After searching for a year, my friend across the street finally got herself a puppy, an 8 week old German Shepherd which she named Scully, after the agent in the X Files.
After being liberated from a 9-pup litter, Scully is enjoying being an only child.
She is doing an excellent job of training her two human “slaves” to recognize when she is hungry or needs to go out. The human have already gotten into the habit of putting ice cubes in her water (she loves them) and mixing her dry food with canned.
She is learning words, like her name and “No”.
Last evening, James and I were invited to dinner, and, like a young human, Scully decided to misbehave, attempting to bite the furniture and climb the stairs to the second floor, both of which are prohibited.
At one point, she was put in her cage for a “time out”, but escaped shortly thereafter.
We think Miss Scully might have been “beat up on” by her litter mates because she is cautious around people she doesn’t know and it takes her a long while to warm up.
She never did get used to James, although she watched him with an eagle eye. This nonplussed James, who loves dogs and is used to them, but he courteously left her alone, being sure not to “corner” her or to try to pet her.
I got her some treats yesterday which she seems to like, so James might try to feed her 1 or 2 today. Scully is intelligent and has a good memory, so it’ll be interesting to see if this “sticks”.