Well, the lovely group shot that took me so long to get is officially out of date!
As of December 29th - incidentally also Soli's Gotcha Day, so a huge Happy 4th GD to her! - Raine joined the rabble.
Raine is a 14 month labrador X belgian shepherd (I reckon Malinois type). She had become quite aggressive and "went for" one of her owners, and as the other owner childminds at home, it was agreed that the best thing was to rehome her.
Ray has major suspected food allergies; when she came to me she was thin, utterly flat, not herself at all (I have known this dog through work since August), and VERY toothy.
A week-and-a-bit on, she is gaining weight, the bloody poo has stopped (thank dog), and she is so much happier - and not toothy at all. She was in pain, her hormones were wonky (only spayed on Dec 22nd), and she'd had training methods advised that were far too harsh for her (not mine I hasten to add!) - fortunately I know the trainer and have explained why, things have been taken on board. But all of these things meant she was sore and confused so was lashing out to keep people away.
Happily though she is settled, we just have some nervous barking happening a lot - again, she is a very sensitive dog (and BSDs are highly strung dogs, although she is only 1/4 BSD it is definitely the dominant breed in her, genetics-wise) - but that is easing off as she settles in to what is a completely new way of life: dogs everywhere (she was alone before), no kids in and out, only 2 adults, walks in new and interesting places... hopefully soon we can go to the woods, assuming the ice has finally melted there (I'm not holding out hope at the moment).
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