I Got a Dog

Joy finally relented to my pestering and said yes to getting a dog as long as it was a German Shepherd Dog. Yea! I like big dogs and... well, you know the rest. I researched German Shepherds and found two rescue groups in Houston. I ended up going with the Greater Houston German Shepherd Dog Rescue. From the time I turned in the application to when we got Gabriela was about three weeks. It took a little longer because she was undergoing treatment for heart worms.

We met her at her foster mom's house first to see if we both liked each other, and it went well, so we moved forward with getting everything set up. She came to live with us on July 4th. She was very shy and skittish. The only tail wags she gave for the first week were for Percival. She so wanted to be friends with him. After that first week, though, I finally got a tail wag. That made me so happy.

Now she is really coming out of her shell. I love that she has a loud bark and uses it anytime she sees a stranger near the house or when someone rings the door bell. She's a pretty good walker unless she sees what my friend Meredith calls a "morsel", a small yappy dog or a squirrel. Then she wants to take off after it. I've also figured out she is not too fond of male dogs as those can set her off too. We are definitely going to have to work on that. Despite all that I love her! She is the best dog ever. And she's pretty smart. I'm trying to teach her the names of all her toys. We're still practicing, but she always knows what I mean when there's one toy out no matter what I call it. She's also helped get me out of the house more, which is nice. I never wanted to go walking by myself before, but now I have Gabs to go with me.