Hello RAGOM land, it's me, Lexie! Or Lena, whichever you prefer. I'm not picky. "Puppy, puppy, puppy" works too -- as long as you say it in a high voice, I'll come running! :) I've been in my foster home for 6 days now, and foster mom (FM) tells me I've made SO much progress!
I've learned to go up the stairs, but must admit I'm still a little afraid to go back down. No problem though, I run up them all the time and then bark at FM to come pick me up and bring me back down. Guess I have her trained pretty well. I was on a little bit of a hunger strike for the first couple of days when FM tried to get me to eat what she calls good, "healthy" dog food. We made a deal though, and she let me eat some mushy stuff for a while, but now I'm holding up my end of the bargain and, you know, I think I might actually like the good stuff! And as long as she takes my clinky tags off before I eat, I'm even brave enough to eat out of the bowl! FM says I am also a potty-training superstar! I admit that I've had a few accidents, but she says that's to be expected b/c I'm only a little girl afterall. She seemed surprised that I knew what she meant when we go outside and she tells me to "go potty". Duh, how hard is that?
Mostly I spend my days entertaining myself with my toys and bones, cuddling on FM's lap, and romping around with foster fur brother Zach. We especially love to wrestle on FM's bed. Did you see the picture of me "able to leap over Zach in a single bound"? Yep, I think he was surprised by how well I can hold my own in our wrestle sessions, but it's not like I'm some wimpy little girl. FM calls me a "scrapper" and a "tomboy", whatever that means. I am still trying to win over my other foster brother, Mason... mostly by biting at his long, fluffy tail feathers, but he is still playing hard to get with me. Go figure. FM says not to worry about him though, b/c he is a crotchety old man at the ripe old age of 5. Silly, I say! Life is about having fun! Good thing Zach seems to agree with me!!!
FM tells me that lots of nice people have asked about meeting me, and I'm just SO excited to think that I might have a family of my very OWN soon. We even have a meeting planned with one of them this evening, although there is a lot of white stuff falling from the sky right now, so FM said I might have to be patient in case they can't make it tonight. I'll try!
Well, I guess it's about nap time for me. My favorite napping spot is right here on FM's lap, but she says that once in a while she actually needs two hands to type so that she can afford my dog food. In that case, I guess I am ok snuggling up in my favorite blanket (thanks Ellie!) in my crate. Thanks for reading about me and my new life... I feel so lucky to be a RAGOM girl!
Ta ta for now,Lexie