a tally on who has what the place and transfer the assets so she doesn’t guard them in opposition to Stola.
She walks so slowly that individuals usually mistake her for a senior canine, though she’s solely 3-4 years outdated.
“Awww, what a treasured outdated pup,” folks say.
“No, she’s simply kinda lazy.”
Penny adores Stola. They get alongside fantastically, thank goodness, however Penny tries to “mama” her just a little an excessive amount of. She’ll lick Stola till we cease her or Stola leaves. (She tries to try this to folks, too. Her favourite? Going on your armpit. Be forewarned for those who come to our home sporting a tank high!)
On a sizzling day, Penny loves to twist up in a patch of grime and bake herself beneath the new solar. The remainder of the time, her favourite place to sleep is on a blanket contained in the closet in John’s workplace. I feel it makes her really feel secure to cuddle up in a small, mostly-enclosed area.
I lately shared a narrative on Substack about Penny making mates with an older gentleman at our public library. She’s like that in all places she goes. She sidles as much as the employee at Lowe’s who occurs to wish a hug that day. She curls up subsequent to Violet when she’s had a troublesome day at college. She wags her tail at children on the playground and makes them chortle. I feel Penny will make an unimaginable remedy canine sometime. I simply want the time to coach along with her, however she’s really a pure.
(Full disclosure: ALL my coaching time is with Stola now. Penny is so rock strong in her persona that I can let behaviors and cues slide… for now, at the least.)
She’s a unicorn, that’s for positive. She simply occurs to be a brilliant quirky one!
What quirks does your canine have? Something you accommodate as a result of it’s simply your pup’s persona? I’d like to know within the feedback!
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