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Well im taking Annabelle back into foster tonight, maybe this time round il become a failed foster
Only time will tell. Im so excited to get my big baby back for some cuddles and she always makes me smile! Watch here for updates ah am so delighted she is going back to you…would be so much more upheaval if she had to go to a new foster family. You are fab!!
Exactly Shirley. She loves little ones and when she in day care the DTI girls always say she makes friends with the little ones first!
We meet ya for a walk or come around for a play in garden. She will have the 3 pups to keep company until Tue then they off to UK. Im like a kid a christmas i so excited to get her later. Am looking forward to the ‘Annabelle Diaries’ being back! Loved reading about this little girly she sounds like she has personality in spades! Am sorry to hear that it didnt work out for her but am delighted that she back with you! From the posts it was clear that you really appreciated her and all she had to give!!
Well annabelle has slotted back in and we have missed her! We have 3 whippets pups at the mo and she is so good with them. Except she has no idea how big she is and stands on them by accident
She doesnt mind them climbing on her and following her but when they play she has to watched carefully as she leaps along and sends them flying. Luckily the whippets are fast and race off under the trees or hides where she cant fit (much to her anoyance)
She is great on her walks and if she starts to pull just saying ‘gentle’ is enough to ease her. Today she was admired so many times on our walk on beach . She is great in the car and i take her everywhere… even just to the shops she happy to wait in the car! She has gotten so much bigger so il have to upload some new pics of the muscley baby as in her first pic she looks like skeletor! Her basic obedience is good but she needs constant reinforcement as she will test your patience from time to time like most dogs. I think she can happily live as the only dog in a house as long as she will get to meet plenty of dogs on her daily walks and not left alone much. We will be working on some self calming when she is alone with the amazing girls at DogTrainingIreland to improve her confidence alone! So watch this space for some pics and updates on the best dog i have ever laid eyes on.Annabelle has got us now all to herself as the foster pups have gone to uk rescue! She is happier being the only dog in house, even tho she is so social and luurrrvvvees other doggies she certainly doesnt like to share the humans in her life!
She comes back from day care filthy and loves it…. there nothing nicer to Belle than rolling in mucky water with her mates in DTI
So after the second hot bath in 24hrs last nite i wrapped her up in my dressing gown and there wasnt a peep out of her til 6am when my sister called her into her bed for a snuggle before alarm went off!!!
She needs alot of physical and mental stimulation and without this consistantly she becomes anxious and stressed! She is great to walk and have tested her recall a few times but i will admit its not 100% as she is easily distracted! But we are constantly training her so she is improving everyday. Annabelle is a rebel teenager in her head so we have typical adolesant strops and so she needs clear rules and boundries. When life becomes unpredictable so does her ‘anxious behaviours’ being alone. But since i first laid eyes on a skinny scared shell of a dog in the pound she has progressed beyond my wildest dreams in 5months to a muscly, loving giant. I beam with pride showing off my belle even tho i usually end up a shade of red when she acts like a monkey jumping all over the place.
Everyday a new side to her amazing personality makes me giggle and i look forward to her wiggly body galloping toward me for a kiss and hug! Annabelle is one in a million (thank god some would say)I met this lovely lady in daycare and she is just gorgeous! She has a wonderful personality and loves her cuddles for sure! I’m smitten with her, she is just adorable!
Hi Sineadhh, Annabelle here, thanx for the compliment its not often i get called a ‘lady’ but suppose i dont always act like one!
But the staff at DTI have been helping me with my manners and i just love going there to see my pals and plus all the humans that i meet there love us dogs and give us loads of smiles and rubs.
I wish every dog got to go to daycare like me! My new plan is to try stop sending my foster mom flying when i jump on her when she collects me.
But im just so excited to tell her all about what me and my mates got up to, chasing, tug and loads of nice treats if im good!
Ill have a special wet kiss for ya next time i see ya if ya dont mind how grubby i usually am..??!!Well i hope to become a failed foster
There is no way i could let this girl go we are so in love and cant live our lives without her.
It seemed to be faith when she came back to us. Cant wait to see it in Happy Endings when finally official and then me and belle will be another DID success story!Im so happy Annabelle is now officially ours. I cant wait to tell her
except i think she secretly decided she was adopting us along time ago.
I will have some ‘family pics’ posted asap. She really was the ultimate diamond in the rough… a true happy ending!Congratulations … she fantastic … another failed foster .. I’m sooo proud
she will have a great life and home .. JoanI have to say that from the very start of Annabelle’s thread, I never doubted she would stay with you forever. You seemed to have such a wonderful relationship from the very beginning. Congrats and many happy years together to you both.!!!
Only time will tell. Im so excited to get my big baby back for some cuddles and she always makes me smile! Watch here for updates 
more playdates for hailey
She doesnt mind them climbing on her and following her but when they play she has to watched carefully as she leaps along and sends them flying. Luckily the whippets are fast and race off under the trees or hides where she cant fit (much to her anoyance) 
. She is great in the car and i take her everywhere… even just to the shops she happy to wait in the car! She has gotten so much bigger so il have to upload some new pics of the muscley baby as in her first pic she looks like skeletor! Her basic obedience is good but she needs constant reinforcement as she will test your patience from time to time like most dogs. I think she can happily live as the only dog in a house as long as she will get to meet plenty of dogs on her daily walks and not left alone much. We will be working on some self calming when she is alone with the amazing girls at DogTrainingIreland to improve her confidence alone! So watch this space for some pics and updates on the best dog i have ever laid eyes on.
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