Age & Sex: 10 yr. old Female	UTD: Yes
Weight:  60 lbs.	Other Dogs: Yes
Color: White	Cats: Yes
Ears: Natural	Children: Under 5: Yes     Over 5: Yes
Tail: Docked	Professional Training Required: No
Spayed: Yes	Microchipped: No
Owner Surrender	Location: Higganum, CT
Adoption Donation $150

9/17/08 - Molly went back to the vet last week and had her dip treatment for her mange.  The vet reported that she did very well.  He told me that Molly seems to be a very sweet dog, and by the time I went back to pick her up that afternoon, she had made friends with all the vet techs and was hanging out in the back room with them!
Molly seemed to react okay to the dip and we are very happy to report that some of her beautiful white hair is beginning to grow back!  When we first got her, she had no hair from her neck to her little bald nub.  She looks so much better now!  We told Molly that by winter, she should be good as new! 
We can tell that Molly is beginning to feel much better.  Just today when I got home from work, I let her out in the yard.  She and our other energetic boxer girl were blasting around the yard at full speed.  This is great to see, as when Molly first came, she did not run at all.
We are very happy with the progress that Molly has made since coming into rescue.  Even though she just turned 11 years old last week, she acts much younger.  I can only hope that she has a few more wonderful years ahead of her!   

9/5/08 - Happy Friday from little miss Molly!  We just got back from a week of camping with her and she had a wonderful time!  Even off the leash Molly stayed right with us and enjoyed fishing and the campfire.  I wasn't sure how she was going to do in the tent, but wouldn't you know, she slept right through the night with no problems. We took her for a couple walks, and she did very well on the leash.  Even when she passed a campsite with other dogs in it, she would just glance their way and keep walking.

Next week we will be bringing Molly back to the vet to have her treated with a dip for her mange (as she was allergic to the last medication we tried).  We are hoping that she reacts well to this new med so we can get her back to good as new.  She is still itchy and does not have much hair on her back end.  Even so, she is still a beautiful girl!

Molly is definetly becoming attached to us (more to me than my husband).  She does not let me get too far out of the room before she follows me to see where I am going.  She's like my little shadow! The only room she doesn't follow us into is the bathroom because she knows this is where she gets her baths!  She doesn't really seem to mind them once she's in there, but she loves the way she feels afterwards!  She runs around the house rubbing on the couches like she was a puppy.

Anyway, much more to come in the adventures of Molly! 
 

8/24/08 - Ms. Molly has been with us now for almost one month and we love her to death.  She has such an upbeat, quirky personality.  We have taken her on the boat a couple times, which she really seems to like.  She wasn't sure about her life jacket at first, but quickly got used to it.  Once she was comfortable in it, we took her in the water to see if she could swim.  She looked a little panicked at first, but then realized that the jacket would keep her afloat.  I have to say though, she was pretty happy to get back onto dry land!

Ms. Molly has had some ups and downs over the last couple weeks.  We have been treating her with medication for her mange, but she reacted negatively to is and it was recently determined that she is allergic to the first medication we tried.  There is a second medicine that the vet recommeneded for her mange, so we will try this next.  We will keep our fingers crossed that this one will be effective and she can tolerate it well so we can get her better.

Molly is very well trained.  She listens when called and stays near us at all times.  She seems to be closer with females, as she took to me and my sisters reather quickly.  She loves my husband as well, but given the choice, she comes to my first (much to my husband's annoyance!)  Molly eats well and shows no signs of aggression towards anyone. 

Hopefully I will be writing again soon with good news on Molly's medical condition! 

8/10/08 - Greetings from Molly!  I have to say, Molly is starting to feel much better now that she is on medication for her bladder infection and her mange.  She is still a little itchy, but we try to make her feel better by bathing her with oatmeal shampoo every so often.  Molly doesn't even seem to mind getting a bath!

Molly's personality is really starting to come out now.  She loves her bone and will walk around with it all over the house, hanging from her mouth.  She is definitely a cuddler and will often climb right up into my lap, despite me having a magazine and a pillow on my lap.  She just looks at me with those sad, boxer eyes and I melt. 

Molly is very well behaved. She does well on a leash and stays near when off the leash.  She is good with dogs, cats, strangers and kids.  She knows all her commands (sit, lie down, off, come, ect) and she is a good listener. More to come!
 

8/2/08 - Molly is settling into our home very well.  She fell right into our routine and is getting along very well with everyone (people, dogs and cats included!).  She sleeps though the night, and she also does very well during the day while we are working.  She is not crate trained, but she is a very well behaved girl with no separation anxiety.  Molly is a very laid back girl who goes with the flow.  She is definitely a cuddler, as she loves to climb up on the couch with us and curl up.

Molly took her first boat ride with us today!  She wasn't really sure about her life jacket at first, but she quickly got used to it and enjoyed the ride.  She looked on curiously as we caught our first fish and showed it to her.  I will update her page soon with some of her boating pictures.

Since my last update, Molly has been to the vet for additional tests.  The vet did an untrasound on her heart and found that her irregular heartbeat was the result of aortic stenosis (a partial obstruction to the flow of blood as it leaves the left side of the heart).  Despite this fact, he found that she has good heart functioning and indicated that no treatment was needed for this condition.  Also, poor Molly had a very bad bladder infection, which she was given antibiotics for.  Hopefully she will be feeling much better soon!

7/28/08 - Welcome to Molly the white boxer girl!!  Molly is the sweetest thing.  Upon meeting her, she greeted me with sideways boxer wiggles and a sweet personality.  Molly is 10 years old, but she is young at heart!  When I asked her if she wanted to go for a ride, her floppy ears perked up and she began wagging her little nub.  She jumped right into my car as if she had known me forever!

Molly first met our other female boxer through a gate, and immediately I could see that she was fine with other dogs.  She said hello and then went on her way.  She was around other dogs this morning at the vet's office as well, and she was very polite.  She wagged her nub and went about her business.  Molly appears to be more submissive.  She has shown no signs of aggression what-so-ever.  We also had kitty introductions yesterday as well (as our very outgoing cats walked up to her and began to rub against her!).  Molly sniffed the tops of their heads and let them walk right by!  It looks like she is going to fit in very well here!

I brought Molly to the vet's office today and she was brought up-to-date with all her immunizations.  Molly has Demodex Mange, which we will be treating to help her feel better as she is a little itchy now.  The vet also wants to run some additional tests on Molly, as she had an irregular heartbeat.  Despite these issues, Molly seems to be an upbeat, happy girl who is happy to have found a loving home to rest her head. 

Many more updates to come!