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Following the Leader

August 4, 2016by The Imperfect Dog Leave a comment

In this case, our leader is Georgie. When I got home from work yesterday, she leapt off of the couch to greet me, all happy wags. She was so sweet […]

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Jonah Update: Sleepin’ on the Bed

February 23, 2016by The Imperfect Dog Leave a comment

I hesitate to say this because I don’t want to jinx anything, but Jonah has become fully integrated in our house. We no longer worry about him interacting with Frankie—it […]

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Jonah Update: Starting to Trust Again

February 16, 2016by The Imperfect Dog Leave a comment

Jonah has really started to relax. He has started jumping into people’s laps to interact with them and is also trusting enough to pass out while laying on someone. And […]

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Jonah Update: Mostly off-leash

January 28, 2016by The Imperfect Dog Leave a comment

  Jonah has been doing very well. He is out and about the house without a leash or tie down about 90% of the time. He has tried to initiate […]

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The Importance of Being Aware

January 16, 2016by The Imperfect Dog 4 Comments

We have been taking our time integrating our foster dog (Jonah) with our resident dog (Frankie) because of Jonah’s unknown background and odd, shut-down behavior. Jonah has been really coming […]

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