Bee

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Original: “Bee loves to play fetch with balls outside, hopping into the air after them and returning them to the general direction of the human.”

Bee’s owner and breeder was retiring and having surgery soon so two pups from her last litter needed to be placed.  She reached out to MAESSR and Puppy B was renamed Bee.  Used to being around her litter sister, she begged the resident dogs for attention and play time.  The resident female taught her “personal space” but loves having a dog to chase her.

Friendly and good in the car, Bee was an easy foster from the start.  She doesn’t bark, doesn’t whine, has no aggression about food–none of that stuff.  As for “works in progress,”  her housetraining is 70% or so, more if her foster mom takes her out for walks 10 minutes after she drinks.  She loves the praise she gets when doing her business outside.  Her other sin is that she likes to chew up paper. She doesn’t eat anything else inappropriate, counter-surf, or trash dive.  But a puppy pad left in a corner to avoid accidents is fair game for shredding, ditto for a newspaper laid aside on the floor.  To be fair, she doesn’t eat the paper; she just shreds it.

Bee loves to play fetch with balls outside, hopping into the air after them and returning them to the general direction of the human.  She’s not obsessed about them, and, if ignored, will drop the ball and look for the next adventure, usually a stick to carry around.  Stuffed toys are good fun to fetch as well.  She doesn’t destroy them, just empties the toy bucket.  She is crate trained, and sleeps quietly all night.  When her foster folks are away, she has a puppy gate to keep her in one room of the house.  She doesn’t get on furniture on her own, but when lifted up to the doggie day-bed, she enjoys watching TV.

This cute gal is decent on leash, other than the Springer sniff and circle drill.  She wags at every dog she meets. Initially crated when riding in her foster mom’s Jeep, she’s just put in the back now and stays there.  She’s super friendly with the resident dogs, practically begs them to play.  If ignored, she just trots around near them, helping to sniff the yard and watching for squirrels.  She’ll notice birds but doesn’t care that much about them.    She’s fed separately from the resident dogs because they eat at different speeds, and she doesn’t seem to have the concept of “your” bowl vs. “’my”  bowl down very well.

Bee hasn’t been to the groomers yet but loves being brushed; ears and paws are no problem.  She just seems really happy that the human is paying attention to ME.  When she went in for spay surgery, she was friendly with all the folks, only a bit overwhelmed by one barking dog.  The kennel folks loved her.

Her foster folks were surprised at how sweet Bee is.  She’s fairly calm for her age.  She doesn’t jump up ON folks in greeting them, but just sometimes jumps straight up alongside.  Her foster mom jokes that the humans could dribble her like a basketball a time or two in the mornings before she settles down. Note that MAESSR will require the adoptive family to take their new family member through a series of obedience classes within 90 days of adoption.  MAESSR only places puppies – even older ones – in homes that are committed to training and bonding with the pup in obedience classes. Puppies require a lot of care, attention, and patience.  MAESSR believes the decision to get a puppy and raise it to be a healthy, happy, and well-adjusted dog is a serious commitment.

Bee’s ideal forever home would probably include a play buddy.  She goes from “slightly shy” to full on tail wag and I love you in about 8 or 10 hours–or 2 minutes flat if you’re a dog.  She’s looking for the perfect place to bloom, have a great rest of her life, and to bee the best that she can bee!