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ROSIE 5/25/04
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Rosie's Foster Journey - Adopted 10/24/04

 

 

 

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5 yr. old  Flashy Brindle Female
 Owner Surrender
Natural Ears and Docked Tail
Spayed and UTD
No Cats
Being Fostered in NJ
Adoption Donation $175

10/20/05 - Well time has quickly passed by and we are about to celebrate having our Rosie for 1 year.  We really feel so lucky to have found BAR and have had the opportunity to adopt Rosie.  She has been a sweetheart since the first day Carmen walked her through our front door.  We recently (in June) adopted Brutus to give Rosie a play companion.  They have gotten along great, much to Rosie's credit (she is very patient with Brutus and his tendency to try and hog our affection).  Rosie and Brutus play practically all day long.  Due to this, Rosie has lost some extra weight and seems to move around more easily.  She is much more active and really seems to have more life to her.  We thank everyone for giving us the opportunity to add two great additions to our family.

12/01/04 - We have had Rosie for almost two months now and we treasure every day with her. She really is a great dog and we feel extremely lucky to be able to have her. We have had absolutely no problems with her since her arrival, Rosie is great with strangers, children and other pets (as long as we introduce them to her off of her turf). Rosie is extremely affectionate and is always waiting by the door for us when we come home. She shakes her rear and does a little dance around in a circle to greet us, it is hilarious. Thanks again for everyone involved in bringing Rosie to us, we could not picture being without her.

10/31/04 - Well, after a week with Rosie, our opinion of her has not changed one bit, she is AMAZING.  Rosie gets along with other people tremendously, which is a good thing because everyone who sees her wants to pet her and give her attention.  We have had no problems with accidents in the house or anything being chewed up (besides her own toys of course).  We are both overjoyed that we were able to bring Rosie into our lives and cannot imagine why anyone would want to give her up.  Thanks everyone for all of your help, we look forward to posting more updates.

10/24/04 - I just wanted to let you know that we received Rosie today and everything went very well. She is an amazing dog, and we love her already. Carmen was very nice and also very helpful, she gave us a.lot of good information and tips, as well as goodies for Rosie. Thanks again for your help in this process, we are truly indebted to you.
 

10/14/03 - Rosie is pending adoption.

7/23/04 - I wish I could say that Rosie is completely perfect but I had to be honest about Rosie and my female boxer, Jesse.  I don't want Rosie to go to a home and then be rejected because she did not get along with another female dog. Rosie loves humans and really tries to please and she deserves it. 

 By the way, I don't know if I mentioned this before, but Rosie responds very well to all the commands and if you put a barrier, like a chair or child's gate, she will respect it and just stay in her space. 
Although Rosie has her own crate, we don't use it.  Rosie stays in the family room where you will find all the remote controls on the coffee table, magazines and wall to wall carpeting.  She is perfectly house trained and is not destructive in the house.  Of course, I am not referring to the stuffed animals that all of the dogs play with and somehow remove all the stuffings out of.  Except for one accident that she had the second day we had her she has never had another one.  Rosie has been in our home since the end of March 2004.  When you walk Rosie in the park, she does not pull.  My husband frequently lets her walk without holding the leash to see her reactions and she has done well.  She stays with you and does not seem to be interested in running away.
 Rosie was always alone before she came to our house.  She was either alone in her own home or placed in a kennel for periods of time and when she came to our house she had instant playmates, five in fact.  Except for my female boxer Jesse, they are all male.  The others are Logan, our male boxer; TJ and Markey our two Boston Terriers and Shiloh, a collie. 
The only problem we have encountered and this happened recently is that now both females do not like each other and have had two skirmishes.  If you look at Rosie at the website she is sitting next to Jesse.  Now the friendship is over, it seems they are both alpha females.  In order to avoid any problems, we now keep both females separate from each other.  What we do is let Rosie in the yard with the other dogs and keep Jesse in the house.  Rosie has no issues with the males . Since we have a split level home, when we are at work we keep Rosie in the family room downstairs and Jesse is upstairs. 
 I will try to take pictures of Rosie with the other dogs if they would stay still for at least a few minutes. 
 One more thing.  When Rosie was surrendered she had a limp.  After being checked by my vet he said it was an old injury that was never taken care of and she now has arthritis in that leg.  Because Rosie is now more active and spends her time running in the yard with the other dogs you no longer see her limp or keep her leg up.  I think it was more noticeable before because she was so inactive.  Otherwise, Rosie has no health issues of any kind. 

6/3/04 - The foster home was asked how Rosie is with children and this is their reply:
I don't have children but the previous owner told me that she likes kids.  When I took her to the vet two young children (6 and 7 year olds) came over and ask if they could pet her and she was fine with them touching her and she seem calm.  The one thing I do know is that she does not like cats.  
Yesterday we took her to the park and her partner was the Collie, Shiloh.  As we were walking one of the cross bridges we noticed a man with his kids and a German Shepard.  This German Shepard had no leash and all we heard was the man yelling very loud instructions to the dog.  We had to cross this walking bridge to get to our car.  They saw us but still did not put the leash on their dog.  The owner had to call his dog back because he started running towards us.  We had already crossed a huge field and we were nearing the car when behind us we heard a scream from the owner calling his dog.  We stopped and looked back and saw that the German Shepard was running full steam towards us.  The German Shepard went right behind Rosie and circled around her.  I told Rosie to stay and she listened.  My husband was holding the Collie.  Rosie responded very well to my command to stay as the dog ran around in front of us.  The dog finally ran back to his owner and we continued to our car.  Rosie did not respond aggressively to this dog and seems not to like confrontations. 

5/25/04 - Rosie is 5 years old and spayed.  She is heartworm negative and is on Interceptor.  Rosie has such a wonderful and tolerant disposition.  I say this because I have two Bostons that are rescues that think they are big dogs and they have a tendency to take some of her treats and she sort of looks at them puzzled. 

 Rosie loves to play ball and since she spent so much time alone can play with a ball by herself.  Sometimes when she has a ball in her mouth, she will come over to you to play.  If she has a toy, she likes to play tug of war.  If you say stop, she will stop.  Even though we have a fenced in backyard we take the dogs to the park. Rosie does not pull at the leash and walks with you without dragging you.  My husband has walked her and has let go of the leash in the park to see how she reacts and she will walk a little ahead of you, but will constantly look back to make sure you are still there. 
 When I picked her up, I asked the owner where was her collar and leash and he said she never needed one because she spent all her time in the backyard with an electronic collar.  He did supply me with a rope so I could walk her. Needless to say, I said it was not necessary and since I always have extra collars and leashes in the car used one of mine.   
Rosie has a slight limp so I did ask them about this,  they informed me that they had her checked but there was nothing wrong. 
I talked to my vet about this and asked him to call Rosie's vet to find out her medical history since I felt he would get better results.  It turns out that he spoke directly to Rosie's vet and that he said that Rosie's vet remembered her and was surprised and shocked to hear that they had given her up because Rosie was such a good dog. It turns out that she had had three previous injuries to her hind leg.  After checking her thoroughly, the Dr. said the limp was an old injury that had never been taken care of and now it was too late to correct with surgery.  So she has arthritis in her knee. 
 Since I prepare special foods for one of my boxers (Jesse has severe allergies) which I give to all the dogs, her limp is barely noticeable since she gets Ester-C and K9 Good Health liquid in her food.  Rosie has also a beautiful shiny coat that is very soft and feels like downy. 
 The only thing we have noticed about Rosie is that she does not jump.  Like she never learned.  Is very hesitant about it.  When I lay on the bed she wants to climb but does not know how.  I have to get up and help her up despite the fact that we have steps that the dogs use to climb to the bed because we don't want them jumping up and down.