2 Months at Home!

Dolly has been home for two months now!

It's easy to track that time, because it is exactly one week after we moved in.

She has made some big improvements!

The one I am most proud of is that she doesn't hoard her food anymore.

For the first month or so, whenever we would feed her, she would gobble it down quickly and be protective over the food bowl.

She would also go hide and eat her treats or bones whenever we gave them to her.

Not anymore though.

I never anticipated food hoarding in a dog.

I know it's a common occurrence in children when they get adopted, but I didn't expect it with her.

So now I am glad that she doesn't do that anymore.

I think it means she realizes this is her home now and she will get consistently fed.

She also will jump into the tub at bath time instead of being picked up and forced in by Chad.

She still tries to escape before she's all done, but I will take the fact that I don't need to have help to bathe her as an improvement.

Dolly had her first sleepover at Gramps and Bella's last Saturday night.

We went out of town overnight for a wedding, and Chad and I both had separation anxiety over leaving her!

Mom's rule is that unless its an emergency, her grandkids can't sleepover until they sleep through the night.

Dolly did wonderfully though, and when I went to pick her up on Sunday I was sure she would come running and be clingy because she missed us.

I was wrong.

And a little hurt!

She would have been completely happy to stay there longer.

When I went to get her, she sniffed and licked me once, and then went back to playing. Ouch.

Anyways, the day before Easter she also had her first trip to the "puppy spa" (which is what we called Petsmart grooming center).

She got her teeth, ears, and nose cleaned; as well as her nails clipped.

The groomer said she had very good teeth for being a rescue dog. That made me VERY happy.

....and then she said she was worried that she may have an ear infection.

Seriously?

Even my dog-child has ear issues like the ones that run in the family!

She was groomed just in time for family pictures on Easter.

I give her a C- for behavior during that.

But I think it was just because she was excited to be around the whole family.

And she got her first Easter basket!

Yes. The dog got an Easter basket.

Get over it.

She really just needed some new toys and treats so I gave them to her on Easter.

Overall, she seems to be very happy at home, and we LOVE having her there.

Even when she wakes me up ten minutes before my alarm goes off.

Even when she chews on things she shouldn't.

Even when she follows right on our heels if a storm is coming. (we call her the Four-Legged Forecaster. and for the record, she's WAY more accurate than the weatherman.)

We love you, "Puppy Dowwy"!