Queeny, Novelle, and...Rochester!

Sorry for the delay in posting...It was a busy weekend!  A lot to get to today!

Queeny was adopted on Saturday morning.  She now has a family that I think is really going to be great for her.  They've renamed her Zuzu, after the cute little girl in It's a Wonderful Life.  So happy for Dan & Julie, and for Zuzu!  If you're still reading, feel free to send updates and pictures whenever you want!

Zuzu being happy at her new home!

Novelle is still making progress.  She was just starting to get playful with Queeny, and I think she's afraid to break Hardy, so she's been pretty calm lately.  She's getting very good at being on a leash.  She no longer pulls away when I'm trying to hook her up, and she doesn't run as soon as we get back in the house.  She waits for me to take it off, which is wonderful.  She's also getting used to my schedule, and is starting to go in her crate in the morning when I leave for work without me telling her.  I'm trying to work on 'sit' with her, but for some reason she thinks it's punishment and will run away when I say it.  Even if I'm holding a treat.  When I coax her back, she has her tail between her legs and will submissively roll on her back.  Not sure what that's all about, but we'll keep working on it.  I'm still maintaining an ear cleaning schedule with her.  Her ear is slowly clearing up, but boy does she hate it.  I have to hold her down with all my force and then somehow manage to get a q-tip in her ear.  Quite a feat!  But she knows she gets a treat when she's done, so she's learning to cooperate.

Novelle on my couch back (she thinks she's a small dog).

And the newest addition to our little family is Rochester!  He actually came from the same hoarding family as Novelle, and I think could actually be her brother.  They don't really act like they've lived together though.  They don't play...yet.  So I initially went to pick up Rochester at the daycare facility at 12:30 on Saturday.  He wouldn't come near me, and I was there for about an hour.  Lisa and I had to team up on him to get him in the car to leave.  I think the car ride was so scary for him that he immediately bonded with me.  Within a couple hours of being home, he was laying in my lap.  And now I can't keep him away from me.  Rochester has some very serious boundary issues we're working on (He likes to give kisses on the mouth, which I do not like.  He wants to sleep with me, which I do not allow. etc.).  He's still afraid of his leash.  I have to fight to get it on him (he's very antsy), and once it's on him and I go to put leashes on the other 2, he just runs around on the 4' of leash and usually wraps it around my legs.  Being outside on the leash isn't a problem.  He's perfectly fine.  But coming back in the  house is just like leaving.  Something we need to work on.  He also is not yet crate trained.  He's like one of those sticky frogs on a car window, with the paws all splayed out so I can't push him in his crate.  I have to put him in one paw at a time, and then shut the door as fast as I can.  But he is such a sweetheart, and once we can get him to channel his energy into playing with the other dogs, I think he's going to be perfect for some family out there!

 

Rochester on my couch back (he thinks he's Novelle).