[Dailydrool] Miss Gracie Update

[Dale Rutz]

Hi all, it's Dale,

Miss Gracie has shown herself to be quite the houseguest so far.  She plays 
really nicely with Snoopy and LuLu. Jennier and Anita were righ, she wants/needs 
to eat with the other dogs.  Like this morning, I was in the man cave fixing 
bowls and Gracie came out with me.  Well, she gets plain kibble for now (won't 
take a carrot, let along pumpkin but she ate a green bean this morning so we're 
on the right track).  So, I put Gracie's bowl down on the floor while I worked 
on Snoopy and LuLu's but she wouldn't touch it.  So, I brought it into the 
kitchen with the other two and went with one dog, one mat and all 3 gobbled up 
breakfast.  Now I wish I could switch the mats but Snoopy has always eaten at 
the end of the U where he is "fenced" in and I can manage him.  Snoopy does NOT 
bite, has never bitten but he does have food issues.  He snarls and 
ahrooooooooooo's and talks real nasty talk he learned when he was on the streets 
on the "east side" before he got picked up.  I always worry that a dog that 
doesn't know him will rip his face off for getting in their face and talking 
like that.  But so far no one has (although Cyrus was tempted on more than one 
occasion).  Snoopy did finish first and come charging at Gracie who was on a mat 
in front of the fridge and he was snarling but Gracie ignored him and I grabbed 
him and told him to go sit down on his mat and be nice and he did.  

Gracie didn't have a single accident yesterday.  So far all of my fosters have 
figured it out within a day or two even though none of them were house dogs ever 
and I do know why.  It's my Snoopy.  Someone is always home and we watch the new 
dog and we try to get them to go outside a lot with the other dogs but 
inevitably they will start to pee inside and we will catch them and grab that 
collar and run for the back door shouting no, no, no we do that OUTSIDE, let's 
go OUTSIDE and once we get them to the grass we let go.  And back up.  And the 
dog will look up confused and then my tidy Snoopy will strutt over there and 
AHROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO inches from their nose (NO peeing in my house!!!)  Most 
dogs learn real fast.

There's been an offical "inquiry" into Miss Gracie.  I pulled her Tuesday night 
and somebody is already coming forward wanting her.  Well, really I mean how 
could they not, she's adorable, she's easy and she's a love.  My dogs like her a 
lot but heck, my dogs like most everyone.  If the home is perfect then she's 
probably got a new home.  Let's see.

more later from the clueless momPerson
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