Rory

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April 9, 2012

Rory has been with us for a week now. She is a happy, playful girl. Rory is back in RAGOM due to an allergy in her adoptive family not due to any behavioral issues.

Rory is deaf, and always has been, but don't let that deter you. She compensates for that by constantly checking to see where her people are and looking for direction. A few quick and easy hand signals and anyone can communicate with Rory as well as any dog. Two special considerations for Rory: she is much easier to care for if she has a fence and if she has another dog not only to play with, but to follow.

Rory is quite a bit overweight. She weighed in at nearly 100 pounds. We have a vet appointment this week to get her UTD on all of her shots and to establish a goal weight, but I am guessing she should be much closer to 70 pounds. We will be working with diet and exercise to get Rory headed in the right direction.

Rory plays well with the resident dogs. My resident golden is 5 years old and they play pretty hard when they are together. Rory is crate trained and can sometimes be found resting in her crate when she is tired or needs a break. She loves stuffed animals. She loves to pull the stuffing out of them. Our solution; buy stuffed animals by the garbage bag full at the thrift store. As long as she has a box full of toys she seems happy to play with them and leave things like shoes and throw pillows alone.

Rory is happy walking with a flat collar or a gentle leader. It is obvious that she was used to a gentle leader because she got excited when I started to put it on her.

Easter weekend she got to meet some of the extended family including a lab mix, a noisy mini pin and two 9 week old foster puppies. My brothers backyard is a private fenced half acre dog park.