Tender Loving Care

Ginger has come so far in a single week!!! She no longer barks at Ben, and while she is still tentative, she appears to be "cautiously optimistic" when people approach her now.

On Wednesday she came to the park with Ben's playgroup and everyone fed her many treats and took turns holding her and taking her on a walk. LOTS of love for the little Ginger-girl that afternoon.

She is slowly catching on to how things run in a home... we can see her knowing what "Go to bed, Ginger!" means, and then having to figure out how to do that without getting too scared. But more and more often now she simply runs right over and sits for her treat. Good girl, Ginger!!

She barks at the cats.. and other new things. But it takes her much less time to get used to something now than it did those first few days. In a few weeks, we predict no one will remember that she used to be so shy!

Welcome Ginger-Pye!

Ginger was soooo shy and tentative about coming with us after the Forgotten Friends- Mixed Breed Rescue Meet & Greet a week ago... she walked willingly enough to the car, but once it was time to get in she started to have second thoughts. She rode home with her new buddy, Buttercup, and the two are still good friends.

We stopped for a bath at Mud Puppies on the way home and Ginger had a bath, nail trim, teeth brushing, ear cleaning, and blow dry. What a soft and beautiful coat!

When we got home from the bath, we introduced Ginger to the other dogs. She was shy, but eventually she was running and playing with the others.

The next morning when our five year old, Ben, came home from a sleepover with a friend he couldn't wait to see Ginger. She wasn't so sure!!! She barked at him every time she saw him that first day, but she would take treats from him and let him gently pat her. We knew that in addition to crate training and housebreaking she was going to need lots of extra TLC, socialization, and reassurance.