Tom went to his new home, and Edna's here!

Good news! Tom found a home. He went to live with a nice, responsible, fun college student and his roommates in Queens last weekend. I wanted to make a few more updates about his training before he left, but I just didn't have time. I started doing a lot of t-touch with him a few weeks before he left, and his behavior outside improved drastically. So far, so good.

Two nights ago I got Edna, another foster pit bull. She was abandoned in a building in Brooklyn, ended up on death row, and in order to save her Louie's Legacy pulled her and put her with a foster mom who was 8 months pregnant with her own (human) baby. So then she got bounced over to me...her first night she was a nervous wreck and cried unless I was touching her. And barked when I went out. And cried in her crate. She has gotten considerably more comfortable (and quiet) and so far we haven't seen any behavior problems.

She still needs to be spayed and is getting over kennel cough. She's about 1, lived with another dog in her previous foster home, knows (very) basic obedience, doesn't jump or chew, and since she realized I'm not going to disappear through the secret door in the back of the bathroom and never return for her, she hasn't made much noise. She walks well on the leash, carries her toy around everywhere, and likes belly rubs a lot.

I don't have much to work with on this one...so there might be a lot of how-to-videos on training useless/awesome tricks coming up in the blog. I'll also continue posting leash-reactivity information as I find it.