We adopted a German Shepherd Dog (GSD) this past Saturday. She had been in foster care since late January. The woman she was with said she saw "Girlfriend" on a country road 4 miles from her house where she thinks she was abandoned and that "Girlfriend" followed her home.



She took "Girlfriend" to the vet to make sure she was up-to-date on her shots. They said her heartworm test returned a "light" positive and they prescribed 6 months of Heartgard Plus and said she should be retested after. The vet she is about 4-5 years old.

She had been an outside dog most of the time she was with the foster so we tried to give her a bath shortly after we got her home, but she didn't want anything to do with that. She didn't fight us or anything - no growling or biting - she just would not stand still for it. I think we were just trying to do too much in the short time we had known each other. Since we've been letting her sleep on our bed, we took her to Petsmart Monday and they were able to give her a bath. The grooming even said that she was a perfect angel the whole time.



She's starting to open up more. She'll usually come to me when I call her, unless she's already laying down. She's even started wagging her tell when she comes to one of us. She seems to really like sleeping on our bed, even though she doesn't leave much room for me. At first we had to coax her onto the bed, but now she'll jump up there on her own.