Syncline AND her pink bunny have been adopted!

 No big suprise that Syncline found a home so quickly and it's a pretty awesome home at that! Syncline is going to be living pretty close to us so, we may very well see her and her new parents out on walks.   We are really happy to have fostered this funny little gal and help her find a wonderful new home.  I'm looking foward to hearing about her adventures and I'm sure we will also see her at the rattie meetups.  Syncline and her parents have already signed up for doggie class at my favorite froce free dog academy - I know they will all have a wonderful time!  So happy life to you sweet, spunky gal - you are going to no doubt going to be loved and very well cared for.

 

Getting ready to head home to her new amazing parents!



Kisses to pink bunny



 

As you will see from the video below, of course we HAD to send pink bunny with Syncline!

Some other really good news... because Syncline's parents chose to adopt, they not only rescued her but they saved another rattie by opening a foster spot.    So HUGE thank you to them for giving a second chance to TWO dogs who are no longer throw away rattie's.

 

I spent time yesterday, working with our other volunteers to save a very sweet girl who clearly needed a second chance.  Her first chance for a happy life was pretty sucky.  So be on the look out for news of her arrival which will be around on June 6th.



Syncline and the feeders

As you can see Syncline is doing great after her spay!  I decided to have her try out some interactive feeders and overall she did pretty great considering these were her first tries.

 

Sycline eats similar to D'light - a delicate eater who isn't in a huge hurry.  Can't say that about Gramercy and Catty!  So we started of slow and turned her eating time into fun time. 

 

Whenever you are introducing your dog to a new item, make sure to go slow to see how they react.  If the seem worried or nervous, figure out how to lower expectation to create success. You wouldn't be expected to solve a rubix cube your first try!  Remember that games, interactive toys/feeders are meant to be fun and increase confidence.  You the human play a vital role in helping to shape your dog's experience.

 

Last night we tried out the tornado

 

 

The moving parts did cause some worry - thus her checking in with me. With some assurance, she wanted to keep trying.  Had she not gone back to the feeder, I would have picked it up, emptied the food, put the feeder back down on the ground and scattered the food around the feeder.  My thoughts behind this are that she would get to eat near the feeder, it wouldn't be moving and we would end with a positive experience. 

 

This morning we tried out the busy ball!

 

 

 

I was really impressed with Syncline quickness in figuring out the busy ball - smart girl!  She's such a baby doll who is really going to blossom with some time and life consistency

 

 

After all that work it was time for a rest and fun with the squeaky squirrel.

 

 

 

More of Gramercy & Syncline

Here's Gramercy & Syncline the night before her spay surgery...

Gramercy asks "Are you asleep?"



Syncline says  "no way man!"

 

All the noises are coming from Gramercy.  He's very vocal when playing!

Syncline's first leash walk

These video's and pictures were from last Saturday and you will see that Syncline does pretty good on a leash.  Which is impressive given I doubt before foster care, that she'd ever worn a harness or even walked on leash.

 

My Catty is dog reactive so we always intro a new foster by going for a walk.  This helps to get the dogs (who are usually both anxious) moving and we work towards a side by side walk.  If I introduced a dog head to head with Catty it would not work as she's a fearful dog who reacts with her teeth.  And a face to face/head to head greeting is awful and can create instant chaos for a variety of reasons.  So this method is a nice intro for both dogs.  After so many fosters Catty seems to know the drill and there were no issue between her and Syncline. 

 

So, off we go.  I started Syncline with a regular leash hooked to the front of her harness.  As you can see she was pulling. 

I switched leashes with Catty, putting the 2 point of contact and Syncline and tada - no pulling at all.  Over the next couple of day I had Syncline walking on a 2 point leash and we did progress to a single point of contact leash.  I would recommend that if your dog is a puller or just doesn't seem balanced while walking go buy yourself a 2 point leash - it quickly makes a huge difference for the dog and you too!

It was hot on Saturday and Catty wanted to stop for breaks.... funny girl!

 

 

Cute little rattie girls

Syncline says "That was a ton of fun"
 

I will tell you that Syncline likes to walk, walk and walk!  She's the first foster we've had in a good while who can keep up with my Catty girl who is a walking fiend.

Boo Boo Loon

Yesterday Syncline headed to the vet for her spay surgery.  For the life of me I could not find my inflatable cloud by Kong so, I stopped off at a local pet store to see if I could get another one.  What I found was the Boo Boo Loon.  I'm a sucker for new dog stuff so of course I needed to get this & give it a try. 

 

I was getting the box open and Mr. busy body wanted to see what I was doing.  Gramercy always wants to be a part of what is going on.  I started to inflate the boo boo loon and Gram thought this thing was a new toy! 

 

Knowing that Gram rolls with pretty much everything I decided to have him test it out!  As you can see it's not bad at all. Although I think Gramercy was disappointed as he was expecting something fun.



"This isn't a toy!"

 

I would not recommend the Boo Boo Loon be used with a high energy dog or super active puppy.  Gramercy seemed more comfortable moving in this over the kong cloud and the cozy cone.  I think some of that was because you don't fully inflate the boo boo loon so it's not as restrictive.  I also would never leave a dog unattended wearing any inflatable e-collar.

 



I headed off to the vet to pick up Syncline and she was pretty groggy from the spay.  Here she is at home resting in her crate. 

 

The good news for Syncline is that she had no interest in messing with her incision.  So that means when we are home, no cone and no boo boo loon for her!

 

Not feeling so hot but, she did have a very cute little yellow bandage on right front paw.



Sweet girl resting.  She didn't make a peep all night.



 

Syncline ate her breakfast this morning and then just wanted to relax and rest on this nice soft bed. 



resting

Sleeping

Such a sweet girl...

with a very pretty face!



One of many things Syncline loves...

Here's more Syncline cuteness at the dog park - this girl loves balls!  The grass was pretty long and I think she was a bit tired as she'd been playing for about an hour at this point.  So, a quick rest where no one could steal her ball was what she was looking for. 

 

Pretty girl!



chewing on the ball



rolling the ball around, having fun



Syncline has beautiful markings



Action shot - she bounces like a bunny and it's adorable!



Prancing around with the ball

Syncline, having so much fun as her tail will tell you!
 

Syncline finds another fun toy!

Syncline is like most of the fosters that come to us -- likely very little experience with toys.  So when they find the two toy baskets it's a major deal!  As you can see this toy pretty much blew her mind and I will tell you she is a very, very smart rattie.

"Wow there's food in this thing!"

 

Syncline figured this food toy out in no time flat

 

Having sooo much fun!