Update on our special needs girl
A little over a month ago we adopted Poppit a one-year-old blind red-headed tri Corgi. She spent her first year with very little socialization and lived in an outdoor kennel. After a month in her forever home, she is my velcro girl. She plays with reckless abandon when the others are willing and if you didn't know she was blind you would have trouble knowing that she was any differeent from the rest of the pack. She has mastered the front steps..both up and down. She has memorized the yard and now welcomes the leash...she knows it means that we will be going for a walk. We are working to put on some weight. she weighed only 16 lbs when she came home. We are making progress. she has a good appetitie. She loves the salmon meal food...I don't care for the "salmon breath"! We separated her from the rest of the dogs at dinner time...mostly so the others would not steal her food...well we discovered she is a fearless climber. she scaled the baby gate. She didn't want to be alone. So now she eats in the same general area as the others. I can't believe the progress she has made. She has reached a stage where she "defends" me and doesn't want to share me with the others...We went through that with Fern...hopefully that will be short lived. We still don't let her out without surpervision...maybe when we finish upgrading the fence around our yard she can make a potty run on her own. There is no need to "baby" Poppit because of her visual deficiency...she seems to figure it all out. We live in an old farm house and she rushes up the steep stairs to our second story with the other dogs, but still isn't comfortable with the steepness going back down. I'm afraid she will misstep and take a tumble so I try to keep the door to the stairs closed most of the time, but eventually I'm sure she will master these stairs as well. It is amazing what you can learn from these fuzzy little kids. She is a bundle of love. Poppit still frightens easily and doesn't always come when called...especially when the one calling is my husband! Fern seems alittle "put off" by the new addition, but I make sure that I spend extra alone time with her. She is coming around though. Five Corgis borders on insane, but it seems to be working!
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Comment by Bev Levy on August 24, 2009 at 2:05pm
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OOPs, I mean Kristen!
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Good job Nancy! We can learn a lot from them can't we?
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Comment by Nancy Geddes on August 23, 2009 at 2:48pm
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Poppit's progress is so very fabulous. Surely she knows that she is loved and therefore able to build up confidence to learn, explore and become happy. Congratulations to you for all your hard work in giving this little corgi girl an unconditionally loving home. All the best, Nancy
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Comment by Cindi on August 23, 2009 at 9:17am
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How wonderful!!!!!! I'm so glad to hear of the progress your Poppit is making. Just amazing. They do compensate rather quickly for deficiencies when given the opportunity. Can't wait to hear more about how Poppit is getting along.
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Comment by Jane Christensen on August 23, 2009 at 7:42am
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I'm so glad she has a wonderful home and a chance to be part of a real family and learn new things...sounds like she's adjusting very well! It's amazing what our corgi friends can teach us wiyh their "can do" attitude! Insane...5 corgis....well that would mean me too...what would we do without all the craziness????
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Comment by Kristin, Honey, and Hooch on August 23, 2009 at 4:18am
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Oh, that is so wonderful! Poppit sounds like she's adapted to her disability just fine, and it's great she's in an understanding home with other corgis. I'm always amazed by how animals behave when they are disabled. They never let it stop them, and they tend to have such great attitudes about it! I have a disabled cockatiel (bad balance, messed-up feet, blind in one eye, frequently falls off her perch, permanently bald on her head), and she is the happiest, sweetest girl you'll ever meet! She chirps cheerfully at everyone and everything. I think we can always learn something from their amazing attitudes.
Best of luck with the rest of the process of getting Poppit fitting in with the rest of your group and your household! She sounds like such a smart girl, and I'm sure she'll be be completely set in the home very soon. She's well on her way, it seems!
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