Dutchess

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We picked  Dutchess up from the Jewell Animal Hospital on Saturday and one thing that I can tell you about her is that she LOVES people. A good belly rub and an head scratch are heaven for her. Dutchess is a 2 ½ year old golden mix. There is definitely a lot of golden in her but there is also something else in there that we aren’t sure of. It doesn’t really matter though, she is  very pretty and very sweet. She is spayed, up to date on her shots, her heartworm check was negative, and we will be going in for a physical on Monday. Dutchess gets along really well with the cats and gets along well with the resident dog Mia and our other foster Harlee 09-088. It took her a couple of days to warm up to the dogs, but now her and Harlee love to wrestle around and play tug.

Dutchess is very laid back and besides playing with Harlee just mostly likes to lie down and relax. She was an outside dog before she came into RAGOM so she is not housetrained. We have been using the umbilical method for the past few days where she is attached to us at all times and has not had any accidents while tied to us, but if allowed freedom to roam around she will have an accident. It will just take time, but I know she will eventually get it. She does do some resource guarding from the other animals with her food as well, nothing huge, but just lets them know that she doesn’t want anyone eating out of her dish. We haven’t seen any of that behavior with people.

She knows sit so far and we are working on down and wait. She likes to go for walks and is really pretty good about not pulling, even without the gentle leader on. She is pretty quiet so far, and really just a doggie that loves her people. Here are some pictures of Miss Dutchess.