Bailey = Possibly the Best Puppy EVER

So, I'm pretty sure we have been blessed with the best puppy... EVER. She really is amazing.
Yesterday, as I mentioned, I took her to Petsmart, on a one hour car ride to Atlanta, and to my parents house where there were new people and 2 new dogs to meet. While I will admit that she wasn't PERFECT in the car on the way to Atlanta (she was desperate to get in my lap!) she was perfect on the way home. She tried to get in my lap once and after telling her "No" and patting the passenger seat, she laid down and slept in her own seat for the rest of the trip home. At Petsmart she was very curious, but super polite to everyone who wanted to love on her. And, in Atlanta, she played very well with two dogs who, I believe its safe to say, are a bit high strung. They met, sniffed, and chilled with no real issues on Bailey's part. She may or may not have been the culprit behind the puddle of pee on the carpet at my parents house, but since she has yet to have an accident in our house, I think it may be more likely that Lola did it... but who knows, it could have been her.
She has slept great in her crate at night, although last night she yapped at me a couple of times at around 12:30am, she went back to sleep after i "shushed" her and reached into the cage to reassure her that I was still there.
And, lastly, she is QUICKLY learning her name and to come when I call her, and we're working on "sit" and "sit and wait" when its time to eat which she only does occasionally, but we're getting there.
Our only real problem (thats really more of an annoyance than a true problem) is that she's worse that Caroline when it comes to pulling things off tables and picking stuff up off the floor to chew on.. nothing is safe in this house anymore unless its 3 feet or more off the ground! I guess this can be our motivation to keep the house clean :)
Heres a few more pics of the cutie pie! Remember, she's only $65 to adopt and she's already been "fixed"!!





One more cute story: she was playing "ball" with Caroline this evening. Caroline would throw the ball and it would roll on the floor and Bailey would pounce on it and take it over to the dog bed. Caroline would then take the ball from Bailey and the game would start again, much to the delight of BOTH of them. And when the ball would roll under the coffee table, both Caroline and Bailey would get down on their bellies on the ground and peek under the table at the ball until I would rescue it for them. It was precious!

And her name is Bailey!

On our drive to Atlanta today I finally came up with a proper name for the puppy (thanks for your help, Danis). So Bailey it is... it suits her, I think.
No accidents yet today.. a good sign. Meeting some new friends, Molly and Lola, and doing great adjusting to new situations like car rides, Petsmart and a different house to explore. More to come.

Foster Puppy Adventures: Day One

***NOTE*** The purpose of this blog is to showcase this sweet little puppy in the hopes of finding her a forever home. I will be telling ALL, the good and the bad.

While Jeremy was in Egypt, I received an email about the Hall county Animal Shelter needing temporary foster homes for some dogs that they are taking to an adoption expo out of state at the end of April. I, being the complete sucker that I am, thought "wow! we could totally do that!" So I mentioned it to Jeremy during one of our conversations and he said he thought it would be okay. (I later found out that we had this conversation when it was 12am in Egypt and he had just woken up long enough to call me and say goodnight before he went back to sleep... hehe, oops :)
So, last week I went up to the shelter (conveniently located RIGHT next door to where I work)and agreed to foster one of the dogs.. I even got to pick out which one I wanted.. and let me tell you, she is ADORABLE. She is about 5 months old, black and brown brindle with a white chest, possible boxer mix?, big brown eyes, big floppy ears, and the tiniest little under bite.. so cute!
We picked her up this afternoon and brought her home and I was, truthfully, really nervous about how she'd do with Caroline (who is 11 months old and walking EVERYWHERE!)but I was especially nervous about introducing her to my two dogs, Abby and Ella. Abby is a 70lb white boxer and Ella is a 55lb brindle pit/chow mix. I was afraid they would be aggressive towards her and hurt her, and then I'd have to call the shelter and tell them my dogs killed their sweet little puppy. But in the end, i was worried over nothing. She is GREAT with Caroline. No jumping, no biting, only DESPERATE attempts to get the child to play with her. Caroline was walking around playing with various things and poor little puppy was trying SO hard to get her attention, doing that little play bow where they stick their butts in the air, tail wagging, front paws and head on the floor, just BEGGING to be played with. She even went so far as to let our a couple of "yap yaps" at Caroline, who was not impressed and just patted the puppy on the head and kept walking. Poor little puppy just sat there, hoping she'd come back! One thing to mention would be that, in true puppy form, she picks EVERYTHING up off the floor and tries to chew on it... gotta start working on teaching her which toys are for her and which toys are for the baby!
So then it was time to introduce our dogs to the puppy, so we took everyone to the back yard to be in more neutral territory. Puppy was, needless to say, excited about making some new friends. And my dogs? Abby spent most of the time knocking the puppy over, showing her who is boss, and Ella only growled at the puppy when she was trying to lick Ella's...eh hem, "undercarriage". And Puppy kept coming back for more, following my dogs around, chasing after them, jumping on them and trying to be their new BFF. AND, while she was out side she pooped and peed (to big praises from us) and has not had an accident in the house...yet.
All in all, a successful introduction and first day.
And, a few pics of the new girl, who needs a name other than "puppy".. any suggestions???