We adopted Molly at the end of August. We originally went to the foster home to see a puppy. Molly had just arrived and was very sick, but even so she was beautiful and caught my eye. When things didn’t work out for us to adopt the puppy, I immediately contacted the foster about Molly. We found out that Molly had been dropped off at a shelter for being too active. That did not frighten us away and we pursued the adoption. We already owned a black lab that was around the same age as Molly and hoped that they would become friends. Well, it has been a match made in heaven from the start! Molly has fit into our home nicely and she has a new best buddy. Molly and Lily (our black lab) hang out together all the time. They love to play, especially wrestle or keep away with the toys. When it is nap time, they will often snooze together, even though they have their own dog beds and crates.
Molly is proving to be quite smart. When she came to us, she had no training and really no “manners”. I am happy to say that she now sits on command and she is getting better and better at staying. She knows how to lie down and of course, shake. But the things I love the most are, that she has learned to wait outside the room where we feed the dogs until we call her in, she lets the “pack leader” (us) go out the doors first, and she will let us go up the stairs before her. Of course, this is only when you tell her, otherwise she is too eager to wait! Molly is great at walking and was from the start. She never pulls, she just walks at your hip. Love it!!
Molly LOVES to play! Two of her favorite games are tug of war and fetch. She is finally learning to drop the ball for you. We have recently introduced a new game to her: find it. We make her sit and stay while we hide a toy. Then we call her and tell her to use her nose to find it. She is getting pretty good at this game too.
The other thing that Molly loves is people! She always wants to be with someone, but we don’t mind because we love her!
Tomorrow we are off to see Santa at the SPCA. Molly and Lily will be getting their picture taken with Santa. Can’t wait!
Hope this gives you an idea of just how happy we are to have Molly in our home and our lives! It was meant to be!
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This certainly was meant to be! I am still so grateful this is the family that adopted Molly--I can't imagine a better match for her! She really is hyper--but one of the sweetest dogs I have been lucky enough to meet.
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