Potato chips, huh?

Home!

Yes, she is home! I am on the fence about the name again. Apparently she wasn't given the name Paisley at the rescue but at her previous home. The same home that had 30 dogs and 50 rabbits! (I cleared up the numbers with Judy.) I really want her to feel secure and know that this is a whole new life. We will see... Right now, we are trying out Abigail (Abbie for short).
It means something like "my father's rejoicing/joy" in Hebrew. Since DH is Jewish (ish is right...), he really likes it. And she seems to respond to it quite well. For lack of a better option, I'll call her that here until/unless we change it.

When we got home (about an hour drive which she handled very well), I took Abbie for a walk around the building. She enjoyed sniffs and went potty really well. She will need some leash training, but it is clear she is a sensitive girl and will pick it up fast. She met a few of the neighbors without incident. When I took her inside, Pierre was waggly until he realize what I had with me. I let them sniff and bond while I got Duncan out of his crate. Abbie tried to poke her nose in at him and I had to push her away so I could get him out. I showed her the crate that is hers (it was actually supposed to be Duncan's, since we expected him to be bigger but he is so little it doesn't make sense). Took the boys out while she settled in her crate.

When I got back in, I took the pics that you'll see in the slideshow. (Except for the first two, which are at Judy's house.) She actually tried to play with Duncan! She wagged her tail, pawed him lightly (she's very gentle), and her front went down with her butt up. Duncan walked away, shaking a little. Apparently he is really with the ladies. She turned to Pierre to play, which led to growling and snarling. It only lasted seconds, but already the battle for Alpha has begun.

Abbie knows the crate is her place already. She took a nap there and will visit it occasionally. She is doing awesome already and I'm so happy to have her.

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Some pictures were just for coloring purposes. She is definitely a color-headed white. A few of the pictures you can really see the grey merling, some you can't. Regardless, I think she is beautiful.

And Suzie - Echo is a darling. He needs a lot of love and a schedule, but he is full of spunk. A real diamond in the ruff, to be overly cliche. He is really starved for attention.

 

Thanks! She really is one of a kind. I will be sure to post the good, the bad, and the hilarious.

This may be "the" name. She responds to it beautifully. It's almost like she understood Judy when she told her she was going home.

Thanks. The best estimate we have is about four years. She is also tall. Duncan is about 12.5" at the shoulder (measured today). Abbie is just over 17". I think she is perfectly sized, since she is such a lady. She did put her paws on the counter once while I was making dinner (it didn't occur to me to crate them beforehand until that moment), but a stern "Off" got an immediate response. She also went straight for the pieces of new food over the old, even though they are similar in quality.