She's here! (Dog saga=happy ending!)

[Ninabike]

Yes, pictures please. Chloe is a great name. Spagdragen, that is so funny. I have a friend with a Corgie named Chloe.

[smilingcat]

I think you can see here on a thread titled "Bummed out but there may be a silver lining"

It's the same dog right?

cute.
Smilingcat

[HappyAnika]

Congrats! She'll need a bit to settle in, then I'm sure she'll be ready for some toys. When I first brought my shelter dog home, she slept so much for days. I think she was sleeping off the stress of being in the shelter. Can't wait to see more pics of your new friend when you get them.

[Xrayted]

congrats! Thank you for adopting from a shelter. We have two shelter cats and each one had it's own way of adapting to life outside of a cage. They are both doing well now and play all day long.
I love the name Chloe and apparently she does too. Good luck with your new best friend. Our two babies - Ito'san and Harley Quinn - say hello...

[sundial]

Congratulations on your new furkid! Rescues make the best pets in my opinion. Please post pics when you can.

[nancielle]

I did post a picture (taken from the rescue web site) in the thread "Bummed out..." her other pictures have been removed from that website (dang.) I promise that when I have the chance, I'll post pictures. I'm planning on having her do the AIDS Walk with me so I know somebody will have some shots of her.

This is Chloe's 4th move in 3 weeks : surrendered in NYC on the 7th, lived briefly in a shelter before going to the rescue home then moving in with me. It explains why she's a bit leary of the car (heck, I would be too!) She's definitely going to need some TLC & patience to settle in.

The resident cats (belong to other tenants) are none too happy with this interloper. She, so far, really hasn't taken notice of them.

She's my birthday gift to me

[Wahine]

I'm so happy for you and Chloe. My last dog was a rescue and it took him a long time to get interested in toys and other things around him that most dogs would go nuts over. But they are like flowers that slowly bloom with the right care. Congratultions!

[Zen]

I've had my eye on this guy for a while

His profile recommends a home with no cats but I'm so tempted.
I can't lie and say I don't have a cat.
He's been there a while....I may go pay him a visit tomorrow. I am going away for a ride next weekend but if he's still there when I get back....

[Python]

Zen be very careful with that one. If it says a home with no cats then there must be a good reason. My dog is a rescue and she gets on really great with the cats.

The little dog looks like a Jack Russell Terrier. One of our neighbours has a similar dog and it HATES cats. It doesn't just chase them, it tries to KILL them. About 2 years ago it killed a cat in our street belonging to another neighbour. It's chased my cats on occasion and nearly got our Chico. Luckily my son and his pal saw it happened and got the dog off. A few months ago the dog got loose (again) and chased my other neighbour's very elderly cat into my next door neighbour's garden. The dog had poor Tiddles on her back and was biting her and he was snarling. I managed to rescue Tiddles but I got bitten on my arm The owners are heavy drinkers (the man is an alcoholic and his partner is going the same way rapidly). He came to take the dog, just kept saying "Sorry about your cat" over and over again even though I kept telling him it was not my cat. I got really fed up with him because it was obvious he couldn't have cared less and said to him "Listen mate! It's a good job it is NOT my cat. If it had been my cat, your dog would be f****** dead. Got it? Savvy? OK???" I'm normally easy going but their attitude makes me sooooo angry. A couple of weeks later the woman did apologise for me getting bitten. I told her to keep the dog under control or the next time I'd report it to the police and the dog warden. So far I haven't seen the dog again unless he's on the leash.

[DrBadger]

Hey Zen-
That little guy is really cute! But Python is right, he does look like a Jack Russell, and it is pretty likely that he doesn't like cats. My parent's have had 2 Jacks (though I consider them mine!) and neither of them have been very fond of cats, but only the first one would actually chase them, and that was even after he got beaten up by 2 cats!

Jack's are great dogs, and I am hoping to get one of my own in the next year or so, but they have a lot of umm....personality The two we have had couldn't have been more different. The first, Jocko, was just crazy....never setteled down, attacked the TV regularly (granted we encuraged him 'cause it was funny), chased everything and anything, bounced all over the place when people came over and never setteled down. But man he was a sweetie! He was just starting to settle down a little bit when he was killed at the age of 7 (he ran one rainy morning and got hit by a car ). Our second, Roscoe, is totally different. He is quite calm and just loves to cuddle, he doesn't run, comes when you call him, loves when people come over and after his excited greeting he settles down. But no matter what their personality, they are hunting dogs, so they frequently do resort to what is genetically programmed in them. Even Roscoe who has never been very aggressive (except with other dogs are on his turf, funny when the other dog is a huge dog, and little Roscoe is just grawling and barking, but he has never attacked), got and killed his first rabbit earlier this summer. Though according to my Mom he was pretty confused about what happened, and why the rabbit didn't want to play anymore

<<Sigh>> I want a dog..... soon I hope!

[ClockworkOrange]

Hi Nancielle

Always good to read a really happy story or tail!

What a lovely birthday pressie to yourself.

Look forward to seeing some pics.

BTW............sundial

Love the term 'furkid', I have never heard that before, it's brilliant.

Sally

[Dogmama]

Snapdragon - Corgi's are my second fav breed!

I trust that Chloe has found her nitch by now? German Shepherds take a bit of time to settle in, but once they have, they own you. They're typically one family dogs, so if this little sweetie has been moved around, she was probably a little upset.

Regarding your computer room, has she entered yet? If not, you might want to shut the computer off & see if that helps. The disks might be making a high pitched noise that we cannot hear. Dog's hearing is much better than ours and they especially hear high pitches that we cannot. That's one reason why most dogs respond better to women's high pitched "OH-AREN'T-YOU-JUST DARLING!" voices.

[nancielle]

I trust that Chloe has found her nitch by now? German Shepherds take a bit of time to settle in, but once they have, they own you. They're typically one family dogs, so if this little sweetie has been moved around, she was probably a little upset.

Regarding your computer room, has she entered yet? If not, you might want to shut the computer off & see if that helps. The disks might be making a high pitched noise that we cannot hear. Dog's hearing is much better than ours and they especially hear high pitches that we cannot. That's one reason why most dogs respond better to women's high pitched "OH-AREN'T-YOU-JUST DARLING!" voices.

Chloe is becoming more comfortable. I'm wondering if she'd been abused in her former home as movements just freak her out. She'll now play with one of her doggie toys if I play with her (ok, twist my arm ). We do a couple of walks a day and she's getting more comfortable with the neighborhood. She's always by my side when I'm at home.

I thought of computer noise as a reason why she won't go into that room. I think it's the speakers--they buzz when a taxi or emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire, police) go by. I've shut them off and she'll come in only as far as I'm sitting.

I had to leave her alone for several hours the other day to attend a training. There were no accidents but I found that she had gone into my laundry basket and took out the bras and socks and scattered them in the living room -- didn't destroy them, just redecorated. I brought her to work yesterday where I was conducting a group (women in recovery who happen to have trust issues). She handled it pretty well and the women were great with her (very small group) when an unfortunate incident took place. Let's just say it took gloves, paper towels (lots of paper towels) and not nearly enough Fabreze to take care of it.

It's only been a week and it feels like we've been together forever.

[Dogmama]

It sounds like her former home(s) were not kind & loving. How wonderful that she found you!

Maybe her redecorating with your underwear was her way of keeping you near her. My Zack will often drag my stuff around - won't chew it - just redecorating as you said. They're so funny!