Mollykins
Entered: 07/30/2022
Status: Adopted
Age: 5; born 06/21/2017
Color: Liver/White
Weight: 27 lbs.
Gender: Altered Female
Location: Brandon, MS
Health: UTD, HW-, treatment for ear and eye infections complete, worming completed, dental cleaning with possible extractions pending
Temperament: Good with people of all ages but needs time to warm up, good with dogs when slowly introduced, good with cats
Updated 09/22/2022: “Molly has rarely ever barked and is the quietest dog ever!”
Mollykins was recently spayed and is recovering from her surgery. Her ears are almost cleared up but still have a little more yeast infection. They are overall much better. As for her eye infections, they are much improved but still have a long way to go. It is expected that she will have a lifetime of dry eye issues which are treated with eye lube ointment for moisture. Molly’s teeth still are in a serious need of cleaning, and she will likely need to have a few teeth extracted. It was decided that a surgery for both spay and dental would be too lengthy performed at the same time, so this will occur at a later date.
Molly is fine with all people of all ages except she is extremely shy, and it takes her a few minutes to warm up. She just wiggles and paces when nervous but is constantly super sweet; she never growls or snaps. Molly has rarely ever barked and is the quietest dog ever!
She still gets nervous if her foster mom goes to hug her, as if she’s afraid she’s being pinned down. Molly still wants to pee and poop on the concrete patio after being in a pen her whole life. She is mostly housetrained, although she does get confused by carpet and rugs.
Mollykins is an adorable sweetheart and will make a wonderful companion for her new family!
Original: “Now she’s just starting to run a bit and smile while doing it! “
Mollykins became a MAESSR girl when her Virginia kennel owner died.
Molly came into foster care with some health issues. Her skin was greatly irritated and infected from flea bites. The fleas were eliminated and now she is receiving medicated baths to restore her skin and coat. She was de-wormed immediately and started on medication for eye infections. Once these conditions are resolved, Molly can receive her vaccinations and then be spayed. She was a little nervous at her vet appointment but still was sweet and docile.
Being a kennel dog, Molly was not housetrained when she arrived at her foster home. She has been making great strides in this training though since foster mom works from home and is able to take Molly out often. She’s had only one accident in a week’s time. Unfortunately, she does not signal her need to go out yet.
Molly is crate trained and sleeps in her crate in the bedroom where she can see her foster mom and where her foster mom can monitor her. She is not given full run of the house yet and is kept leashed to her foster mom while she adjusts to living inside. She will probably be let off leash more and more now that she and the resident Chihuahua are compatible. This resident dog and the resident cats needed a few days to adjust to Molly’s presence. They were more comfortable initially if Molly was tethered so they could come up to her on their own to meet her. When foster mom is out of the house, Molly stays on a bed in the kitchen.
Just as Molly is fine with the dog and cats inside, she is mostly fine unless someone lets their dog run up to her too quickly and that is the only time she’s barked. If she is slowly introduced to a new dog, she is fine.
Although Molly is super sweet, she doesn’t know any commands and doesn’t understand toys at all. On a leash, she is great with no pulling. Initially, she hid behind her foster mom and looked around, but recently she pranced out in front smiling as she walked along. When she meets new people, it takes her a minute or less to warm up to them. She only barks when another dog is barking and pulling towards her. Then, she gets behind foster mom and barks.
Molly was great on the long ride from Virginia to Mississippi but was clueless on getting in and out of the car. Foster mom had to pick her up to get her in and out of the car at each rest stop. But after the vet visit, she quickly got back into the car on her own. She just needs more practice.
Her energy level is slowly, slowly increasing. Initially she would slowly sniff and stay close by foster mom when let into the back yard. Now she’s just starting to run a bit and smile while doing it! She has a beautiful prancing gait when she does run.
Watch for more on Molly as her health continues to improve!