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And with Jules

Very handsome (lass?)

Awwww - what does Jules think of her ?

What's her story? Very handsome dog.

Blaze wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:17 pm Awwww - what does Jules think of her ?

He is, being non-dominant, wary. But she is of him too. Neither are dominant which makes for a good balance.
She gave a little lip curl when he was near while she was eating, and he saw it which was a good thing, but she is a very slow eater and easily put off so I feed him first to get him out of the way.
Then again, when he was taking up most of the dog settee and she was hovering in anticipation of him vacating it, he gave a series of almost inaudible little growls, and she eventually moved away.

Took her for her first lone walk in the field this morning on the 30 metre lunge for training purposes. Difficult to test recall at first because she never wandered away from me, but then I wandered away from her and was rewarded with some good early response to whistle and voice, while jumping up and down, slapping thighs and waving arms like a giant bird's wings.

[mention]Veem[/mention] Long and troubled. Found wandering in Seville, possibly dumped by a breeder with no further use for her, taken into a fourriere to await claiming or death, rescued into a refuge and then foster family, treated for a disease I have never heard of all at the expense of PAD (Dobermann asso) who promised to bring her to France as soon as an adopter was found. Then via van through about 8 countries ending at the adoptantes near Besancon. Sadly, a family emergency of some kind prevented her staying so moved on yet again to a family near Limoges who wanted to adopt her, but then they changed their minds, ostensibly because of husband's illness and then, here, as a foster but at her age of 9 it is unlikely that she will move on again. I wouldn't be surprised if, like Jules, she was placed in panier retraite before long. This is reserved for dogs of a certain age who, unlikely to be adopted, stay with their fosterers for life with the fosterers paying for food while PAD picks up all the vet bills.

Poor girl. Another sad story. Let's hope that they sort out their minor differences and learn to coexist - or even better, really make friends.

Veem wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 3:16 pm Poor girl. Another sad story. Let's hope that they sort out their minor differences and learn to coexist - or even better, really make friends.

Oh they're co-existing alright, and the minor warnings regarding space are a good thing, as long as it is mutual, and it is.

We had the same ballet with Harper Grace, although a couple of 'handbags' on both sides, but when I saw HG carefully climbing into a limited space alongside Jules on the settee, and him doing no more than keeping a watchful eye, I knew we had made it.

It's normal that it takes time for them to get used to each other. Jules is probably very patient - he has probably learnt things from his experiences with Her Grace ! Poor Noubia, what a sad life she has had. It won't be long before she will realise she's hit the jackpot !

Spardo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:59 pm at her age of 9 it is unlikely that she will move on again. I wouldn't be surprised if, like Jules, she was placed in panier retraite before long. This is reserved for dogs of a certain age who, unlikely to be adopted, stay with their fosterers for life with the fosterers paying for food while PAD picks up all the vet bills.

Lovely idea.

Welcome to FIF, Noubia!