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Betsy had a great session with Magali of Wonder Walkies on Sunday in the park. Betsy is nervous of other dogs but Magali did a fantastic job of training myself and John to help Betsy overcome her fears and associate other dogs with positive things (namely really tasty treats).
Here’s another picture of Betsy who is a wonderful little dog!
b.jpgFirst update from the new home..
Yesterday was an exhausting day – so many new things to explore! Betsy hardly had enough time to eat or rest, she was a very busy dog yesterday! The night was very calm though, she looked kind of sad and confused in the evening, but then slept the whole night calmly in her new bed.
Right now it seems that her days are divided into two main activities – going for a walk and waiting to go for a walk.
We just returned from a 1 and 1/2 long tour of neighbouring parks and, 30 minutes later, she seems to be ready to go again
As with her problem with other dogs, so far we keep it under control by distracting her when another dog appears on the horizon.
Apart from the clicker and squeaky toy, another great distraction seems to be running. I noticed she likes to run yesterday, and even though non of us jog, I tried to use it as a distraction on our walks. And it works! The second she noticed other dogs in the park, I started running like crazy in another direction and making funny "wheeeeeeee" noise. (You should have seen me..) She enjoyed it so much that she completely forgot about the other dogs around her Granted, my whole neighbourhood probably thinks that we´re completely mad, but who cares, we´re happy 
Our garden seems to be the favourite place. You know how other people try to keep dogs in the garden and prevent them from going inside? We have the opposite problem – once in the garden, how do we get her back in?
She definitively cannot be left there unattended – she would be able to dig a tunnel to the neighbour´s garden in a matter of minutes.. (yes, the neighbour has a dog outside). She also tried to dismantle the fence. So we had to put some rules in place – visits to the garden are only permitted during the day and under close supervision. It also is the only place where she barks, she´s obviously got a lot of things to say to all the dogs in the neighbourhood. Here are some pictures from yesterday and today:
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IMG_1035.JPGWell Betsy what a wonderful forever home – well worth waiting for
and what about that wonderful "BED"!!! where can I get one like that?Hi Jenny, we were indeed very lucky with the bed!
We bought it in Woodies for just €25! They have halfprice for all "Woofie´s" dog beds, so it was originally €50. But looking at their website now, at it seems that the offer still stands!http://www.woodiesdiy.com/Product/Woofi … qjrteLpxes
Justine, I absolutely love the tower idea!!
Hi Jana,
Great photos and update they have made my morning
, I am so happy that Betsy has found such a thoughtful and loving forever home. Best of luck to you all.Pat, Harry and Siog.
Hi Stef,
Many thanks on the info about "THE BED"
Betsy has been waiting for you for some time – delighted for you and the lovely Betsy.
Hi everybody,
Thanks very much for you kind comments!It has been 1 week and 1 day since we brought Betsy home so I thought I´m gonna give you another update.
What a great week it has been! So many new things to explore and people to meet!
Our grandpa arrived for Christmas and him and Betsy fell in love with each other instantly. Grandpa apparently makes the best couch-buddy!
We have been on many walks and visited too many new places to name them all. But one example for many – it seemed that Betsy loves shopping as she wants to go into every shop we pass. So we went for a long walk to Blanchardstown and visited THE PET SHOP!
She was so excited that she could go in and walk through the aisles picking her new toys!
That is, until she noticed the budgies in the cage at the end of the shop… After that there was no more shopping, just staring at the birds for ages and dragging her out of the shop – not even nice shopping assistants with tasty treats and squeaky toys were able to distract her Another great experience was bringing her to work for the first time. She loved it of course. The garden is filled with smells of various wild animals (rabbits, pheasants, mice…), so she was busy sniffing everything and was soo tired when we got back home. It´s gonna take some getting used to, but I think she will make a great companion for outdoor work in spring
Our home garden is still the favourite place and we play a new game – she digs a tunnel, I come in, cover it up and she digs it again. She should be hired to dig holes for living – she would work faster than any machine on the market!
All in all, it´s great fun to have Betsy around and she settled in very well. She seems to enjoy everybody´s company and is always excited to go out some place new or welcome new visitors.
Hard to believe it has been only a week, can´t imagine not having her in our lives. What did we even do before we had her?Attached are some pictures from Betsy´s new life.
Will update again soonJana
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