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UPDATE
6/17/22 FOSTER UPDATE: Warning total love bug that can’t hold his kisses! We have been fostering Decoy for a week. At times it’s hard to believe that Decoy was a stray as he is a perfect gentleman inside, but you have to invite him in each and every time it’s time to come inside. He’s had no accidents inside. He is afraid of the television.
He gets along well with our Border Collie, but as she is a herder she directs him where she wants him to be and he lets her! He walks well on a leash, but does pull a little, we are continuing to work on that. He is afraid of the UPS and FedEx trucks. He loves to play fetch! Tonight he crawled in my lap and fell asleep, he is starting to trust us.
He can sit. He is crate trained. No food insecurities or aggression and has not displayed any resource guarding. He does not appear to have separation anxiety. He plays well with his toys. Loves to make them squeak, but has not destroyed any. Decoy does not like tags on things. He did tear the tag off of his crate mat and off of a blanket, but did not chew on the blanket or the mat just removed the tags. Our goals with Decoy for next week are to work on leash pulling, teach “down” (not off, just to lay down.). He is also going to be evaluated at daycare for socialization with other dogs, not just being herded by our dog.
Decoy was originally found as a stray before arriving with CLR. He is a stunning two year old who is not very large at around 45 pounds. We know that’s the perfect size for many of you. Once he no longer needs his post neuter cone, we will take some new glamour shots of this very handsome boy. We doubt he’s had the opportunity to receive must guidance learning some better manners. Manners can be learned and far more important is his sweet and loving temperament. His transporters said he was a good boy in the car, even took his treats so gently, and the final comment was “He’s a wonderful dog”! We just love hearing that.
Decoy received a wonderful report at daycare and we wanted to share with everyone. This definitely confirms that he is such a very good boy!
