Monday, February 23, 2009

I'm a Playful Puppy

This is not your ordinary puppy from rescue. She is an owner surrender pup, that was loved and well taken care of. She has puppy obedience training, but obviously will need more as time goes one. Here is what her foster mom has to say along with new pictures. How can you resist a face like this?Aida is a wonderfully loving little Setter girl! Her former family loved her very much - and started her in puppy obedience training. She knows several commands, but will need continued consistency to maintain and improve her training as she ages. Aida truly reflects her previous loving home - she's very affectionate!

Aida loves playing with other doggies, toys - and really likes tug-o-war with her foster sister! She is very active, true to her age, but not overly hyper - she likes to know where you are, and be with you when possible. She melts like butter when you let her put her head under your chin, or give her kisses on her head.

Her sweet little personality can be very persuasive. Somehow she talked me into letting her sleep in the bed with me (and her 2 foster sisters) last night - she slept like a dream. Aida's former home had a doggy door - and Aida would excuse herself outdoors to do her business when she needed to. I unfortunately, do not have a doggy door - so I did take all 3 dogs out to potty about midway through the night, but probably more as a precaution than necessity... I'll continue to monitor that department.

Aida will crate pretty easily, and after a few minutes of mild wimpering... she settles down quietly. After a short period of initial excitement, she also settles down quietly in the car - and sleeps most of the drive.

Aida is not super birdy - in fact, I have 3 busy bird feeders in my back yard, and she notices the birds... but had rather zip around the yard and play with her foster sisters (or me.) Her previous mom said she loves to chase squirrels! Inside, Aida is a chewing machine - she will definitely need a batch of age appropriate chew toys, (her previous family provided her favorites - and she loves them!) Her forever home will also need to puppy-proof everything within Aida's range. As with most youngsters, Aida counter / bed / table surfs for anything that might peak her interest... haha, she brought me my hair comb this morning! :)

Aida's formerly family mentioned that she would dig - and I've noticed her burying several of her toys (haha) in my gravel flowerbed, so she will need patience and consistency to overcome the urge to dig.

One final note for now - when browsing Aida's photos, you'll see that she has very light (pink) eyelids and nose... she is a fair skinned Setter. Obviously very fair skin will burn, even on doggies - so Aida will need to avoid lengthy exposure to direct sun... or her little eyelids might burn! :)

Let Aida stroll into your family and show you all the love she is freely giving us.

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