Meet Penny! – Oh My Canine!

Meet Penny, this stunning woman:

If we’re linked on Instagram, you’ve already briefly met this stunning lady. Nevertheless, I’d favor to formally introduce her and share her story with you!

Nevertheless, first, a actuality: I did not rely on to be introducing a canine to you instantly. Truly, I deliberate–and nonetheless do plan–to put in writing down two posts about pet loss and grief, one specific to youngsters shedding a pet and one specific to a cat shedding a canine best pal. These posts will nonetheless come because of I imagine they’re invaluable. And, moreover, I didn’t rely on to undertake a model new canine until the spring.

Why the spring? Successfully, I assumed housetraining throughout the winter may be an unlimited ache. Moreover, John tore his labrum (shoulder cartilage… I imagine?) and wished to have a fairly necessary surgical process the week between Christmas and New Yr’s. I figured on prime of our widespread crazy life, plus his restoration (no driving for him for a month!!!), it wasn’t the correct time for a canine.

And the universe laughed.

And delivered us Penny.

10 details about Penny:

1. She had a LONG journey to our residence. Confiscated from a hoarding state of affairs in Alabama, she was bumped to an overcrowded shelter. Then, a private rescue picked her (and one in all her puppies) up, then she was moved to a foster who wasn’t ready to take care of her, so she was despatched to a special rescue and one different foster, after which–lastly–to our family.
2. Resulting from her background, she’s a timid and fearful lady. We have a LOT of skill-building to work on alongside together with her!
3. Penny is bilaterally deaf (deaf in every ears) and unilaterally blind (blind in her correct eye).
4. She cannot get adequate affection. Like, if you stop patting her to take a sip of our espresso, she nuzzles you until you get once more to it. She needs to climb all one of the best ways into your lap or push in opposition to your hip or lean in your shoulder at. all. events.
5. Penny is fearful of Newt and Ripley and supplies them a WIDE berth. Which is good. It’s going to help them perception her sooner, I imagine.
6. At her first go to to our vet, she was the popular woman throughout the place! She soaked up all the attention, and ended up with a mostly-clean bill of nicely being. She has hookworms (blech) and a little bit of particles in her facet the vet thinks is a bb (grrr) nevertheless in every other case she’s in good kind.
7. Sweet Penny doesn’t have the facility to walk from room to room however. Why? No idea! She’s too scared to enter the kitchen the least bit, and she or he utterly will not stroll upstairs. We had a HUGE win when she started strolling from the mattress room to the lounge on her private. Nonetheless, she presses up in opposition to the wall and skitters between these rooms. Throughout the meantime, I merely carry her all over the place. She’ll get it, and by probability I’ve tons of persistence (for animals)! 🙂
8. After her first week with us, Penny grew to turn out to be assured adequate to run throughout the yard, and she or he is now an skilled at zoomies! She has however to play with a toy, though, so we’re slowly serving to her be taught to canine.
9. She’s listed as a Catahoula leopard canine–a breed I do know nothing about nevertheless am having enjoyable with finding out! That acknowledged, I’m going to DNA check out her. Has anyone completed one simply currently? Is there a hottest mannequin currently? I haven’t completed one since I did the Information Panel with Cooper and Lucas so would love any insights!
10. She’s principally white with a smattering of brown spots, along with one heart-shaped spot on her hip.

As likelihood is you may already know, our family is finding out ASL already–our daughter, Astrid, was born hard-of-hearing and attends a sign-immersive preschool program at our state’s Deaf faculty, so we already have a steady background. That acknowledged, this generally is a full new drawback for me as a lifelong clicker coach! I’ve to assemble new talents as I help Penny alongside! I acquired an necessary referral for a neighborhood coach to work with, and I’m following these films on YouTube.

I’ll have reasonably extra to share, in spite of everything, as we get to know Penny and go on this new journey collectively. I’ve always written about issues related to what I’m going via with my very personal canines. That’s what started this weblog and the best way I plan to proceed. So, whereas I lined treatment canine work with Emmett, reactive canine teaching with Lucas and Cooper, pit bull advocacy, and loads additional specific to them, with pretty Penny, I’ve loads additional to review and share. Some issues off the very best of my head that I’ll be defending: the double merle gene that causes these canines to be deaf or blind, teaching a deaf canine, teaching a partially-sighted canine, her breed knowledge, and additional.

What would YOU favor to find out about Penny or what widespread canine issues would you need to discuss in 2024? I’d prefer to know what you’re fascinated by and what you’d prefer to debate!

Throughout the meantime, let’s be part of on Instagram! I’m sharing gobs and gobs of Penny pics there and might chronicle her journey additional typically in that home!

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