Good morning to all -
My wife and I have a follow-up report for you on the dog you allowed us to adopt almost 1 year ago, (my new best friend). She was and still is named Ginger, about 16 months young now. I sent you the photo you had posted last year and also her current photo as of this morning. If you recall Ginger had a brother in your shelter also, his name was Rocky. How is Rocky doing? I would love to reunite those two if possible.
Ginger has been AWESOME in everyway. She eats IAMs dog food now and was on IAMs puppy chow. She eats morning and night (3 - 3 & 1/2) cups a day. She is not allowed any human food.
Ginger may not be overeating (about 65 pounds now) but she is constantly being overdosed with love and affection. She gets three walks a day plus she stays outside in our entire yard which is enclosed via an underground electric fence. I try to keep the collar off her as much as possible for I wonder if throat cancer could be caused by these devices. She is currently on Frontline Plus for ticks and fleas. She had a couple of ticks this year, even with the Frontline.
Ginger is very energetic and loves to play, unfortunately the other dogs get kind of tired with her after about 10-15 minutes. She loves playing with them but they get tired out of playing so much at one time. Ginger is very mildly mannered and well behaved. She was getting sick on car rides but appears to be slowly getting over that. Ginger loves boat and Jet-Ski rides as well as pontoon rides but she refuses to get on a snowmobile with me. I hope this coming winter (2010) she will try the snowmobile.
Her personality has turned out to be very submissive, she will never growl at any dog or person but she will put her front legs up on your shoulder and lick you to death. She will bark once and a while when she sees other wildlife If other dogs come to us with a dominant personality she just lays down and rolls over so they don't start anything. If I'm around she will bark like crazy if someone comes in our yard but then she backs up to the house door and keeps barking. The UPS driver thought she was a different dog for when were not around he said that she just lays on her elevated stretch bed and allows him to step right over her and her bed and lay the package on the porch. When she was a puppy she used to chew a lot, but seems to have gotten over that.
I hope you will share this with Lucas for I know he and Ginger were getting attached to each other. I could tell Ginger missed him when we took her away from your shelter. I have gotten so attached to her, I would not part with her for a million dollars, NO KIDDING! Ginger sleeps with us every night, as the temperature gets warmer she will sometimes go down on the floor in the middle of the night, off of the king sized bed.
Ginger did get mad at me and didn't want anything to do with me for about three days. This happened when I cut her rear leg inner toe nails (side ones, up high) I never caused her any pain (she never yelped or licked them afterwards), nor did I cut them too short, I just wouldn't allow her to get away without getting them cut. They were so long they were starting to curl around and back into her leg. I had to raise my voice at her when i commanded her to stay and sit.
As I said in my previous e-mail - to all who played a part in the adoption process, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for allowing us to give Ginger a loving and caring home.
Dwight and Barb Langfeld
My wife and I have a follow-up report for you on the dog you allowed us to adopt almost 1 year ago, (my new best friend). She was and still is named Ginger, about 16 months young now. I sent you the photo you had posted last year and also her current photo as of this morning. If you recall Ginger had a brother in your shelter also, his name was Rocky. How is Rocky doing? I would love to reunite those two if possible.
Ginger has been AWESOME in everyway. She eats IAMs dog food now and was on IAMs puppy chow. She eats morning and night (3 - 3 & 1/2) cups a day. She is not allowed any human food.
Ginger may not be overeating (about 65 pounds now) but she is constantly being overdosed with love and affection. She gets three walks a day plus she stays outside in our entire yard which is enclosed via an underground electric fence. I try to keep the collar off her as much as possible for I wonder if throat cancer could be caused by these devices. She is currently on Frontline Plus for ticks and fleas. She had a couple of ticks this year, even with the Frontline.
Ginger is very energetic and loves to play, unfortunately the other dogs get kind of tired with her after about 10-15 minutes. She loves playing with them but they get tired out of playing so much at one time. Ginger is very mildly mannered and well behaved. She was getting sick on car rides but appears to be slowly getting over that. Ginger loves boat and Jet-Ski rides as well as pontoon rides but she refuses to get on a snowmobile with me. I hope this coming winter (2010) she will try the snowmobile.
Her personality has turned out to be very submissive, she will never growl at any dog or person but she will put her front legs up on your shoulder and lick you to death. She will bark once and a while when she sees other wildlife If other dogs come to us with a dominant personality she just lays down and rolls over so they don't start anything. If I'm around she will bark like crazy if someone comes in our yard but then she backs up to the house door and keeps barking. The UPS driver thought she was a different dog for when were not around he said that she just lays on her elevated stretch bed and allows him to step right over her and her bed and lay the package on the porch. When she was a puppy she used to chew a lot, but seems to have gotten over that.
I hope you will share this with Lucas for I know he and Ginger were getting attached to each other. I could tell Ginger missed him when we took her away from your shelter. I have gotten so attached to her, I would not part with her for a million dollars, NO KIDDING! Ginger sleeps with us every night, as the temperature gets warmer she will sometimes go down on the floor in the middle of the night, off of the king sized bed.
Ginger did get mad at me and didn't want anything to do with me for about three days. This happened when I cut her rear leg inner toe nails (side ones, up high) I never caused her any pain (she never yelped or licked them afterwards), nor did I cut them too short, I just wouldn't allow her to get away without getting them cut. They were so long they were starting to curl around and back into her leg. I had to raise my voice at her when i commanded her to stay and sit.
As I said in my previous e-mail - to all who played a part in the adoption process, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for allowing us to give Ginger a loving and caring home.
Dwight and Barb Langfeld
