I sent the attached photo last week-more at home.
When you get the edge off all that energy she is great, not saying the energy is bad but I can see where many people would get overwhelmed. We just tag team Pearl at that point so no one person gets stuck with all the energy.
Pearl has quieted down somewhat, you'd probably say a lot actually. She goes thru 15-20 minutes of serious craziness then settles down nicely a few times a day. She is a fast learner with obedience as long as there are no NEW distractions around. Once she sees things a few times then that settles down.
The last couple days she has started to look for things to chew on-destroying several dog toys and has gotten hold of a few not so good items. The kids kinda slacked off on picking their stuff up when Pearl was leaving things alone-now they are back to picking stuff up and putting things away. (Blessing and curse all in one.)
There are still a few potty issues-peeing in the house mostly after she goes thru a wild stage and you don't get her outside fast enough. We are all learning to start getting your shoes/jacket on so someone is ready to head out with her when she pauses.
She has done well as far as potty goes in kennel and Nick's room-where she sleeps at night.
She must have spent a lot of time in the kennel before us-it took a bit to get her in. The longest she has stayed in the kennel here was 4 hours one day otherwise 30 min to 2 hours has been it. Now she goes in to sleep on her own or just to be alone with a toy and it does not take much to get her in if we need a break for a while.
Annie finally voiced her opinion of Pearl after almost a week. Nothing much, just a bark/growl thing that gets Pearls attention when the play goes too far and Pearl backs off. Suzie does play with her but then it gets to rough and she puts Pearl in her place.
Pearl gets rammy but she also is starting to understand when we ask her to stop or settle down. I'm pretty sure the first couple days Annie and Suzie would have told us to take her back where she came from if they could have talked. Now they too start the play sessions but at a much lower energy level.
Vet checked out stitches, the bruising was almost gone on Thursday when the vet was here, he said keep an eye on swelling and bring her in if after another week it was still an issue. If the swelling is gone I'll take the stitches out myself. Stool sample had tape worms-the wormer came Saturday from the vet.
When she settles down we see the dog that will be here long term-after this crazy stage is grown out. She is such a snuggler, lover and has a crazy personality. Nicole is getting excited for showing her. Our county dog show is during State Fair so we will miss that but she has her eye on taking her to the State 4-h dog show. THAT will be distracting! Hopefully by then we will have exposed her to enough crazy things she does just fine.
I'll have to get more pics off from home.
Cindy
