Velvet

She’s very sweet and loves attention and is full of energy! A high energy, active home or owner and with perhaps a bonus young dog friend as a brother or sister would work. Bulleit (fosters dog) is a little too old for Velvet. She means no harm but he’s not interested in the rough housing play at his age. I didn’t get to cat testing yet but she sees most everything as “play” so I’m assuming a moving cat would excite her. 

She crates very well and I do have to crate her when I leave the house. Absolutely.  I also crate her every other night. On the nights I don’t I sleep downstairs with her and Bulleit on the couch since she’s still not doing stairs.  She doesn’t care for the crate at first and barks and whines but eventually settles down after a few minutes. In it all night with no problems. She’s house trained. I do continue to crate her when I am not home and she does great all day, many of which are pretty long. When I crate her at night she also does a wonderful job. I crate her because of her puppy tendency to chew. I am still correcting her and providing her with plenty of toys and bones to keep her busy but she still requires a watchful eye while I’m home. She’s a typical puppy. However, her play “biting” of humans is also now under control. 

She’s a chewer. She chews it all!  Pillows, dog beds, etc. I’m still home on medical leave so I’ve been able to be with her pretty much most of the day, all day. She needs very careful watch and pretty much constant correcting.  We’re using “leave it” as the command. I’ve bought her bones, squeak tennis balls, etc. she chews and plays with those but still gravitates towards household items whenever something catches her eye.  And I run her at least three times a day outside playing fetch with her balls. She loves that and the fenced yard. 

When she arrived she was a jumper. Counter and people.  So, that command is “off!”. I have had her now for a month and she’s doing much, much better with her jumping. A quick correction and she knows to sit and wait for her “person” to come down to her level for love and petting. Same goes for her counter jumping and begging for food at dinner time. And, she sits like a good girl for her treats and for her food. A+ on that front! And, she’s also mastered stairs. Yeah! 

She’ll make a sweet loving dog to a high energy family who can invest in the training. She will require training. She might be two but she’s all puppy!  Loves, loves, loves her tummy rubbed.  Generally speaking, Velvet is a wonderful, sweet and very loving dog that just adores pets and cuddling. She snuggles with her human and sleeps with me and Bulleit at night. From what I can tell, she is thoroughly enjoying being part of the pack. 

She also loves to play and enjoys her fenced yard in particular, she likes to play fetch and run.