Check It Out!

We have been working with Ginger to "check out" new things. We make noise with metal pans, and give her a treat when she approaches them. When we meet new people in the house we give them treats and tell her to "check it out." She gets it. Once I said CIO and didn't have a treat handy, and she immediately noticed.

I tried playing with her in the backyard today and she doesn't seem interested in fetch, or the Frisbee. I did get her to partake in a bit of a tug-of-war game with a fleece tug for a while, but she seemed like she didn't want to bother me too much with trying to keep the tug from me.

We also have gone for a couple of walks and it was nice. She is a nice dog to take for a walk. We had a very, very noisy dirt-bike come by, and I said, "check it out" and had a treat ready and she did really well. She stood there, watched it, but did not try to hide or collapse at my feet. Progress.

Geodog?

Geocaching

Ginger is expanding her life experience by going to a new foster home. This is her new foster mother writing, and I will update her blog now. Ginger went on her first outing with our family today. We went geocaching at a local park, and I think she enjoyed herself. It was a "Ginger" day. We meet three dogs at the park today, and two of them were named Ginger also! Ginger's ruled the day at the park today and she seemed to enjoy that. We actually went to two parks in our area, and Ginger was an able and enjoyable companion. She easily navigated around the cactus and fire ants. She is an athletic dog. We came within a few feet of people without Ginger barking, though she was still a bit shy. She has definitely made progress since coming to this rescue.

Ginger has had a pretty easy adjustment to our home. She gets along well with the resident dogs, and likes to go around to different family members and get attention. Her favorite person seems to be her foster Daddy. Once she mastered the stairs she was up visiting Nana, and the kids in their rooms. We look forward to getting to know Ginger better, and to continue to expose her to new, positive experiences.