Wow, never in my wildest dreams did I think things would be working out this well so far with Sassy. We maybe had 4 hours of “who is who” talking but after that, everything is going great.
We feed Sassy in the kitchen so she does not have to look at the other girls and get worried that someone will take her food. We are right there to keep her bowl still, so she has no problems with people at all. Yesterday during dinner, she told Mistee our Newf, that she was NOT welcome by her food. Today Sassy and Mistee are great friends and are hanging out with each other.
Sassy does not play with toys, but she does want to be loved as much as possible. But she is not pushy about it at all. In fact he just comes over and sits until you do pet her. Last night Sassy slept from 9 to 6 this morning and when we got her up, she was not thrilled about that at all. Sassy is still going out with us on a leash; she does not know her name and does not know Come. I think she would stick around us, but we are not giving her any room for error at this point.
Sassy got a bath first thing this morning and, boy, her hair feels 100 times better. It is still very thin and brittle, but once she starts getting it back I think she will be very pretty. Sassy has the blackest lips I have ever seen and a very big block head. We were told she was a pure Golden and she may be, but with her horrible hair she does not look it.
Sassy seems to be 100% potty trained and lets us know when she wants to go out by going to the door. She has been a wonderful guest. Sassy has a mammary tumor that is non-cancerous and will be taken care of when she gets spayed on Wednesday. She also has an ear hematoma. Honestly I am not sure that her ear will ever be the same. It looks like we are too late to take care of it and the liquid has now calcified. She is on meds for it and it really is not a big deal. We will watch and see. I will continue to get it cleaned up and hopefully looking pretty by next weekend when we attend the Chuck & Don’s event. We will be there around 10 when it starts and stay until 1 or so.
Sassy does not walk on a leash real well, but we will keep practicing and hopefully we will have a good start on that by next week too.
So if you are an app that is looking for one of those dogs that just wants you to love them, I have a great candidate for you! Please contact placement
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I have sent three new pictures, in one of them you can see how big her head is. The other two are just great looking pictures and you can see just how sweet she really is!
I am so proud of Sassy. Last night we had yet another foster dog arrived at the house (yes, that means we have 5 dogs now). Sassy can be a bit moody meeting new dogs; however, last night we put her on a leash and just let her know that everything was going to be fine. This morning Sassy and Baxter are doing great and both are in the computer room sleeping while I type this. We had maybe 4 hours of moodiness and now it is over. She has come such a long ways. 
