Copper Penny

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Miss Copper Penny arrived at our house last night, and in her first 24 hours has been an absolute doll.  Copper is a 14-month old spayed female who weighs about 50 pounds.  She went to the vet today and got a thorough checkup, she tested positive for whipworm so is on medication that should have them cleaned out of her intestine within a few days.  She’s a bit underweight, but I’m guessing that will resolve itself once the worms are gone.  She met our 2 dogs and cats with no problems, and is just tiptoeing around trying not to offend anyone.  Even when the resident greedy dog stuck her head into the toy basket and laid it across all the toys in an effort to keep from sharing anything (oink, oink), Copper just patiently went away and waited until the dog went elsewhere before going back to rummage for a tennis ball.  In her first 24 hours we have already started teaching her all the bad habits that all our fosters pick up, like saying hello when someone walks in “our” park and we see them out the window (resident dog Mindy to thank for that one), and reading stories together with the kids on the bed each night.  Tonight she hopped up on my daughter’s bed and snuggled in like she’s been doing it her whole life. 

Copper is housetrained – yesssss!  She hasn’t had any accidents and tonight whined at the sliding doors when she needed to go out.  Unfortunately she will only stay out if I go with her, so by the time she completed her business tonight I was feeling a bit like a popsicle.  We’ll work on independence in that area.  Copper is a typical puppy of this age, she has lots of energy, wants to play with my dogs, yet she really quiets down sometimes too.  She’s not hyper at all, more what I would describe as busy at this point – on the move a lot getting toys and seeing what all the others in the house are doing.