Wendy would like to update everyone on how everything is going with her. She did go to the Eden Prairie library when the Turkey Dog Presentation was done there for her first outing. She did well at first with meeting the other dogs and people and when more people came out she became scared and had to have another dog help get her back to the vehicle for the trip home. Once inside the vehicle, she was in a safe place with her other companion dogs and settled down right away. She is a very submissive dog and will lay down and not move when she is frightened. I also took her to town and walked her with the other dogs on a leash and she didn't spook or mind traffic around her.

Wendy has finally overcome the bacterial infection she has and less itching now.

In the home Wendy has finally come out more and is playing with Eamon my other foster who is younger. I thought he could run fast and she can out run him with lightening speed. Sometimes she will run very fast and stop and look around and smell the air and then proceed with play. She stands if she is posing for a show. I included a few pictures. She will go so fast, sometimes she will tip Eamon over. Wendy has also shown if left alone outside, she will dig a hole in the dirt and lay in it. Sometimes I have noticed her eating dirt or even grass. She loves to just lay outside when not playing and enjoy what is going on outside around her. Wendy will bark at people when they come or even cars and trucks she can see out on the highway as I am up on a hill and about one and a half miles from Hwy 71. Sometimes at night she will bark at things outside when looking out the  window or the patio door, which could be a number of things as there are deer, raccoon, cats, pheasants, turkeys and many other animals around my property.

Since coming to Olivia, Wendy is a fussy eater and had diarrhea and would only eat cooked chicken at first. This was one of the major issues to be solved for her. I had to try several different  kinds of foods to control her stools and finally found one that worked with Diamond Naturals Chicken dry food. She still will only eat when she feels hungry and is not always at the  regular feeding times of other dogs. Wendy prefers her food on the floor and if you put it in a dish she will overturn it and then eat. Sometimes she will even spread the food out on the floor before eating and pick out what she wants, even though it all the same food.  She is a very slow eater and can take up to 15 minutes to eat and also wants someone near her. Of course, being a slow eater and submissive my other fosters would steal food if you weren't near to keep them away and she would get up and leave. I have also found she likes raw hides, bones or other meat as treats. Too many treats though and she will refuse to eat her regular food and only want treats.

Wendy will lay and let you brush her and when she is done she will move away to another spot. When she first came, she would run and lay in front of your feet when you were walking and once I almost  fell over her. I  would only pet her when I would approach her and not when she would lay in front of me. This has helped to solve this problem and now she will actually sit or stand instead of lay down in front of me. She does get excited once in a  while when she wants attention and will  jump up for a pet.

Wendy rides very well in the car and will lay down or just look out the window. She is very good if you have to leave to run into the store. She will jump into the vehicle herself and back out when you come home.

Wendy has started to play with toys and needs to be watched as she chews eyes and noses out of them sometimes, but doesn't play with a ball as yet.

She does come on the bed at night, but being Eamon also jumps on the bed she will leave when he comes up. She sleeps on dog beds on the floor and the only time on the couch was when she wanted to bury a rawhide for later.

Wendy would do well with another young confident dog to play with and keep her motivated. She would do well in a house without a lot of commotion and children who are older-7yrs and up.

Wendy would  bark at the cat or growl if near when eating and sometimes try to chase him. Lately, she has pretty much ignored him. She would have to be watched if being introduced to new cats, until she was comfortable with them and should be fine.

Wendy does not like flies. She actually jumped up on the coffee table by the window to try and catch one that was in the house one day. Quite a surprise to me at the time, as happened so fast.

Please keep watching as though unavailable at the moment, in the next month she may be ready to find a forever home if everything goes well the rest of this month. Anyone wishing to donate to Wendy or the other Turkey Dogs may contact RAGOMat their website. Thank you for watching.