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Been meaning to post an update on Patti. She's doing well! She had her first heartworm shot at the start of October, then shots 2 and 3 on successive days about 10 days ago. When we picked her up after the last one, we were able to officially adopt her. (The rescue keeps things on a foster basis till then.) But in reality, we've had her about two months now. She has to stay calm (well, as calm as possible) for another six weeks or so. It's tough--while she does sleep a lot and is very sweet, she gets worked up by the presence of some delivery people, some neighbors, and the bunnies that scurry around the neighborhood. So she has to go in the crate sometimes.

We're crazy about her, she's a great companion. She occasionally chews on things she shouldn't, and she's peed in the house three times--twice in rooms that she normally isn't in unattended, so that's on us. But she's otherwise just awesome.

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Patti had her first visit to the vet Friday. The place was recommended by friends, and it was great--very clean, and everyone was friendly and thorough. We knew she had heartworms, a kennel cough, and tapeworms in her stool, and we came away feeling good about the treatment plans. She may be getting over the latter two conditions already thanks to the meds. No other issues have cropped up unless something shows up in her bloodwork (they tested her for heartworms too, just to be sure). Patti handled it very well, she was chill the whole time.

Saturday we got our first visitors (my brother-in-law and his girlfriend) to the house since we got her. Patti apparently is very defensive of the house, as she barked and growled at them pretty frequently--whereas she's totally fine with strangers when we're out and about, like on the Starbucks patio. Oh well, maybe she'll mellow on this front; she's only been here less than two weeks.

Here she is snoozing on the couch Sunday next to me after the "invaders" left.
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How very true. I often see people out jogging.. (or worse still..cycling..with the dog lead attached to the bicycle)... with their dog on a lead. They forget that while a dog needs exercise, just as important to him/her is the ability to have a sniff. They forget that dogs "see" the world through their nose.