Picnic

Picnic, age 2 1/2

AVAILABLE SOON

Updated 8/25/11

Picnic gets this glowing report from her foster family:

Picnic is so happy to have her own humans again! She loves to be petted and never wants to leave your side. That is, unless she meets a new friend, in which case she’ll go back and forth to spend equal time with both of you. She’s very egalitarian like that.

This is one dignified young lady. We have yet to set up the crate because she has been so well behaved indoors. She never  jumps on people. We haven’t even heard her bark yet! When she appreciates something, she will offer her paw to shake your hand. She’s making herself useful around the house, too, by delivering shoes to their respective owners (without chewing on them, of course). 

Talented Picnic is a quick learner. She knows SIT, DOWN, and COME, and she takes treats ever so gently. She can get a bit excited when she rides in the car, but she calms down soon. She much prefers to sit in the back seat, especially with a fellow passenger. Her leash skills do need some refining, as she pulls and likes to explore; but she takes correction well.

Picnic wants to be with you wherever you are and needs to sleep somewhere close to her human(s). Her skin is still healing from that nasty tick infestation, so she still has some itchy spots, but with time she is sure to recover completely.

When she’s fully healed from her spay surgery, we’ll report back on how active the little lady is.

Updated 8/22/11

What do they always say? If there’s a picnic, there are bound to be uninvited guests – namely, the crawling, flying, creeping variety. That’s something that our poor Picnic knows only too well. This lovely lady showed up at the pound with nicely trimmed nails, two pretty collars around her neck, and an incredible infestation of ticks (yuck!!!!!). They were on her eyelids, her back, her little face; and her transport team counted at least fifty in each armpit. (Had she been wandering stray in ranch land?) Anyway, first order of business was getting rid of the hideous creatures as quickly as possible, via shampoos, Frontline, and plain old hand removal. The morning after arriving in care, Picnic was looking a lot less “buggy,” and the floor of her crate was literally covered with dead ticks.

Next stop: the clinic. “She looks really healthy,” said the vet. “But let’s put her on a couple weeks of antibiotics to head off anything she may have picked up from all those ticks.”

The word so far is that Picnic is a real charmer! She knows SIT and DOWN and GIVE. She has a tickle spot on her tummy and just loves tummy rubs. She seems to know how to walk pretty well on leash, though she does pull a bit. A real charmer.

More details as Picnic settles into her foster home!