Just to let everyone know that Sally has taken a step backwards since yesterday which i am hoping has more to do with her neutering op than anything else.

She is now lying upstairs all day and not coming to greet visitors, in fact it takes a lot of coaxing to get her to come down at all, even to eat or go out for walks. I have noticed that her leg is giving her more pain than the op site and i think that may have something to do with her reluctance to come downstairs as she seems fine going up but has let out a little yelp as she lands on the way down. Once down though her appetite is fine and her stitches don't seem to be bothering her much up till now.

She is very jumpy on walks again, actually if i'm honest even more so than when she arrived and is being extremely grumpy with everything outside and even Neo has been put in his place with a quick growl if he even looks at her in the house!! I'm convinced she thinks i'm taking her back to the vet every time i produce her lead

In saying that i am sure this is all a temporary setback and once she recovers from the op and being in the vet's all day (there were a lot of dogs in for ops, and all very noisy ones, probably reminded her of being back in the kennel) she will progress well again so i'm really just giving her space to come round and build up the bond of trust again.

Think i might have to blindfold her to get her back to have the stitches removed though

Since we all love photo's so much, i could not resist posting this one!!

Think it proves who Sally's favourite person in the house is, and that her and my son Ryan prefer my bed to their own.

I hope this is the last post you will see about Sally on the foster pages (Dave, i have sent you an e-mail).

She has recovered from her grumpiness after her op and is Neo's pal again! Her character is really starting to come out now and she is learning to play, favourite game at the moment is unmaking my bed and trying to wriggle under the quilt as soon as i have tidied in the morning

She is definately not cat safe and is still showing aggression to all other dogs (except Neo) but i think it's more of a protection thing (rather than fear aggression) combined with excitement. She is the sweetest wee girl in the house and the kids love her and she loves them, she is much gentler and more interested in the baby than Neo is and she follows Ryan everywhere and stands with her nose pressed against the window when he goes off to school in the morning

I could not bear the thought of her leaving after building up so much trust and have decided to give her a permanent home with me, the kids and Neo and i hope she is as happy about it as we are

Great news for both Sally and Ra.  

There a trend startin here, does that mean we should keep Kai?  (as 4th birthday pressie for Dexter today)

Lucky Sally  she looks really settled with you and never off your bed by the looks of it.

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There a trend startin here, does that mean we should keep Kai?