Misty needs a new home !

Here are some pictures of Misty.

Misty before she came to us.

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Here are some more recent pictures of lovely Misty

waiting nicely while my toddler has a go on the swings

ok … enough swinging now !
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‘wait’ nicely to be let off-lead
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and zoooooom !  practicing recalls

lastly, the little tinker pinched a ball from my toddlers collection and had a little play with it !!
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(was so cute with her pawing it and pouncing – couldnt face taking it back off her !!)

Misty and Bonnie playing together

Misty’s best “love me!! let me up with you” eyes

Showing off her pretty face
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Sniffing around

sleep time now
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I’m in the process of adding some video’s of Misty to this post !  I’ll add little explanations of what is happening and how she is progressing aswell once I have added them so please bear with me.

This video footage was taken as part of her initial assessment not long after her arrival here.  *note* there is alot of loud barking near the end !

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It nicely illustrates the point I make about how Misty would be fine to be homed with confident/well socialised/friendly dogs.  In this video you can see her blocking William from getting near my partner (he is her favourite) – she is all over him bugging him like crazy and at the time he wasnt confident enough (and he is happy to be ‘bottom dog’ in the pack) to give out any signals to get her to stop it!  Bonnie steps in and tells her she wont stand for the same sillyness as William does and tries to get her to stop annoying him too. 

** since i’ve done work on William’s confidence and he will have a fair ‘word in her ear’ about bugging him but also, working with her the behaviour has decreased as she’s settled only really surfacing in times of high anxiety.

This video footage was also early on, the very first time Misty instigated play with Bonnie. *note – more barking on here too !

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Up until I introduce the football it all goes really well.  Then we have a nice example of Misty taking advantage of Bonnie’s attention being on the ball and she gets a snap in at Bonnie who then tells her off firmly but kindly.

** since this footage I have worked extensively on the neck snapping and she doesnt tend to do it any longer.  not only has this been tested with my own 2 dogs, but also meeting 35+ racey-chasey dogs free running last weekend.  Misty has come on leaps and bounds since this and I will add some newer video’s to show this soon.  I’ve been quite shocked how bad she was watching these 2 clips back !!!

Misty has really settled in, in just 6 weeks – this is her and Bonnie having a super little play recently.

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misty is now reserved pending homecheck and introduction to a new dog friend.