Despite all of that, we continued to force our affection and attention on her. On the third day I saw the most amazing thing - she was in the yard running around with her tail up.At the end of that day we found her sneaking a nibble on a chewy and by the fourth day I caught her rolling on her back doing the happy dog wiggle. A trainer came out and gave us some simple tips and the aggresive behavior stopped. She even let me work her into a cuddle for the first time. Then, one week after she came to me she finally smiled! A big goofy toothless grin that told me she would be would be okay after all.
A few applications came in for her and then an adoption fell through. When it did, I was so relieved! I finally realized that her forever home was really with us. So we adopted her and she became Heidi, or Chunky as we often call her.
The miserable dog that came in to our lives four months ago has blossomed int the happiest dog ever. She is the living, breathing picture of happy. Ahe smiles and wags her tail constantly and she repays attention with a full blast of joy. She and my lab are BFFs and she has finally learned how to be a dog - a sweet, wonderful, happy dog. She makes me laugh out loud every day and it is impossible to be around her and not feel the glow.
Thanks for letting me share this. I love this goofy dog. We were supposed to be rescuing her, but I can't put into works how much she has brought into our lives.
-April
