Just wanted to give all of you who have been praying and those who also have been sending their good thoughts for Terra. She has improved dramatically. Her red blood cells are up to 34 and her platelets are normal. She doesn't have to be rechecked for another month.

The only situation we are facing now is that we have had to keep her away from the other dogs. She has always been sassy to them if we give her any attention. If we train her when we are done and put her with the other dogs she snarls at them, and we have to correct her. She has been snarling so, we are working on getting them back together.

Sharon

I'm so glad she's better!

You might want to give more particulars on the snarling thing. Is it when you have been giving her attention, like a training session, and now you start to give that attention to another dog?

I was reading some thread or another here today and saw one of your posts with the picture of your dogs and it got me wondering how Terra was doing. I'm so glad to hear she is improving, and I hope she will continue to do well. Thanks for the update!

Connie: When I review my dogs training. I start with them in the kitchen and take one out to the living room.(there is a gate separating them. We go through our paces and then I put them back. As I put Cody and Bindi away she if fine. But when it comes to her turn, and she if finished, when we put her back or let the other dogs out, she will stiffen up and act aggressive toward them and sometimes she even snarls.
Now that we have had to separate her from the other two dogs for her own safety, (if they played too hard, she could have bled internally. She was not to be bumped or rough housed with) when they come up to the gate she snarls at them. Or when we have them all tied out in the living room so they can see each other but not reach each other, she will snarl..of course causes the others to stare and Cody cries and then when she doesn't heed his discomfort, he barks at her.
We are working on them getting back together. Next time I will not keep them separated. When Cody was sick he snarled at the other dogs when they came up to him and they understood, I do not feel good, get away. So we had no social problems with them.
Our plan is to keep putting them out on the leashes in the living room, to begin walking them on leashes in the back yard together. And I am feeding them within view of each other (separated by a screen door)
Terra is usually very submissive with the other dogs and always with us. BUt in this one area, she has a problem now.
That's the scoop. You can see they usually get along well in their picture. Bindi cleans both Cody and Terra's ears and they usually lay together and play together. Terra never had dog skills or people skills when we got her, she has learned a lot so, we are hoping the things we are doing will work.

Sharon

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Also, are you practicing NILIF?

And have you actually started on-leash walking with the dogs? Can she walk at a pace that doesn't allow for stink-eye towards the dogs on your other side?


"Or when we have them all tied out in the living room so they can see each other but not reach each other, she will snarl..of course causes the others to stare and Cody cries and then when she doesn't heed his discomfort, he barks at her. "

What do you do then?

Connie: yes terra can walk short distances without getting too tired. This morning we took Tera and Bindi out for a walk with their leashes in the back yard. Terra was overjoyed to see Bindi and wanted to get close to her. Bindi was a little warry but then after walking them awhile, each having no issues with each other they sniffed each other and then started kissing each other. then we took cody with her and they immediately started trying to hunt lizards together. So, it seems to have worked out. Terra still can't play with them but right now Bindi is cleaning Terra's ears and they are all laying together. So, so far, so good. Thank you Lord!

Connie thanks for the thread. Sharon