I volunteer for New Rattitude Rat Terrier Rescue
Helping to find rescued Ratties in need their second chance at life in good fit forever homes.




Monday, June 10, 2013

Sierra Making Even More Progress!

Our foster girl Sierra is really using her post-op leg more and more. She has been making steady progress and walks around the house and yard now just using all 4 legs. When we see her do this we always say "look look Sierra is using all 4 legs to walk!". We are just so used to her other stride where she is only using three legs that it sometimes doesn't even look like Sierra when we see her walking by. Her body structure is changing too as her muscles develop and she is also looking more balanced from behind.

Sierra has really taken to her prey drive side too lately and has discovered birds. She doesn't really pay much attention to them around our yard, but when we are out in the woods walking or at a park where there are birds she is like a prey drive machine!  It is amazing to see how turned on she gets when she thinks she might be able to rustle one up out of the bushes. We have to be careful because with her using four legs now she is extra strong when she wants to pull us over to check something out. Silly rattie girl.

Sierra has decided that most toys now are fun to shake and play with too and so she plays by herself often. She also plays with Nash our other foster dog and when they play together it gives her more chance to work that post-op leg. There is no stopping Sierra, she is just beginning to be all the rattie she can be and we are enjoying every minute of her unfolding.

I love this picture of her, again zoom lens and taken with me inside the house looking out the window :)

I used my zoom to capture Sierra in this pic but as you can tell, she was on to me.....silliest girl ever!

Here is a picture of Sierra and Moon I found. Black faced dogs who don't like the camera are so hard to photograph!
Crashed out with foster dad.
You can catch some glimpse of Sierra on all fours. I love the way she wags her tail too. She has a nice tail!

Here is Sierra playing in the house with a toy, she does this all the time now and just plays happily all by herself!

4 comments:

  1. amazing work - so happy to see her using all four legs like it's nuthin! yeah for her!

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    1. Thanks Becky! Sierra is very special to me!

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  2. Such a cutie...love how you can just see her teeth in the one photo. You are taking such good care of her.

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    1. Thank you for your comment! Sierra is such a great girl and it has been a pleasure to help her :)

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