Another update from Faith's forever family...

Faith had her stitches removed yesterday and her eye looks great. Everyone at my vet just LOVES her...not that it should surprise any of us. Her new thing is that she now likes to get up onto the couches just like the big dogs...very cute.

More pics attached....Angie and Faith in my "office"...I think the toy bin just exploded. Faith and Sara...RAGOM girls just hanging out, and then a couple of pictures from our morning walk with Daddy this morning. She loves to go exploring and as you can see she likes to be in the lead too :)

Hi everyone, time for an update. So my FM has been looking at applications trying to find me the perfect home. She found a couple that seemed like they would be theeeee greatest mom and dad for me. So I wrote to this family and told them all about myself, in case FM forgot something on my site. Well, this nice lady wrote back and said she would call after my surgery (more later). We got home Thursday late afternoon and she called!!! My FM laughed and cried on the phone with her, silly FM. They decided to come and meet me on Saturday and brought their fur butt girls.

What can I say. I love them and I love the fur butts and best of all..........THEY ARE ADOPTING ME!!!!! I am so excited to have my very own furever family and 2 sisters. Sara Sue is a ragom girl who is 11 and Angie Blue came from a hoarder and is about 8 they are guessing. Angie likes me and I like her, and we are going to have so much fun. My family has a couple things going on the next couple weeks, so I will stay here with my FP until the last day of the month. Then my new mom will come get me, and I will go live in the country on about 3.5 acres, and I won't have to learn stairs cuz they live on one floor. How awesome is this going to be? So totally awesome, just like my new parents. My FP really like my new parents and know they will stay in touch with them. How lucky am I to have 2 sets of parents who love me so much?

THEY WANT ME, THEY WANT ME!

I had my eye surgery on Thursday and all went well. Dr. O. basically gave me an eye lift (FM is sooo jealous) and fixed my 3rd eye lid. I have been off my feed a bit, but I just decided I wanted to eat the big dog's food after FD bought a new bag of puppy food for me. So FM is mixing the 2 and I'm trying to spit the puppy food out and just eat the adult stuff. It's going ok but I sure hope FM figures out I'm a big girl now and want the big girl food.

Our grown up girl Faith

I had to tell Laker 12-200 I was being adopted and he was so sad...............but check out his update, that's all I'm saying. I think Jax will miss me cuz I'm his play mate, but hey I'm being adopted, I gotta move on. It's the end of the 3 Musketeers:( FM will update my site once I'm adopted in a couple weeks, so stay tuned. I hope you are as happy for me as I am HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY:) And thanks to Shannon B. who was going to sit for me while FM and FD were gone:) I would have loved to stay with you, but instead I'm BEING ADOPTED!!!!!!

Faith and Laker sharing the news

Happy Kisses,
Faith

The 3 musketeers

YIKES!!!! WE HAVE A TODDLER IN THE HOUSE!!! And her name is Ella Faith..........which is what she is hearing a lot of lately. As a parent when my kids were in trouble they got called by the first and middle name, and much like that, Faith is being given the 2 name - you are in trouble call out. Bathroom doors are now kept closed, as if left open you will find a trail of kleenix from the waste basket or toilet paper right off the roll!! Food got spilled on the deck table and she discovered she can stand up and lick the table. I left the dining area with a piece of chicken on my plate and when I returned it was in ELLA FAITH's mouth. I removed it, cut it up and shared it with all 4 dogs. Maybe not the best idea, but I sure wasn't going to eat it. So as I'm cleaning up the kitchen, Faith smells the food on the plates and proceeds to stand up, put her paws on the counter and take a swipe at the plate her tongue came in contact with!!! Yep, we have a toddler in our house:)

Best buds

Our daughter and 19 month old grandson was here for 10 days after we returned from Texas. Well, 4 dogs and a 19 month old..........what a ride it was. Faith, upon 'meeting' Gaige, thought this was an interesting smelling new play toy and jumped up very gently on him. It took a couple days but Gaige took things into his own hands, literally, by grabbing Faith's mouth and pulling her around. She figured out that if she didn't want this new 'thing' putting his hand in her mouth, she better not jump. She also discovered that Gaige walked around with food, a great water bottle that fit in her mouth and that rubbery thing (a pacifier) made a great chew toy. Needless to say we retrieved these objects from Faith's mouth more than once:) The plastic balls that Jax managed to sneak outside and just walk around with, ended up being eaten by Faith and we had colored poo for a couple days. The interaction between Gaige and Faith was really quite entertaining. My daughter's dogs ( a female lab/pittie and a male American Bulldog) do not eat toys, so this was quite the education for her. Watching 2 'toddlers' as it were kept us all on our toes, and the dogs waiting for the food to come off the high chair tray.

I'm sorry...	Faith, Gaige and Laker
I know you have food

Faith continues to grow, become stronger, but still sweet and loving. She loves to play and by about 9 - 9:30 at night she just collapses on the family room floor. By the time we are ready to go to bed FD has to practically pick her up to wake her up to go up stairs to her crate. Sometimes she goes out to potty and sometimes she just heads to 'bed'. But she is never too tired to hear the 'click' on the doggie treat jar. We still crack up as it doesn't matter what she's doing in the kitchen, when she hears the jar click she heads right for her crate and goes in and sits and waits for that treat.

Sometimes it's hard to believe she really is still a puppy, and other times when I'm picking up kleenix or chewed up plastic I remember. Tonight as I was typing up the fosters' updates, she came over by my chair, sat down and leaned her head into my side. She just wanted to be loved up for a few minutes, then proceeded to just drop to the floor for a nap. Tuesday I am taking her to the doggie eye doctor in St Louis Park to see if they could do her entropien eye surgery now as the lashes are starting to really irritate her eye. Or if there is something else with the eye. Long ride and so she will have to be crated for her safety and mine:)

Sorry for the delay in updates, but it's been a bit busy with our trip and then grandson here and well just life. I will update you on the doctor visit next week, plus get an update on her weight.

Fm and the crew
Resident Jax
Faith
Sam 07-690
Laker 12-200

I'm not exactly on top of things here since I'm just sending in pics from the Pride Celebration. Faith and Laker 12-200 rode very well in their crates to the park. I lucked out and paid $10 to park at a church, and a lady and couple teens parked next to me and offered help. Since Miss Faith is a strong puller, it was great to have help hauling the small cooler, purse, camera and Laker:) Took us a bit to find the area with all the dogs, but we made it.

We had Great Danes on either side of us. They are a beautiful breed and were well behaved. Faith met a dog at one of the Dane booths and kept wanting to go over and play. A lady named Susie has been watching Miss Faith's site and came to meet her. She spent a long time just sitting with Faith and petting and talking to her. Faith got lots of one on one attention while Laker was working the donation vest.

Faith and Susie at Pride

I got a special treat in that one of my adopted fosters came by with her dad, Dave, to see me and meet Faith and Laker. Miss Brooklyn, aka Brookie, came to say hi before she was heading to the lake. How I wish I could've gone with as it was so hot!!! Brookie lucked out and got 2 great dads and has the life of a princess I think. She needed someone who could help her improve her manners and she found the right dad for it. Anyway, thanks Dave, for bring Brookie by, it was great to see you both:)

Miss Brookie came to visit

It was a hot day and what cracked me up was that at a Chuck and Don's event in Roseville a few weeks back Faith would not walk on the road or side walk. At Pride she wanted to lie in the middle of the sidewalk in front of us. She was such a good girl, met everyone with joy and took everything in stride. She has another friend, Tom, who pretty much hung onto her and told people who stopped by, all about Miss Faith. We have the best friends when it comes to helping us out at these events.

Faith and her buddy Tom at Pride

Since both the dogs were well cared for I had a chance to talk with my little brother who stopped by and very generously handed me a $100 donation!!! This is not to make light of every person who put in those dollars in our donation vest. All of it is GReatly appreciated, but as a big sister, hey I gotta give a shout out to Christopher!! Thank you, little bro!!

Faith ever the charmer

Faith is still being a good girl, eats well, no accidents in the house, loves her walk/run on her 50' lead/rope, out plays ALL the dogs, has decided jumping up on my lap while I'm sitting is fun. NOT!!! So going thru the whole Sit, Good, OK now you get petted. She hasn't figured out how to get up on the couch and we aren't encouraging. We had to move the outside water dish as it was in the sun and got hot too fast. So we moved it by the deck steps, showed it to her a couple times and she got it down pat. Knows where to go. Today I put the wading pool close to the water dish, showed her where it was, helped her in (no back flips this time) and let her figure out how to get out. She got it down in no time. She adapts very quickly, whether it's going into our office, different Chuck & Don greet n meets, a walk, wherever. So if anyone thinks she couldn't adapt to a new home, you're wrong.

We have the neighbor's lab, Lake, here for the week end, so with 5 dogs and 2 being called Laker...what a zoo. My brother-in-law is here from OHIO and is a good sport about watching out for dogs, especially Faith. For some reason Lady 12-194 doesn't like Lab Laker and was snarky with him a few times. Next thing we knew he was showing his manly side shall we say. Faith doesn't care as long as someone is willing to play with her.

The funniest thing happened one day last week. We have a chipmunk I have named Chippy, and he drives the dogs crazy. He actually ran through Lady's (12-194) legs one day. Brave little bugger. Anyway, I was feeding the dogs and Faith's dish is by the sliding kitchen door. All of a sudden she stopped eating, turned and 'looked' out the door and the hackles went up on her back.....something I've never seen. I looked out and sure enough, there was Chippy sitting on the deck railing!!! Guess her nose is really getting good!!! It just was so surprising.

As I have said before Faith will need a fenced yard, someone who is strong enough to handle her, (she is very strong) she needs obedience training, and another very playful dog. Faith would be heart broken to go some where and be alone (not that I would let her). I have come to the conclusion that with training and age she would make a wonderful therapy dog. I could be wrong, but I think she would be a great inspiration for all who met her. She is going to be a big girl as she is 47 lbs now at 6 months, and she has a ways to grow:) Because she isn't fully grown, the eye surgery(ies) can't be done yet. I know it's probably a worrisome thing to think about taking on a blind half deaf puppy that is gonna be a miniature marmaduke, but she is so sweet and has such a wonderful personality. She is a diamond in the ruff/rough!! She handles new people and dogs coming and going very well. We are working on the biting thing when she is lying in the door going outside........grab a dog is ok, grabbing FM or FD is NOT OK.

Please be sure your dog(s) are safe during this heat and the holiday season. Have lots of water and protection for them. Please don't take your dog for long walks on the hot pavement and definitely not during the hottest part of the day. If your dog has anxieties try Rescue Remedy, a thunder shirt or a t-shirt tied snugly on them. Some dogs find a crate covered in blankets dark like a cave to be a safe haven. Some like a bath tub or behind a toilet. Do what you can and we'll all make it through another fireworks filled week.....yeah you know someone is gonna be shooting them off all week:(

Happy 4th of July and THANK YOU to all our service people serving who make it possible to celebrate this holiday.

FM and the crew

Laker 12-200 finally got done with his update so my turn. Gotta tell ya, he does NOT like the storm/fire works thing. Me? I have no worries either way. I'm still in my crate at night and happy as a bug in a rug. Since FM found out how much Laker weighed she has decided it's time to take me in for a weigh in since I'm eating about 3 cup a food a day. Growing girl ya know. (Back from the weigh in.........I'm 46 lbs!!!!!!!!)

Faith at five-and-a-half months

Really not a lot of news around here. I keep busy wrestling with Jax, Lady 12-194 and Laker, enjoying playing tug with Lady, chewing on my chew toys and trying to figure out how to get up on the couches or FM's lap. I got the front paws thing going, but not sure about the back legs, and no one is offering any tips. Mmmmm what's up with that. Seriously life is pretty ho hum right now, nothing big happening, same old story. Up in the morning, time with FD, eat, play time out side, hang around til FM goes to work, afternoon nap til someone comes home then we go for our walk/run in the field. Back home to cool down, then dinner, then play time on and off for the rest of the night.

Faith and Laker trying out Barney's old bed

Good news is I get to go to the Pride celebration at Loring Park on Sunday and will be at the RAGOM tent from noon to 2 pm. I can't wait cuz FM says there will be so many new people and dogs to meet, new smells, and if I'm good and weather cooperates we will go for a walk about when our shift is done. So IF you haven't made it to the Chuck & Don's meet n greets I've been to, here's your chance to meet me. Well, and some other dogs too.

OK gotta move on. Guess Lady has a couple lines to put up and then FM has to go to work. Ya think.......it's almost 1 pm already. What a 'job' she has. Speaking of jobs and work and stuff, today is Bring Your Pet To Work day. Guess what? Laker 12-1200, Lady 12-194 (adoption pending), me and Jax ALL get to work with FM tomorrow. Watch for those pics next update.

Faith at work

Toodles.....see ya around.

(Ella) Faith

Miss (Ella) Faith is doing well. I was looking back at her 'baby pictures' and look at her now and realize how much she has grown......in many ways. She is still a cut up and makes us laugh. Today I was sweeping the cement off after FD mowed and Faith just couldn't figure out what I was doing so I did slow strokes. Then she grabbed onto the broom and wouldn't let go. Lesson learned, if she can feel it move or smell it she can catch it.

While FD's 91 year old aunt spent the long weekend with us we removed the rugs at the top and bottom of the stairs from the kitchen to family room. I was nervous she wouldn't know or would revert to not wanting to take the steps. No problem. She also is going up and down the stairs to the lower level and up the stairs to the bedroom. She has adjusted to the deck table and chairs, but when I put the wading pool out I put it smack dab in the middle of the cement that she goes to get her bearings when in the yard. Yep she ran in to it and hit the water:( I felt so bad, but she rallied and I moved the pool outta the way.

She LOVES her walks and soon as that harness is on she is down the deck stairs and at the gate. So I thought I wonder what she would do if I let her out the gate with her 50' rope on and got some pics of her doing whatever she would do. Great idea huh? NOT!!! She was gone in a flash, down the grass, on the road and off on the field trail. Oh My Gosh, I had to run to catch the end of that trailing rope. Whew, I was just amazed. She knew the route by instinct and to me that is so awesome.

Jax has decided playing with Faith now that she is bigger than him is a grand idea and they have a great time. I think it was a bit confusing when Lady 12-194 and Laker 12-200 arrived last Friday, new friends yeay. Only Lady wasn't ready for Faith's in your face let's play now greeting, but has accepted her and Faith has toned down. Laker is more quiet but I have found him and Faith chewing on one another. Faith listens very hard trying to figure out where they all are and she usually can find them.

We also had a breakthrough on the walking on the road!! First time around I used a Gentle Leader and she wasn't fond of it and kept trying to rub it off, which is common. But she managed to rub off skin on top of her nose:( So next time I just snapped on the leash on her collar and off we went. She is still a tad nervous, but is adjusting. She still perfers to hit the field full speed ahead:)

We are working on sitting for food and telling her OK, food and stir the kibble a bit with our fingers so she can hear it. She has times when she doesn't want to eat at meal time and we don't push. Then other times she eats 2 to 2 1/2 cups in a sitting. She loves her treats and when she comes in the house she goes right to her kennel waiting for a treat whether it's treat time or not. It does win her praise for sitting.

She has discovered her voice and she uses it on Jax the most. If he quits playing or won't start to play with her she 'looks' in his direction and barks.........well it's more like a 'bay' sound. I guess when you mix Golden, Lab and Aussie Shepard you get a unique 'voice'. We are now working on QUIET. Work in progress. She has no problem barking to let us know she would like to come in, but not so much when she wants to go out.

Last week we had 2 days when she peed and pooped in the house. Out of the clear it was happening. No idea why. I decided it must be a urinary tract infection and was going to get a sample etc and take it in, and it stopped. It was also the time the yard was treated and FD forgot to tell the guy not to do the fenced in dog area so they couldn't be out playing at will and when I took them out to potty I wiped their feet off etc. I think this was her way of rebeling or it may have been since they weren't running in and out or spending time out by themselves, she was a bit confused. But we got past it and all is good.

Faith continues to be a joy to foster. She is sweet, sassy, funny, smart, care free and has decided sitting on my lap in the recliner is great........not so much for me. She must be up to 45 lbs by now and she just turned 5 months old today. She does remind me to look at the things in life I take for granted, and be more grateful. She knows what she knows and is happy, and that is the bottom line. We got news and pic of brother Ray now called Russell, he passed his first level obediance, and he's deaf in both ears, blind in one eye and limited sight in the other. I figure if Russell can do it, so could Faith.

Faith, Laker 12-200 and I will be at Chuck & Don's in Blaine on Saturday and hopefully I won't get lost this trip. So if you weren't able to get out to meet Faith last time, come join us this Saturday,

FM and the crew

Faith and Laker	Faith and Jax are great playmates
Faith guarding the deck	PLEASE can we come in now
The Troops - Jax, Faith, Laker and Lady	I know my way to the field
I know the trail

Oh what a smart little girl our little Miss Faith is. She is really getting the lay of the land in the house and has the deck and yard memorized. She loves it when we open the door on the slider and she can lay across the threshhold. Sometimes we think she may have a little vision or light or shadows as when it is sunny out she will run and jump in and out of the door way. She loves to run in circles on the deck and bark. Aah yes, barking is new, big, loud and a fun thing to do. I wonder where she learned it, huh Jax? She is like a spring lamb out in the fenced yard, discovering toys quite by accident, jumping and sniffing. She is such a happy puppy.

Faith's newest learned command is "do you want your kong? go to your basket'. Down the stairs to the family room, a quick right and she jumps in the doggie basked and sits and waits for her kong. I tuck the kong in between the wicker bed and the pad and she sits there and licks the peanut butter out. Then she takes the kong and brings it onto the rug at the bottom of the steps and plays with it. When we first started putting her in the basket she could't figure out how to get in or out. Or if she dropped the kong out of the basket she couldn't figure out where it went. Now she seeks out the basket for naps, or drags a toy in and chews. If she drops her kong or toy she gets out and searches for it. We are working on 'find it'. She knows to sit down on the rug when she comes in from outside, she gets petted on her shoulders and then she knows she can go play.

Faith continues to try and get Jax to play, but the most he will do is allow her to share the sunny deck. We have a big purple ball that belonged to my brother's shepard. Faith finally got it in her mouth and squeezed hard enough to make it squeak. She was so proud of herself. We have introduced rawhide chews to her and she is loving it. It's difficult to get pictures of her because as soon as she hears the click of the camera she looks up. That left ear serves her well. Faith knows the command to 'kennel up' and has never once not done as asked. She is quiet in the mornings til someone gets up unless she has to go potty, then she will bark. She sleeps through the night. There have been a couple nights she barked a few minutes as she didn't think it was bedtime. But since I knew she had pottied, I left her and she quieted down.

Our other foster, Barney 11-408, crossed the Rainbow Bridge yesterday and I think Faith looks for him. She would always make the rounds in the family room, often laying her head on the bed Barney was on. She loved to follow him around and would get nippy and he'd put her in her place. She would go to his water/food station for a drink and is a bit confused since we have removed it. We have put down a new water bowl for her by her food. She has also discovered the laundry room and walked into the big bowl of water in there, so now she knows there is another source in the house.

Faith and Barney

Faith really is a typical puppy in most every sense of the word. She is still learning, like destuffing toys, carrying toys outside, knowing what treats are, and that sitting nicely gets you attention, biting and not listening gets you a time out:) We have moved her up to the next size in harnesses and this one buckles on and so no more velcro accidents. We are working on her sitting and giving her paws to go thru the harness. But once she hears walk, sit and paw she just gets so excited. She knows exactly where that gate is and rushes out to it. She really is a smart girl and soon will be smart enough to know she is getting bigger than Jax and then she can show him a thing or two.

We are here enjoying life and waiting for that special someone to realize what a gem our Faith is and that she could be such a great added family member.

Foster Mom

Wow it's been a busy time with Miss Faith. She is doing wonderfully well considering her brother, Ray, is gone. I wish I could have included more pictures of her and all that she has been doing. Not sure where to start.

She is doing well house training and we have only had a couple accidents, more our fault for not getting her out. We take her out upon waking, before bed, after eating/drinking water, playing hard etc. A couple times she has even gone to the door and barked. She does come to the sliders when outside and sits and barks til you let her in. Smart Girl.

She is eating well, which proved true when we weighed her at the vet. 21+ Lbs. Growing girl. She got her booster shots, rabies and frontline. We noticed her right eye is really rolling inward (entropien) and the lashes cause irritation. Dr Nancy felt that 'lifting' the skin above the eye via stapling it would help, so she did both eyes. Again at no charge to RAGOM. Even with this little procedure the right eye continues to roll in. As she grows we hope she will fill out and pull the eye upward, but she will need surgery on the eye at some point. I have had a couple dogs who have had this done and the results are amazing.

Faith has taken the leap of 'faith' and now goes up and down the stairs to the lower level family room, and up the stairs to the upper level where the bedrooms are. As you can see via the picture, this is where the gang likes to hang out and survey all that they feel is their kingdom. Faith just knows she's with the others. She has learned when she gets to the steps we tell her Faith, step.........with each step until she reaches the floor. She is doing great.

Her baby razor teeth are another thing. She nailed me the other day and reminded me this is like having a child teething, something you have to go through. What's funny is she is better with FD about not biting at his pant legs or feet. She gets kinda onery when we correct her, which usually is a big NO and walk away, or a little pinch to her ear. She is fiesty and doesn't belong around small children. She also walks in front of you and between your legs etc so you must always be vigilant and watchful or she'll trip you up.

We continue to work with helping Faith understand where sound is coming from. This will remain a work in progress as with hearing in only one ear it is more difficult to pin point where the sound is coming from. She does listen for Jax's collar jingling and will try to figure out where he is. He is not the most nuturing of big brothers.

We packed up the 3 dogs and went to family in Plymouth on Fri. to go to a concert. What a fun filled time that was. They have a Ragom girl, Haley and a yellow lab, Daisy Duke (DD for short). Faith and DD played like there was no tomorrow, and DD was very good with her. I was a bit nervous abut the whole eye thing, but she seemed to know just what to do with Faith. Faith plays hard and rough and by the time we were ready to leave for the concert she was wore out. The 5 of 'em found their places, with Barney 11-408 and Faith in the lower level family room and the other 3 upstairs.

Cuz DD showing how to share

Faith has learned to 'kennel up'. She is so good about it. I did this while Ray was here too. She knows when I tell her to kennel up she will get some fruit flavored treats and she goes in without a problem. She never fusses, makes it through the night and sits quietly waiting for someone to let her out. UNLESS she has to potty. Last night for the first time she barked after I went to bed, so I went down and let her out, she had to poop. Then went to back to bed and was good as gold.

Faith is slowly learning the kitchen, family room and upper level. We allow her to check out the bathrooms, bedroom and halls. She does get turned around sometimes and so we have to gently encourage her to the steps. We don't pick her up to take her out as that is very confusing for her. Even at the family's this weekend we made sure she went up and down the steps to go out. We watch and tell her careful meaning there's something in your way, stop as in you are going to run into something, NO for biting, steps for steps, come, eat/food, potty, and of course Good Girl. She is a typical puppy in so far as eats sleeps plays potties! I know she would love another dog to play with. Barney and Jax are not that kind of dog, one's too old and the other is just.....well just Jax. We are using a harness for walks and she is not happy about it. Eventually she should connect the harness with a fun walk in the field. For now she is busy trying to eat the leash and run in front, behind and away from us:) It's a start.

Faith loves life, enjoys being out in the yard romping and 'finding' toys, listening, napping, loves her humans and when tired loves to cuddle. When she is ready to come in she will come bark at the door. She will live a full life and will bring much joy and appreciation of life to the family that adopts her. She can go to obedience training, with training she could possibly become a therapy dog, or just show us all how you may have physical issues, you are not disabled.

If you are an approved ap and feel Faith could add that extra something to your life, please contact your placement advisor. I know there are a lot of 'normal' puppies on the site, and they are all special. Faith is just special in different ways.

Hi it's me Faith. Boy, brothers, they don't remember to tell the good stuff. We got a box in the mail from Tammy, Dave and their fur butts. They are 2 time RAGOM adopters, the first time from FM. Anyway, we hit the jackpot, lots and lots of stuffed toys. We just have to make sure Jax doesn't steal them from us. We had so much fun checking the box out, and even tasting it, and then pulling out all the toys. Then at the bottom FM found a present for her!! New pillow cases, aren't they awesome? Tammy made FM a fleece blanket and 2 sets of doggy themed pillow cases when they adopted Ralph from her (she says she has the best adopters). FM uses them on her bed all the time even though FD says they don't match! Anyway, Ray and I want to say THANK YOU for the toys and FM's cases cuz she sure is happy.

Faith helped unpack

New pillow cases!

I went to see Dr Nancy last week with brother Ray. I won't be a mommy now, thank goodness. Dr Nancy told FM that my ovaries were as large as an adults!! Wow! As you know I'm blind in both eyes, and my right eye was starting to turn in a bit, so Dr Nancy lasered both eyes to help hold them open more and not have the lashes bothering me. She did this for free. She is so awesome and does free stuff for ragom all the time, FM just doesn't always tell. FM and Dr Nancy talked it over and they are pretty sure I only hear out of my left ear, which is why I cock my head and try to figure out where the sound of FM's voice is coming from. But I do just fine, thank you very much.

I am learning off, sit, careful, stop, steps and working on come.......it's not that I don't want to, it's just hard to besure where FM or FD is when they call. I have also learned to bark really loud like brother Ray 12-074 and now am being told No Barks or Quiet. Really? I'm just voicing my opinion or telling Ray or Jax what I think of them. FM says with a harness I will be able to learn right and left....which way to turn. Right now I still don't like leashes, I prefer to run free, and I can run just fine.

Faith found a cool place for a break

We had some little boys over on Sunday and while Ray was out chasing with Jax I was content to sit on the deck and let Sam love me up. The boys were very kind and gentle with us even when we were showing them how well our baby teeth can bite. We have had lots of people and other dogs come over and we have gone to someone else's house and we love everyone, all the dogs and adapt pretty quickly to our surroundings.

FM and I have talked it over and we think I would be happiest in a home with a family that can understand my 'specialness', have lots of patience with me, continue my training, take me places to continue socializing, help me to accept a harness so I can go for walks, keep a tab on my eyes, have a fenced yard (a must) and no small children. They must be prepared for me to be underfoot and know I will acclimate to my new surroundings as long as you leave furniture where it is and not leave stuff laying around. I'm still learning to go outside for potty, work in progress. I love to be talked to, even singing is good....though to be honest the fosters here....not so much in the singing department:) I'm not sure if I need another a fur butt sibling, though I do 'look' to Ray and Jax for company, teaching me to play nicely and I listen to where they are. Mmmm guess we'll have to see about that.

I just want to be loved, but treated like a regular gal, I want to live life to it's fullest and to do that I will need family help. I want to be part of a family that will include me in their lives daily, take me places, let me be with them, and I'm fine sleeping in my crate over night, but I want contact with my humans when they are around.

Everyone is guessing at how big I will get. Well, a Golden mom and a dad that was huskey or lab and Australian shepard..........mmmmmmmm I don't think I'll be 'dainty' so training will be all the more important. Anyway, I'm here and if you would like to meet me or talk to my FM, please contact your placement advisor.

Puppy kisses

Faith (that's what I answer to)

P.S. from Foster Mom... Check out former RAGOM puppy Doppler/Sam's web page! Doppler came into RAGOM with limited sight in 2009 - a new Happy Endings update was recently posted. He is now a therapy dog!