Rosie

Hi Cheryl,

Hope you are doing well.  It’s hard to believe we’ve had Rosie for 2 weeks now.  She’s doing wonderful and has adjusted very easily to her new home and family.  She and Annie are great friends now, but Annie still needs to keepher in check when she get too rambunctious.  She loves Annies tail, it’s like her personal living, moving toy!  She’s very nosey (Nosey Rosie), she poked her head through the lattice under our deck yesterday and got stuck, luckily I was standing right there and helped her get it out, she started to panic.  She makes us laugh all the time (she’s such a little klutz), and wants to be where ever the action is.

I got her an indoor/outdoor pen, which has come in very handy for when I’m doing things around the house and can’t watch her closely, but don’t want to put her in the crate.  She is good when she needs to go in there, but sleeps at night in the bed with Jon, Annie and myself.  She sleeps up at our heads curled up between our pillows.  She’s very cuddly and loving, and has been great about sleeping through the night with no accidents.

She has walked great on the leash from day one, but sometimes gets between your feet just trying to keep up.  She will sit and stay, come most of the time, but we’re working on the backing away once she gets to you when you bend down to touch her or pick her up (she thinks it’s a game and will try and run at the last minute).  So I’m learning from my Ceasar Millan, (Dog Whisperer) book that she should let me touch her collar before she gets rewarded for coming.  We started working on down today and she caught on right away, she even rolled over (not sure weather that was a fluke or not since I didn’t say “roll over” – she see’s Annie do that for treats).  It may have just been excited playing on her part.  I’m just impressed with how quick they learn at this age.

I’ve been trying to get her exposed to lots of situations, noises and people, she’s already been to several ball games, and loves going out.  She actually watches between playing in the grass and with her toys we take, and has the ability to find every piece of goose poop in the area!  The girls have named her their mascot.  They lost most of their games last year and won their first 2 this year – so they think she’s their good luck charm.

So incase you were wondering…things are going great.  In fact she’s been playing all morning and is under my feet asleep right now.  She plays hard and sleeps hard.  We couldn’t be happier with the newest member of our family.  I’ve attatched some pictures that I captioned – hope you enjoy seeing them.  I’ll update you again later.

Take Care,
Midge Greenfield (Jon, Tyler, Megan, Annie and Rosie also)