Update from His New Foster Home

It's been a week now that Jimmy has been at his new foster home. This is what they had to say about him.

"Jimmy has been settling in well. I believe he and Oxford have worked out the lead dog role, the leader being Ox. We have had no destructive behaviors at all. He has been crated during the workday. He is reluctant and may whimper a bit, but he gets over it pretty quickly. You do want to be careful about him getting out from under a gap in the fence as we found out Saturday.(Note: At my home he didn't try find a way out, but I had 4 girls vs. competing for an Alpha role with a male.) However, he stayed within a couple of blocks and when spotted, he came when called very nicely.

We have been doing even more work on his recall. We took him to a fenced dog park on Sunday night. At the dog park it was awesome watching them work as a team sweeping the high grass for birds. We did some hide and seek finds for freeze dried pheasant wings. Oxford pointed and Jimmy backed him up and honored him almost like he has done that before.

He is a really laid back dog for his age and breed. He has barked but maybe once or twice. He loves to sleep on the end of the bed or on the couch next to you and has been our little shadow. He loves stuffed toys and rawhide bones. He is very playful with Ox they have a couple wrestling matches in the morning and before bed. They love to chase each other in the yard. I believe he loves having a playmate in Ox but he also loves people and is content to be an armrest next to you on the couch all evening."