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 Spencer
had been sighted several times running along the side of the highway. He
had always managed to elude rescue until one day he just stood, waiting
for someone to come along & pick him up. It was like he was too hungry &
tired to run any more & he was ready to accept help.
Our best
guess is that Spencer is about 4 years old now. His back legs were damaged
in an accident sometime before he came to the sanctuary but he can still
run with the best of them. He's an active Border Collie & rates a well
deserved "10" on anyone's scale except for his hind quarters. That minor
defect doesn't bother him, so I don't think it should bother anyone else.
Spencer will be a wonderful companion to these Very Special People who
have opened their hearts to him.
UPDATE
6-07-2005:
Carole,
Spencer has found his "spot".
He came into the office last night while I was on the computer, and found
a little space to crawl into to curl up and feel secure. He is in here
right now cutting ZZZZZZs. Tough afternoon at the vet I guess.
So far, so good. Spencer and the girls have gotten along great. Mike left
Lucky so that I could take her to the vet this week for more HeartGuard,
and except for a small disagreement about who would sleep in "Mom's"
bedroom last night, life has been rosy. Actually it wasn't much of a
disagreement, just a mad dash to see who could get to the two floor
pillows first. Lucky and Tip won, so Spencer acquiesced and went back to
his "spot" in the office which is right next to the bedroom.
Tip actually brought him a stuffed animal this morning, dropped it at his
feet and then just stared. When he didn't take the hint, she picked up the
toy and headed for Lucky so they could play tug-of-war. He is beginning to
catch on though. He has been following them around all day.
When we get Spencer healed up and groomed I'll send a picture.
Ann
UPDATE
6-08-2005:
Carole--
Spencer has a new wrinkle. He doesn't like Tip's toys, probably because
she is always flipping them around in front of him trying to get him to
play with her. Anyway, I have caught him several times taking them out in
the backyard and nosing them under the fence towards the lake. He is so
funny. Then when I go retrieve them he just gives me this look like, why
did you go do that? He will get the hint.
He has the same sort of growly greeting in the morning that Lucky has.
It's so funny. It's not a real growl, just a half growl, half bark. Both
dogs are doing it at the same time, with their back ends all but
collapsing with all the wagging.
He gets more and more comfortable every day. Of course yesterday when a
friend came over he escaped when I opened the front door. The only reason
we were able to catch him is because he was totally preoccupied with the
neighbor's trash which was sitting at the curb waiting for pick-up. I
really need to work on him coming when called.
We have started working on clicker training with the help of the other two
dogs. The first time we used the clicker Spencer high-tailed it outside
through the doggie door. However, when he realized there was Bil-Jack
associated with the click he quit that immediately.
L8tr.
Ann
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