About to go get my Ladybug...

Congrats on your new girl :yes:
as mentioned earlier- patience is the key. She'll need time to adjust to your home and family. My rescue girl, Callie, did not want to eat the first day or two and I emailed the rescue to find out what she had been eating there but before I could get any of that food, she started eating- and never stopped :winkgrin:
also a basic obedience class will help her confidence. In 6 weeks, Callie went from ignoring everything going on around her to begging the instructor for treats.
It will all work out and since they said that they had the right sheltie for you, they are definitely going to let you bring her home :smile2:
 
Awww! My rescue's name is Lady, but I call her Ladybug too!

Calliesmom, how old was Callie when you got her? I've wondered about an obedience class for Lady, but she's 11 now, so I wonder if it's just too late. She's very timid and after 16 months with us, she is BARELY starting to show some curiosity about things around her and exploring outside of her crate a bit more. I just can't imagine her responding to anything obedience wise, but it would be great if she could still learn something. I think she would be a whole new dog if that would only click with her!
 
Congratulations, have you named her Lady or is that their name for her? My first one was Lady and I called her Ladybug.
 
SheltieMommy said:
Awww! My rescue's name is Lady, but I call her Ladybug too!

Calliesmom, how old was Callie when you got her? I've wondered about an obedience class for Lady, but she's 11 now, so I wonder if it's just too late. She's very timid and after 16 months with us, she is BARELY starting to show some curiosity about things around her and exploring outside of her crate a bit more. I just can't imagine her responding to anything obedience wise, but it would be great if she could still learn something. I think she would be a whole new dog if that would only click with her!
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Callie was about 5.5 yrs and will be turning 10 soon. She initially showed little interest in going anywhere or doing anything but after a basic obedience class and some practice, she passed her CGC. While we were waiting for that test, we saw Rally so we then took a rally class and last year, she got her RN title. She is not into jumping so we will likely not acquire any higher titles.
Callie is very food-motivated so once she got into the training mindset, she was willing to do lots of things to get her treats.
I'd say if you can find something to motivate Lady, you can certainly train her - never too old to learn something new :smile2:
 
We adopted our second rescue, Katy over Labor Day. Katy was two and has had more adjustment issues than Bailey who came from rescue at 4 months.

Patience, love, and consistancy has been the key with Katy. She has blossomed so much and we have seen so much growth. Trust was key. It took her a LONG time to believe she was NOT leaving and that we were sticking it out with her. We were so worried when we had to take her to the kennel when we had to have the house fumigated for fleas. We could not take her to the regular daycare because of the fleas. She did better than we did.

She will be three this month and she has brought so much joy into our lives and to Bailey's. He loves having a sheltie sister.
 
I have now had my Ladybug home with me for five days. The first thing to go was the name. She is now Lady Bela Signorina. Her Ladyship was just too snooty for simply Lady, so now she's Bela.

She's very quiet - no barks yet - just oooff! when she's picked up. She's very content just to hang out with me or my husband on the bed or sofa. On the floor, however, it's another thing - she paces. She'll pace until she's absolutely exhausted. For the first two days, she wouldn't take food or water, but suddenly decided we weren't trying to poison her and started eating. VORACIOUSLY. We've had to cut back on her food because she's getting chunky. Seriously!

She's still a little skittish, but endured a trip to Petco yesterday with no complaints. She was calm, cool, and collected.

I think she'll be OK within a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying having a Sheltie again!
 
For the first time since we've had her, there has been a carpet accident! It was probably my fault in not noticing the difference in her pacing. What I call "operator error". Not the dog's fault at all.

I think she misses all the dogs from the foster homes - she's an only dog here.

I started in teaching her to go on command this week. My previous dogs were all taught "go go go" by my mindless repetition while they were actually going. It took maybe a couple of months before we only had to step outside, say "go go go" and both dogs would relieve themselves. An especially handy trick at dog shows!

She's learning her new name fairly well, and knows the command "wait" so she doesn't back off from me when I try to put her leash on. She's not really reliable on it yet, but will be once she develops some confidence.
 
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