Foster Dog Fun!

So, as many of you have figured out from my facebook....Scott and I are providing a foster home for a dog until she can get adopted! We have had her for about 3 weeks now and boy is she a sweetheart!

Her name is Arielle and she is being fostered through Lucky Dog Rescue. At first having her was really difficult. She clearly came from an abuse situation and had a lot of issues with stranger anxiety. She would bark and growl at anybody who passes us. We have worked intensely with her and she is pretty much over that. She still gets nervous, but can now control herself.

Arielle and Gunnison are the best of friends. He is teaching her a lot about the world...like how to walk up steps and where the sunny spot on the porch is! I think that they can relate to eachother having come from similar situations. I know that Gunnison will be crushed when she finds her forever home.

I am working on training her, and boy, is she ever a fast learner! She already knows SIT and DOWN! We are working hard on WAIT (which is difficult for her because she is basically attached to my leg all the time)! 

We went up to the reservoir the other day and they both splashed around in the water. Hopefully one day they will both get up the confidence to swim...but for now they will only splash!

Although they sometimes bicker like siblings, at the end of the day they love to cuddle up together! She is a wonderful dog, and I pray that she can find the most perfect forever home! She will need somebody who is patient and understands that she has had a rough life....and when she finds them she will shower them with love!