Just wanted to send an update on Lucy Benatar (we call her Lucy, but her full name is Lucy Benatar Funk!!). She is doing very, very well in her new home. She started out her life with us with a six hour car ride - she was nervous the first two hours, but then relaxed enough to sleep the rest of the way. We followed your advice letter, and had her meet Wesley first - at my sister's house. The meeting went just fine - that was the first time we saw her wag her tail! And Wesley was so excited - he loved meeting her, and when she came in the car with us to go home, he was just overjoyed!!!
We could tell by Lucy's reaction to the people at the rest stops on the way from MI that she was wary of strangers walking up to her, so I placed her in my daughter's arms when we got home, and that went just fine. The cat sniffed her, and said something (???) to her when she first got to our house, but they have been just fine together, too.
She is such a cuddler - just exactly what my daughter wanted - so those two have been inseperable since Lucy's arrival. I can tell each day that she is less nervous and jumpy. She's about 75% house trained, so we are still working on that. But my main concern was that all the animals would get along, and that is going beautifully, so the rest will come.
Lucy follows Wesley around and it's cute to see how she copies what he does, so we are very lucky that she has such a wonderful dog as her teacher :-) Because of her timidness and puppy mill background, this has been a very different adjustment than with Wesley, but she is such a sweet dog, that we have all fallen in love with her and are so very glad that she is part of our family. Thank you again so very, very much for helping to bring her into our lives.
Cindy F
Minnetonka MN
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