Gorgeous girl, gorgeous name.
Iāll have had Penny for a year tomorrow.
When I got her she was reactive as hell and would try to have a go at every dog she saw. Sheās still a little twitchy, but the improvement has been enormous. Photo is her having a snooze with mumās greyhound after playtime.
Still significant separation anxiety, and sheās quite the escape artist, which is a continual worry though. Arriving here in the middle of lockdown and wfh didnāt help, sheās not adapting to return to office very well. But weāll keep working in itā¦
Looks adorable.
Absolutely beautiful.
Good on you. Sheās beautiful and gorgeous to see her so relaxed, safe & happy.
Lola! Sheās just so adorable!
Does she have lips like Cherry Cola?
nahā¦
Dunno, but the champagne tastes just like cherry cola.
I thought Lola was a showgirl (with yellow feathers in her hair).
Is that you Barry?
Dogs can do amazing things to escape. We had a male beagle (they would take the crown as escapees) who after we lined alll digging routes could climb up our post/wire fence reinforced with chicken wire (admittedly patchy/rusty in places) to several feet up, find a weak/rusty spot and work his nose through until he could climb out. He would look around to see if anyone was watching, and if he sensed it, heād show no interest, and hedād bale if you disturbed him. āWho, me? Nothing. Not doing anything I swear.ā Then heād be back at it. Took ages to defeat him and really only stopped when he got old. Got out plenty to chase foxes and dodge me chasing him at 4 am, after hearing him howl all over the neighbourhood! Heād come back bloated with knocked over rubbish bin contents, like Mr creosote! You could only to doff your cap, and hope he didnāt do any serious harm (he did once get pounded for getting onto a nearby place with a pet sheep, but thankfully he did nothing more than bark at it)ā¦ I spent man-weeks on those fences I reckon. We see people walking beagles, too scared to let them off lead. We know why! They are gorgeous though, and great with kids. Ours would jump on him and pull his ears and tail, and he never once growled.
Blondes of the dog world
I have a male beagle who when he was younger pulled apart a wooden fence to get to a buried bone on the other side. They are too smart for their own good sometimes!
But such beautiful dogs.
Yeah, the escape artist thing is real.
I havenāt managed to keep Penny in her run for longer than an hour since Easter. As soon as I go out, sheās panicking, snouting some tiny gap under/between the wire and squeezing through to freak out at the front fence til I get home. She nearly comes up to my hip, but today she escaped through a gap i could only just fit my fist through. Iāll stick another log in the hole tomorrow before work, but Iām sure sheāll find a way to escape that too.
Her latest trick is to get out through the side fence, into the neighbourās alpaca paddock, then run down the fenceline until she can leap into my place again. Some heart in mouth times til I got a bit more confident she wouldnāt bother the alpacas, let me tell you.