Winona

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I'm so pleased to introduce you to Winona - one of the cutest puppies ever! Winona and her brother, Ward, along with their mom, Olive, were picked up as strays and quickly brought into the RAGOM family. We are guessing that Winona is about 11 weeks old and growing right before our eyes. We've had her for about a week and she has charmed our resident dogs and has almost won over our other foster, Annabelle.

Winnie (Winona seems too formal for a puppy!) is about 14 pounds of sweetness. Over the course of this week, she has really gained confidence and everything she encounters in the house, in the yard, or even at the vet's is fun, fun, fun. She's an upbeat little girl who has great joy in chasing after the resident "big dogs" and trying to do whatever they do. Are they carrying a stick? Well, she can carry one too. Playing with a ball? Yep, she can do that too. Time to eat? Definitely, she can do that too and with gusto!

Winnie will be getting her rabies shot shortly and then will go in to be spayed and microchipped. When she came into RAGOM, she and her brother both had mange, but she is on the road to recovery now. She has one more treatment to go and we're hoping that will all be behind her, not that it stopped her from having fun at all!

In the time we've had her, Winne has only had 4 potty accidents and we think we're to blame for each of them. We've found great success in taking her outside each time she wakes up, after she eats, and after she's been playing. She seems to be catching on very well and two of her accidents were right by the door, so we think we clearly missed her signal and our sense of timing must have been off.

Winnie has only slept through the night once for us - she still needs to take a trip outside in the middle of the night, but lets us know when it's time by her restlessness and soft puppy sounds. She is a puppy who loves to cuddle and when she's tired from playing with the big dogs, loves to snuggle alongside you on the couch to snooze. Whenever we leave the house, we crate Winnie and she handles it quite well after a few initial whines and pleas to get out. When we come home, she's always sound asleep in her crate and we think only wakes up because the other dogs hear the garage door open.

Winnie will be ready to find her forever home when she's recovered from her upcoming spay surgery. We'll let you know how that goes, the vet thinks she's in good health and has no concerns. In the meantime, she's learning fun things like sit and shake. She is a quick study and anxious to please.