Enjoying their pre-spring day š«¶ā¤ļø
Happy St. Patricks Day from our home to yours! Creed and his crew and having a lazy Sunday.
Thank you for the donations and of food and treats, that are needed and appreciated! š«¶
Thank you to the person that sent another bag of food! Creed and Honey have enough hard food for another week! There was no name on the paper. We appreciate it! As you can see, he loves food and comes running for it. One of his knees has been a little sore so I have been having to limit the time the others are outside with him so they donāt rough house and make it worse, but heās starting to put weight on it again so soon they can go back to playing around!
Honeybee showing that she is Cat Friendly š«¶ā¤ļøš!!
Prairie Austin is my three legged tuxedo that I rescued while working during COVID, May 2020. She was rolling around in the middle Prairie St/Austin St in Downtown Houston. Only one week old, eyes/ears still closed, one mangled rear leg (we are guessing a bird of prey grabbed and dropped her). She didnāt get run over and was supposed to be rehomed after the bottle feeding stage. Hubs got attached, and she grew up in our pack of German Shepherds to believe she was the head German Shepherd. Prairie introduces herself with growls and hisses, clawless slaps- Creed aināt having it so they have never been able to interact but Honeybee is bound and determined to win her over!
** ignore SWAT playing on the TV, moving to mute the TV would have caught Honeyās attention. Also ignore the stuffing on the floor that has since been picked up, Atlas and Honey believe they work for the morgue like the hubs and like to remove the insides of their toys š¤¦š»āāļø
This Honeybee is still with us till the end of April when she transports! She has blossomed, thanks to Atlas, for sure! We now know she is cat friendly too (Creed and Prairie are not friends and thatās why Prairie has a barrier- Prairie introduces herself with hisses and slaps and Creed with grumbly growls and protest, so they just canāt seem to get on the same page.)
Honeybee comes when called, knows the āhouseā command (which means get in your crate), and understands āNoāā¦ She loves everything she comes in contact with so far; other dogs, puppies, cats, peopleā¦ (she is highly interested in the chickens but I canāt gauge the kind of interest it is.)
Sheās a lazy eater/drinker and prefers to lay down while doing both. She gets full on zoomies when both Baylee AND Atlas play with her, sheās about wiggles her entire body off the floor. She now enjoys laying out on the clouds or floor with the other babies to relax. The swimming pool is her favorite place to be, and she likes to submerge her entire body like an alligator with just her head above the water. She prances and dances and stretches like a cat. She has a thing for toes and loves to lick them, unless theyāre covered by a blanket then she likes to soft mouth them. Sheās a character for sure!
Just a reminderā¦ Creed is a cuddle bug and a mommaās boy. He likes to remind me that while Atlas may be āa babyā that Creed is āTHE babyā.
Thank you for the food donations for Creed and Honey! We received a bag today but the box was tore and there was no slip in it! The food is appreciated, they both love to eat!
Help him they said, heās aggressive they saidā¦an aggressive, space invading, CUDDLE BUG!
Help him they said, heās aggressive they saidā¦an aggressive, space invading, CUDDLE BUG!
I cannot explain how much consistency, with positive affirmation/confidence building during slow, safe introductions makes a difference.
Creed has finally fully introduced and allowed himself to be fully introduced with Atlas. He has been avoiding, growly, corrective and over the last few weeks Iāve just taken the time (and shown patience, which puppies do NOT have by the way) and allowed the introduction to progress naturally and supervised. I am such a proud dog mom right now, Iām glowing.
Please remember, if you take a foster or adopt a dog- it takes time! Time for them to decompress, then more time to gain trust, then a little more time to get understanding of expectations. It will happen! There may even be some regression during the progression- just go back to the basics, it will come back around faster. Honey went from no touching please to playing with everyone, coming when called, trying to snuggle, asking for attention. BUT it took me to say ok, crate rest, patience, slow introductions, positive enforcementā¦ and here we are. She even regressed a few weeks ago, had to recapture her in my own backyard after an hour of trying- back to the basics and took way less time.
What an evening in my house looks like (the cat is on her cat tree).
What an evening in my house looks like (the cat is on her cat tree). Also the reason unless I have a separate space, I can never truly foster. I love it, but it can be a lot at times too. Please check out Creed and Honeyās wish list- soon we will be having to spend another $150 on Creedās supplements (monthly cost), everything helps.
Adding a Kong to Creedās wishlist, that way Atlas can have his treat ball back.
Adding a Kong to Creedās wishlist, that way Atlas can have his treat ball back.
Sound Up! Safe to say our guy is comfy!
Sound Up! Safe to say our guy is comfy!
Honeybee is going to be the best companion, sheās dog, puppy and cat friendly! She is the sweetest thing once she realizes sheās safe. I donāt think she knew good human touch until now.
Honeybee is going to be the best companion; sheās dog, puppy and cat friendly! She is the sweetest thing once she realizes sheās safe. I donāt think she knew good human touch until now. I am so excited to see what the future holds for her and whomever adopts her will be the luckiest family.
Creed and Honeybee Update
Creed and Honeybee met face to face with no barrier today. I started this process about two weeks ago, I let Honey out to mingle while Creed was on crate rest. After the first or second time, she decided toāIām gonna be friends with youā same as Baylee when she met him for the first time. Honey would pounce around his crate and talk to him and jumpā¦ he didnāt feel good though so he would just look and then lay down. Then I moved their crates side by side with a little space, they would be hanging out in crates together all day, walk by eachother, etcā¦ Well, today Creed was so happy and bouncy I though, today is the day. Letās just say, theyāre fast friends.
Look how amazing our guy feels! Iām 100% sure the supplements and crate rest made all the difference. š„°
Creed is so much better!
Creed is so much better! He is the king of making us worried and then saying ācalm down, Iām fine!ā Iām okay with that though. Iāll stay on this roller coaster with him. We are experiencing no more pain it seems, and heās back to his wiggling self. Thank goodness for the shots and supplements bc I truly believe they made all the difference, took about a week to really work into his system.
Video is Honey and Atlas (new puppy) first playtime, Creed wants so much to join BUT Iām still keep him calm for the next week or so atleast to make sure we are good and healed.
