We’关于我们的新狗在月球上

We’我的新狗海莉（Haley）已经快两个星期了，正如您从这篇文章的标题可以看出，我们喜欢她。很多。

我们带她回家 她 graduated from the Freedom Tails program 在阿伯丁的斯塔福德河教养中心 在6月24日。

Freedom Tails takes dogs that would most likely be euthanized in animal 她lters and gives them “a second chance at life” 将他们与提高狗收养机会的罪犯配对  通过 teaching them “socialization, house training, and much needed obedience 技能.”

I thought 她 might be a bit freaked out when I took her from the offenders who trained and lived with her 24/7 for the 10 weeks 她 was at Stafford Creek, but 她 was fine as we left the facility for the 2+ hour ride, and 她 hopped in my car with no hesitation (in the passenger seat, of course).

Exhausted from the graduation ceremony and the general excitement of the day, 她 immediately fell asleep and hardly moved during the ride home.

当海莉·梅·米格尔

我们最初（也是最大的）障碍是将海莉介绍给我们的狗米格尔。我们’我已经有他近十年了，由于他的个性personality，他’当他遇到一条新狗时通常并不特别友好。

当我们从墨西哥带回他时，他与我们的另一只狗迪伦相处融洽，但由于他是一只被带入全新生活环境中的青春期狗，他的行为举止柔和。 没有’尝试挑战迪伦’在房子里的状态。 

最终他任命了自己 房屋保护副总裁， 在几次其他人把狗带到我们家的时候，他明确表示他们不是’t welcome.

那’这就是为什么我们要思考应该采用哪种类型的狗， 遇到了训狗师 to figure out the best way to introduce him to 海利.

由于米格尔’我们认为，以女性的主导人格为特征，收养顺从的女性可能会使他不太倾向于将她视为威胁。

我们使用的狗训练师是 来自Dog的Danette Johnston’s Day Out Seattle. 她 helped us train Miguel when we first got him, and our previous dog Dylan went to daycare there for several years.

达内特（Danette）告诉我们，海利（Haley）到来时，应将狗带到室外，然后带它们散步，然后再将它们带入房屋，因为这将允许狗在中性的环境中相遇，提供一些转移，因此它们不会’不能完全专注于彼此，并消耗掉他们的一些能量。

以便’这是我们在海利（Haley）到来时所做的事情，它像魅力一样运转。在此介绍它们大约10分钟之后：

When we brought the dogs inside, Miguel virtually ignored 海利 while 她 explored her new home, and since then they have continued to get along well. Miguel does snarl at 海利 periodically, especially when 她 comes near his food, but he did the same thing with Dylan so we aren’有关。而且由于我们知道是什么触发了他的咆哮，所以我们可以将Miguel扩散’不断升级之前的咆哮声。

海莉完美地融入我们的家庭

好，现在我’ve解释了我们成功介绍了Haley和Miguel，我需要回到写这篇文章的原因： 弯折 about 海利.

Quite simply, 海利 is a dream. Her trainers at Stafford Creek Correction Center did a fantastic job with her. 她 sits. 她 lays down. 她 stays. 她 heels. 她 leaves it when you say “leave it.” 她’s housebroken. 她 sleeps in a crate.

她’也是一个快速的学习者。我们有一个具体的“bathroom area” in our backyard for our dogs, and it 上ly took her a couple of days to learn that was the spot for her to pee and poop. And 她 already knows how to let us know when 她 needs to go. 她 does it 通过 walking back and forth from us to the doorway in whatever room we are in.

她’还学会了如何偷Miguel’s treats. He isn’t food motivated, and he often leaves treats laying around the house. When we get ready for bed, 她 asks to go downstairs so 她 can search for stray treats and scarf up all the 上es Miguel left behind.

但是关于海莉的最好的事情就是她的个性。我从未遇到过更快乐的狗。她这一天的每一刻都值得庆祝。那尾巴– 她 wags it so fast and hard it’s like a 节拍器 在裂缝上。

这里 are some of her other painfully cute attributes:

• 她 makes little grunting noises if you scratch her in the right spot.
• The ends of her mouth turn up slightly so it looks like 她’s always smiling.
• When we ask her to do something 她 doesn’不想做（就像我们躺在床上’re eating) 她 wags her tail and wriggles her body furiously while turning slightly away from us. 她 then turns her head back towards us and licks the air.
• 她 thinks getting a treat is the best thing EVER. I’从来没有见过一只狗在等待治疗时可以同时坐着和摆动它的身体。
• 她 closes her eyes in ecstasy if you scratch her chest.
• 她 sits 上 上e hip so 她 looks like 她’随便坐在椅子上。
• 她 has a funny little cowlick at the end of her tail.
• 她’是个出色的依ugg者。我知道很多人有狗在依but，但是我们’ve never had 上e. It’s delightful.
• If 她 gets really excited while I pet her 她 will gently take my forearm in her mouth (we’正在努力打破她的这种习惯）。

我可能真的很讨厌，并列举了其中的几十个，但我’ll stop now.

不用说，我们爱海莉。甚至Miguel都在为她热身。一世’m sure that 她’会有一些行为上的小故障，’我必须在某个时候解决，但我可以’t imagine they’ll be that serious.

同时，我们’我会喜欢这个美味的新成员。现在，如果你原谅我 I’我要和我们的新狗依sn

 

 

 

海利 没有’花了很长时间才能在她的新家中感到舒适。