Yup! We have added a new member to our family. We have decided to keep Skeeter. Originally we were only going to foster him till we found a good home for him. The last 2 weeks we have had to go thru a lot with him. The pills he has been on have made him loose control of his bladder. He pee’s without even realizing he is doing it. At least we havent had poop accidents. He let’s us know when he needs to go out for that business.
I honestly didnt think I would get attached to the little guy. I wanted a different breed. But he is so good. So quiet and well behaved. He loves to cuddle and doesnt care if he is in the middle of playing. He will stop and cuddle with you. He is great in the car. Sits in the back seat and goes to sleep. I think in time he will grow into a great dog. He is well on his way already. The best part about him is that he is happy. Just wants to please you and tries so hard to be good.
Gregg and I have talked it over and we will be fostering, but only after we have Skeeter completely trained. I think it would be a lot easier to train one dog at a time. Plus once he is trained he can help with the next foster. Dogs do tend to follow others. Also we need to give the cats a bit more time before another dog comes to live here.
Since Skeeter arrived he has come a long way. The first week he was so submissive. He would run away when we tried to approach him or put his leash on. Rolling on to his back and showing his belly. We had to really hold on to him when picking him up, otherwise he would try to jump. He didnt know how to walk on a leash, he was all over the place and was always pulling. He really didnt have any idea what he should do. He didnt know what cats were. He had a huge fear of bath time. And the area around his eyes were irritated and pink and someone has cut his hair short.
Now 2 months later he is looking healthy. His hair is growing back and we are starting to wonder how long it really will be. His eyes have cleared up do to the meds he is on. Bath time is still scary, but we are getting better with it. He has learned that “leave it” means walk away from the cats and anything else he shouldnt be near. Walking on a leash has gotten so much better that he only needs his harness when we do long walks, otherwise he can just go with his collar. Picking him up, he now settles in my arms and knows that he is safe. He still backs up when you try to hook his leash on, but only a few steps then sits down. No more rolling and showing the belly.
He has learned to sit, lay down, shake a paw and do a high 5. We are still working on his stay and come. These seem to be the hardest for him. We think he might have been abused when he was told to come in the past. Might have to try a different word.
Yeah, he is really a great little dog. All we need to do is find the right name for him. Since he doesnt respond to Skeeter, we can change it to anything. The reason for this is because we figured the adoptive family would want to rename him So we didnt really enforce a name.We have been tossing names around for a few days and there are only a few so far that might work.
Since our last name is Gordon and Gregg has used the nickname “Flash” for many years, it is one of the choices. Flash Gordon is the first choice. Then we have “Sunny” which I like, but it’s a bit to close to “Bunny” which is the name of our cat. I kinda like “Boofer” said like woofer just change the first letter. He boofs alot when he plays. I think he knows he has to keep quiet so he boofs instead of barking. I kind of wanted a name that reflects his color. He is so golden like the sun.
I’m sure we will find a good name. 
