Hi guys. Lolly is a definate keeper in my heart but I am not sure if I will be able to keep her in my home. I will definately foster her as long as needed but I keep imagining something happening like what happened with Harley. She is fine with the cat right now but she is also not completely comfortable here yet. When she starts to feel this is her territory, problems could arise. There have also been a few subtle signs that she might turn into a cat chasing dog. If I adopted her and had to go through everything that I went through with Harley again, I would never forgive myself. I have not tossed out the possibility of adopting her but I am being extremely cautious with it. I tried to tell myself not to get attached to her but who was I kidding. I was attached to her by the time we got in the car to leave the shelter.

Lolly has got pretty bad seperation anxiety due to all the recent trauma in her life. Hers isn't quite as bad as Reece's was but she has major issues when people leave. My sister spent the night with me last night. When I went to school this morning, she told me both dogs stood at the door whining for a long time. Reece is used to being crated when I'm not home so I expected him to do that. Lolly also whined at the door when my sister went to take the trash out and again when I went to get lunch. She cannot stand to see people leaving. I'm working on crate training her so she'll feel safer when I have to leave.

The relationship between Lolly and Shiloh is strange. The introduction was as smooth as anything. I just walked Lolly in, they smelled each other and then went their seperate ways. I felt very comfortable with letting Lolly off her leash within 5 minutes. Shiloh was a doll, not one hiss or anything. She didn't even go hide or sulk at all. After Lolly was here for a few hours, Shiloh walked over to the couch and put her two front legs on it to get up and sniff Lolly. Lolly stared at her out of the corner of her eye and then jumped up and ran away. Whenever Lolly is walking and she sees Shiloh, she'll make a wide circle around her or start going in the opposite direction. I think she is just scared of Shiloh right now. Sometimes when they are laying on opposite sides of the room, Lolly will just stare at her. Shiloh stares back wondering what is going on with that crazy dog. Lolly will stare intently at Shiloh like she doesn't trust her at all. When Shiloh is playing, Lolly will go investigate and sometimes she'll start barking (she has a LOUD bark). Just now Shiloh came up to smell Lolly again and Lolly retreated behind my chair. I am glad she's being submissive right now instead of aggressive with the cat. The thing that worries me though is when I'm petting Lolly and she sees Shiloh walking, she'll growl and bark a little bit. Their whole relationship is on pins and needles. I could really see it going in either direction from here, good or bad. I want to say good because Lolly is a really sweet girl but I don't want to make any assumptions yet.

Shadowe is going to move to my sister's apartment for a little while to get some peace. I think there's a bit too much commotion right now for her. I know someone who may want to adopt her so I'm keeping my fingers crossed on that one.

Lolly has stopped correcting Reece and they get along really well. Most of the time they are ignoring each other but they do play. Reece would like to constantly play but he knows he has to do it on Lolly's terms.

Lolly is scared of everything outside still. She's very anxious and jumpy. I totally understand why. The poor girl has been through too much. I have a strong suspicion that the man who previously owned her yelled and hit Lolly and Tootsie. I'm almost positive. When my sister dropped some chocolate on the floor and Lolly started running for it, I said "WAIT!" She hit the ground and rolled over like I was going to hit her. I felt really bad. Also when anyone towers over her, she'll get pretty scared.

Lolly is making a lot of progress. I love her with all of my heart and am having so much fun with her It is nice to have a girl dog around again. Don't get me wrong, I love the boys and girls just the same but its been a little while since I had a little girl



[ July 12, 2001: Message edited by: aly ]