Peaches

[Horsefeathers!]

I sent Peaches (our three legged "disabled" foster Dobe) to stay with my best friend, at least until my ankle could heal more properly and I wouldn't continue to get injured trying to walk her.

Peaches has to be the sweetest, most outgoing, friendly love of a dog. From what I know, she was seized in an abuse case, so she does act attention starved and you do have to be kind of perky perky with her. Anything she perceives as "punishment" or anger frightens her.

While she was at my house, Peaches behaved fairly well other than the leash lunging thing. She's pretty reliably house trained and wasn't too destructive. She did chew up a pair of clean, folded underwear that hadn't found their way to their proper place :oops: , but that's pretty much been the extent of her destructiveness. I've been able to leave her loose in the house a few times when I went to work and she did well.

She's spent two nights with my best friend. So far, Peaches has:
1) ripped up the carpet in one room
2) shredded a large bed beyond any recognition
3) barked/howled all night
4) refused to potty in the yard because tormenting the cat is more interesting
5) bitten the crap out of my friend when treats were offered... Peaches is not the least bit aggressive, but is VERY food oriented and often forgets hands are attached to treats
6) chewed one of those plug in air freshener things out of the wall

I'm sure I'm missing some things, but you get the picture. My poor friend... gotta love her. She is laughing about all of this so far (ha? :o ) and still adores Peaches. She hasn't said anything yet about sending her back. I am sure Peaches will eventually settle in. I hope.

[Horsefeathers!]

Uh, er, no, but it could be a loooooooooong time. :P

For some reason, dogs seem to always seem to want to test my friend before deciding they have it made. She currently has three other dogs I fostered and she used to have another one (Standard Poodle named Razzle) that eventually died. I remember when she adopted Razzle... holy moly, the first night I left him with her, she called me back, held the phone in the air and just said, "listen." That dog was howling and carrying on as if someone were trying to slit his throat. I had to drive back over there and leave my own Standard with him (which he was tightly bonded to) so he'd stop.

He eventually did fine. I'm sure Peaches will be ok. She's been to my friend's house several times before, so it's not like unfamiliar surroundings. My friend said Peaches acts like she's looking for me. I'm sure it's just a security thing. To be totally honest, if I didn't have so many other dogs, I would adopt Peaches outright. I don't mind having a tenth (again), but I do honestly think Peaches needs to be somewhere that she can receive much more one on one attention.

[Horsefeathers!]

Only Devin. Little Devin Doo Doo Head loves having a playmate (he's the "baby" here at two years old) and nobody else will really play with him. He and Peaches played well together.

[Horsefeathers!]

Yeah, he'll be fine. He still has Snowball (our black cat). That's his favorite playmate. :P

[imported_Kat]

Your friend sounds like she will be kept busy :lol: Its for the best though until you can get that ankle of yours healed up :wink:

[courtnek]

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AAAHH we know how Peaches feels...there are times when we howl and rip things up in a tantrum because we want our HF back too :)

I AGREE!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm sure she misses you and is just adjusting. You have a way with animals that some people take longer to learn. that's all. I wish you could keep her. She already loves you apparently. But you gotta get your ankle back in shape, not much you can do without it.

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[Mutt_Lady]

I agree with what Mei-Mei said. :) It sounds like you have a great best friend who is as dedicated to animals as you are. That must be a great thing to have in common. I'm sure Peaches will settle in and stop causing such chaos. She misses the woman who first showed her what love was. I would be sad too that s/he wasn't around. ;)