my doG blog: Moon Shares Her Progress and Has Some Good News

We are so lucky we got to be Moon's foster parents. In just 6 weeks she went from a timid, fearful, and suspicious girl, to a silly, sassy, playful, loving, snuggly, and much more confident pure personality rattie girl. She allowed us the chance to hone our skills of developing a relationship with a dog like her. A relationship that had to be earned and one that was on her terms. It didn't matter what our time frame was to be, all that mattered was that we respect her time frame and day by day she rewarded us by opening up and giving to us her trust and rattastic personality.Her progress deserves lots of gold stars!

Housetraining- Moon has gone from relieving herself in the house at any time anywhere, to 95% reliability and as long as we keep her schedule she is 100%.

Pottying on leash-Moon has consistently gone potty while on leash on our walks. She used to hold it until we got home, sometimes for hours, but she now feels safe and comfortable to relieve herself when needed.

Car rides- Moon has really excelled here. She loves to go for rides and jumps in and out of her crate with ease, and she will now allow us to reach into her crate to leash her or pet her with no reactivity.

Basic manners-Once I taught her to sit for her meal, she now waits patiently in "her spot" in a sitting position for me to get to her with her food dish.

Meeting new people- This is huge! Moon is still hesitant but with a few treats she will warm up to new people pretty quickly, where before she wanted to bolt or air snap.

These are just a few of the many places Moon has made progress, what a smart and brave girl she is!

Moon relaxing in the sun.

And now for the good news!Moon has been adopted!
Moon caught the eye of a wonderful woman, who loves her sleek but strong beautiful self and also who specifically likes to adopt dogs like Moon who need someone who will understand that she will need to earn her trust as we did. As I spoke with this woman I knew in my heart she was the mom for Moon and the more we talked the more excited I got that Moon would have her perfect fit forever home and we would never have to worry about her. Moon's name will be Fawn and we think this fits her to a T as Moon looks like a small white fawn and has other attributes associated with a fawn.

Once Fawn and her new mom bond they will go everywhere together. Her mom travels all over to do out doorsie things and also to Blue Grass Festivals where she enjoys photographing all the happenings. Fawn will have a big brother who is an older lab who is also a therapy dog and she will have a younger fur cousin who is a miniature Australian Shepard. Fawn will also get to sleep in bed with her mom, something that will be such a treat for her and will surly cinch the bond for the two of them. Nothing but happy tails ahead for our sweet Moon girl.