Julie is doing great! She has raised her last family and they have all been adopted. She did a wonderful job and was an awesome mom.

She said goodbye to each puppy as they went home to their forever families. She watched me clean up all the puppy pens and put away all the puppy toys. She smelled around and seemed fine with it. Her tail is always wagging and she is always looking at the humans for some love and pets.

Today was a very hot day and we spent most of it inside. After dinner we decided to go for a pontoon ride. This would be Julie's first. 

She tried to climb through the rails so I kept her on a short leash. She did great and really enjoyed it!

We have two resident dogs that also came along. They like to stick their heads through the rails and catch some wind in their fur. Julie watched and followed suit. 

Julie will need a few more weeks before I will mark her available for adoption. I need to see how she is going to act around other dogs now that her family has moved on. I have only known her as a pregnant/momma dog. She has been very protective of herself and her family. She was growling at the other dogs to tell them to stay away. This is very normal behavior for a pregnant/momma dog.

Now I would like to expose her to some new dogs to see how she acts around them. This will tell me if she needs an active playful dog or a laid back lazy dog.

Julie is wonderful with people and has the Golden nudge down. She loves to be petted and hang out with the humans. She sleeps quietly through the night in a crate. When she first came she was not house trained. She is doing much better now and has not had an accident in the house in several weeks. She does not tell me she needs to go out but with a regular schedule she does just fine.

Julie still needs to get her spay surgery done. I am hoping to get that scheduled soon.

Julie is a very special girl that deserves the very best forever home. I know I will find that for her when she is ready!

Julie is doing well and keeping herself busy raising her family. The puppies are a little over three weeks old and they are also doing well. They are still sleeping a lot. When they are up they have started to bark and play with each other. They spend most of their time in the whelping box. This week they are just big enough to peek out and we even had one escapee! 

Julie is leaving them for longer periods of time. She is so ready to be done with the feeding and all the cleaning up after them. Some time in the next week I will start feeding them softened puppy food and weaning them off of Julie. I will start doing that at about four weeks of age. 

Julie is starting to let the other dogs in the house come closer to the puppy pen. I am also letting all the dogs go outside together. She is very accepting of the resident dogs. They are older and are not in her face at all. 

I do have another foster at my home and she is much more playful and younger. She does not respect the other dogs' personal space. She will get right in their face and try and get them to play.

Julie does not like that and will give her a little growl. She does not do anything else. She has not wanted to play with the other dogs yet. She has started showing interest in some of the dog chew toys. I have caught her chewing on a bone a few times. 

Julie is a very sweet girl and loves to be by her people. We will update again soon.