Geo Update

If someone would have told me yesterday that within 24 hours we would see Geo running around the house, playing with the Base Pack, and greeting visitors, I wouldn’t have believed it. But it’s true.

I don’t think we have ever seen such a remarkable transformation. Geo doesn’t like commotion, such as Austin’s barking, and we can only assume that she was freaked out at the Shelter and chose to withdraw.

It all started last night while Harriett and I were working on a puzzle. Austin and Sidney were doing their usual evening wrestle and mouth games. Sidney, the social butterfly and self-appointed hostess of the Base Pack, had made several unsuccessful attempts to get Geo involved in the play. But then we started to hear a kind of tapping sound, then tapping quickly followed by scurrying sounds. That turned out to be Geo making tentative play pounces at Austin and Sidney, and then running away, spinning around, and returning to repeat the process. She was clearly wanting to get involved in the play.

Then, without warning, she reached out and hit Sidney in the head with her foot and the game was on! Sidney and Geo started to run a “course” around the house, taking turns chasing each other around with lots of spins and bouncing off the couch. We had to put a stop to that to keep the furniture from being pushed all over the place so they finally settled for a three way wrestle. That went on for about a half hour. From that point on, Geo has been a changed dog. The evening finished off with Geo taking a pretzel from my hand, then giving me a poke to get another one.

Play started this morning just where they left off last night. And to our complete amazement, Geo was smiling and wagging as she greeted our friend Erin when she came into the house.

A couple of things we’ve found out about Geo since yesterday are:

• She’s housebroken and will go to the door and bark when she needs to go out.
• She’s crate trained and goes into the crate willingly to eat and sleep. It should be no problem to crate her when we leave the house.
• She gets along great with other dogs.
• Although she gets a slow, timid start, she warms up to people very quickly.
• She’s had knee surgery and could stand to lose a few pounds.
• She does not like having a camera pointed in her direction. Getting a good picture will have to wait until she gets a little more comfortable here.

For someone with a little patience Geo will make a wonderful companion.