Toffee came to us a couple of months ago after a trial adoption that didn't work out for her. Her adopters claimed she hated their Boxer puppy, which was highly possible since she had just been spayed and wanted to be left alone. We worked through her distaste for walking on a leash, her fear of cars, her barking at strangers, and - most of all - her housebreaking. She wasn't doing very well at the adoption days because, despite the fact that she had turned into a normal, crazy puppy at home, she was still really shy at the adoption days. We had a breakthrough when Debi and George found her on the Forgotten Friends Web site and wanted to meet her at the Riverside Dog Park. There, they were able to see that, at least with us, she was a quite normal 6-month-old puppy. She was absolutely terrified of them, but they took her home for a trial adoption anyway and by the end of the day she was cuddling up to them on the couch and playing nicely with their Terrier/Chihuahua mix, Buddy! Debi and George have had Toffee for a week now and they have no intentions of giving her back. We and all our neighbors (and their dogs) sorely miss Toffee. Hopefully we'll get to see her at least once more when her adoption is finalized!
-Sylvia
