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11/25/11 Tillie is a a fun loving girl
and she is really enjoying life. Tillie has found her weight loss to be
rewarding, as she now loves to go out and sprint! She's now down to 67.4
lbs. which is about 10 lbs. of weight lost! She's working hard to lose more
weight to continue to bring out that healthy looking boxer physique.
Tillie is pretty quiet around the house and loves soft dog beds or
curling up with her foster brother. She does enjoy play time and loves to
get the attention of us humans in the house by bringing us toys to play
with. Tillie's time in her crate is now limited to when we are not home. I
work from home so she is accustomed to being out of her crate the vast
majority of the time and is only crated when we leave the house. Tillie is
used to being around other dogs from growing up in the puppy mill. She
follows her foster brother around and likes to be laying close enough to be
touching him. Tillie will need to join a home that has another dog. She's
good with our dog, adults and kids. We hope that Tillie's furever family
with her new canine companion will come to love and appreciate her fun and
relaxed boxer personality.
10/31/11
Included is a new picture of
Tillie with her foster brother after a romp in the snow!
10/10/11
Tillie is an absolutely
lovely dog that loves to give boxer kisses, her paw, and just get attention
period. She is progressing nicely and is adapting well to in home living.
Tillie now spends the vast majority of the time outside of her crate. She
goes in the crate when we leave the house and at night. She recently
discovered that she loves toys! This girl will play for hours by herself
with a basket of toys.
We recently had the family over and there were 11 people who interacted
with her. It took her a few minutes to warm up, but she enjoyed playing with
our 3 nieces ages 8 - 13. In addition, Tillie recently got to meet a 21
month old and enjoyed giving her kisses. I would say that Tillie gets along
very well with children.
We recently went on a road trip, so we packed the crate for Tillie and
off we went. She stayed in the back of the SUV with her foster brother for
the 5 hour drive. She rode very well in the back of the car in both
directions. She was a little shy in the new surroundings once we reached our
destination, but warmed up in about 24 hours. We believe that Tillie does
adapt well to all situations -each one just takes time and for every new
encounter or change of scenery, the adaptation time has be come less and
less.
One more bit of info for Tillie's update - we got on the scale together
and we're happy to say Tillie lost her first pound!
9/26/11
Matilda (aka Tillie) is
adjusting well to her foster home after leaving her interim foster home with
the Moyers. Tillie is getting along well with her 10.5 year old foster
brother, Vito. Tillie enjoys walks and likes to explore outside. She's
getting accustomed to all kinds of noises and environments and is coming out
of her puppy mill shell. We've started a regular exercise routine and she
walks well on a leash. Tillie discovered a toy yesterday and hasn't let it
leave her side since. She is a very sweet dog and has NOT had an accident
inside the house. She's spending more time each day away from her crate.
However, it is her comfort zone and she likes to have freedom to go in and
out as she likes.
Tillie loves to give boxer kisses to the entire family and visitors. She
has an excellent disposition and we need to continue to encourage her to
enter all rooms of the house freely. She ventures through the house at
times, but is still a bit timid and not accessing the entire house by her
own decision. We'll continue to provide updates as her personality comes
out, her progress on weight loss, and overall adjustment to a home
environment.
9/18/11
Matilda or 'Tillie' as we call
her, is just a joy to have around. She's all wiggles and kisses - all the
time. She still spends a lot of time roaming around her new environment,
getting used to living inside a house, but she becomes more comfortable
everyday. She loves to be outside running around and watching the
neighbors.
Since being with her temporary foster, Tillie has done well with all the
resident dogs, big and small. She has also not had a single accident in the
house since being sprung from the mill. Tillie is going to make a wonderful
companion for someone as she loves to be with people. Give this sweetie a
chance and apply for her today! Check out her video at the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoG17FxAunY
9/13/11
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Miss Matilda was surrendered to AABR from a puppy mill. Matilda is
one of the luckier girls from the puppy mills - she is well-fed (actually
overfed). Matilda needs to lose a little weight to get her figure
back. She is also well groomed and appears well socialized with people. As
we find out more about this girl, we will update her page. |
