On Thursday we made the five hour plus trip from our place to the foster home of Gweondolyn. Gwendolyn is a one year old Corgi with Juvinile Cataracts. While she is not completely blind, her vision is severly limited. She has lived in an outdoor kennel her entire life and has never been potty trained and has had limited socialization with people. She recieved good care at her foster home, but she has a long way to go. In addition to her cataracts her eyes are especially small. She has fairly small ears for a Corgi. All the result of poor breeding. The breeder had several puppies with this trait, yet they continued to breed the parents...The defective offspring become throwaways. It is so sad. For this type of breeder it is all about the money and not about the dog. So sad. Unfortunately even the puppies that appeared to be perfect will carry the trait for this genetic disorder. Thank goodness for rescue organizations that work to find these special needs furkids forever homes.

We are so happy to have this little girl in our home. She has great capacity for love and it already is beginning to show affection. She is afraid of so many things,but is learning her way around the house--just a few bumps now and then. We have not had a potty accident yet...I am amazed. She seems to have an industrial stregnth bladder and saves it all for the yard. We have a small room separated by a baby gate and she has a Kennel in that room. The first two nights we closed her in the kennel, but last night we let her have access to the whole room. Still no accidents! When we are in the house she has free access just like the rest of the pack. She tries to play with the rest of the pack, but that will take some time as well. She panics on a leash, so we are working on that. We need to keep her in hand--if she were to get out, she wouldn't likely come when called and would run away from most people. She is not food motivated and is just beginning to take treats from my hand. Such a sweet little girl. When she crawled into my lap yesterday and licked my face I almost cried...I have a very good feeling about her and I think she will fit in just fine. She has made some huge adjustments in a short time, but we still have many challenges ahead of us. I think we are going to change her name to Poppit...I know it sounds silly, but it seems to fit her.