I realized I hadn't checked in in a while and thought I'd give you all an update on Duncan and Dharma for those of you who aren't on FB.
We adopted Duncan who's now 11 months old from rescue in Sept 10 and he's doing really well. He is a double merle deaf sheltie and he blew my misconceptions about deaf dogs right out of the water. He's incredibly outgoing, loving and smart. We started obedience classes with him to help socialize him and he did so well that we're taking our 3rd class now- Advanced obedience.
We started fostering a bi-black puppy mill breeding sheltie named Dharma at the end of January. We soon realized that we were going to adopt her. She's extremely afraid of everyone and everything but she's slowly becoming brave- very slowly. She's a challenge but we love her. When she's outside she plays with Duncan like a "normal dog". She loves Duncan. We haven't been successful all the time about touching her. She'll come to me sometimes when I least expect it and want a little petting then she's back off to her bed in the safe corner. We're patient and we can wait her out.
Duncan loves his big sister Gracie who's 9. She doesn't play much with him. She gets tired if they play too long and she's limpy sometimes but she tolerates him pretty well. It's funny. Duncan has to be touching Gracie when he lays down. Sometimes he lays almost on top of her and I can see her almost roll her eyes at her little brother. LOL
Anyhow, I just wanted to update you all. I promise it won't be so long before I post again.
We adopted Duncan who's now 11 months old from rescue in Sept 10 and he's doing really well. He is a double merle deaf sheltie and he blew my misconceptions about deaf dogs right out of the water. He's incredibly outgoing, loving and smart. We started obedience classes with him to help socialize him and he did so well that we're taking our 3rd class now- Advanced obedience.
We started fostering a bi-black puppy mill breeding sheltie named Dharma at the end of January. We soon realized that we were going to adopt her. She's extremely afraid of everyone and everything but she's slowly becoming brave- very slowly. She's a challenge but we love her. When she's outside she plays with Duncan like a "normal dog". She loves Duncan. We haven't been successful all the time about touching her. She'll come to me sometimes when I least expect it and want a little petting then she's back off to her bed in the safe corner. We're patient and we can wait her out.
Duncan loves his big sister Gracie who's 9. She doesn't play much with him. She gets tired if they play too long and she's limpy sometimes but she tolerates him pretty well. It's funny. Duncan has to be touching Gracie when he lays down. Sometimes he lays almost on top of her and I can see her almost roll her eyes at her little brother. LOL
Anyhow, I just wanted to update you all. I promise it won't be so long before I post again.
