Meet Penny! – Oh My Canine!

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Meet Penny, this stunning girl:

In the foreground, a white arm with a black watch band reaches forward to stroke the chin of Penny, a white Catahoula leopard dog with a pink and brown freckled nose, one open blue eye, and one closed eye. Her ears hang down along her head and both have injuries on the tips. The background is blurred to obscure the permanent mess of the kitchen shelves behind Penny.

If we’re linked on Instagram, you’ve already briefly met this stunning lady. Nevertheless, I’d desire to formally introduce her and share her story with you!

Nevertheless, first, a actuality: I did not depend on to be introducing a canine to you instantly. Really, I deliberate–and nonetheless do plan–to write down down two posts about pet loss and grief, one specific to kids shedding a pet and one specific to a cat shedding a canine biggest pal. These posts will nonetheless come on account of I imagine they’re invaluable. And, moreover, I didn’t depend on to undertake a model new canine until the spring.

Why the spring? Successfully, I assumed housetraining throughout the winter could be an unlimited ache. Moreover, John tore his labrum (shoulder cartilage… I imagine?) and needed to have a fairly essential surgical process the week between Christmas and New Yr’s. I figured on prime of our widespread crazy life, plus his restoration (no driving for him for a month!!!), it wasn’t the right time for a canine.

And the universe laughed.

And delivered us Penny.

Penny, the Catahoula leopard dog, with a mostly white coat and a smattering of brown spots on her hind end, reclines on a gray poof with a cream, red, and green knit blanket on top.

10 details about Penny:

She had a LONG journey to our dwelling. Confiscated from a hoarding state of affairs in Alabama, she was bumped to an overcrowded shelter. Then, a private rescue picked her (and one among her puppies) up, then she was moved to a foster who wasn’t ready to take care of her, so she was despatched to a special rescue and one different foster, after which–lastly–to our family.
On account of her background, she’s a timid and fearful lady. We have a LOT of skill-building to work on alongside along with her!
Penny is bilaterally deaf (deaf in every ears) and unilaterally blind (blind in her correct eye).
She can’t get ample affection. Like, if you stop patting her to take a sip of our espresso, she nuzzles you until you get once more to it. She needs to climb all one of the simplest ways into your lap or push in opposition to your hip or lean in your shoulder at. all. events.
Penny is afraid of Newt and Ripley and supplies them a WIDE berth. Which is nice. It’ll help them perception her sooner, I imagine.
At her first go to to our vet, she was the popular girl throughout the place! She soaked up all the attention, and ended up with a mostly-clean bill of effectively being. She has hookworms (blech) and a little bit of particles in her side the vet thinks is a bb (grrr) nonetheless in some other case she’s in good type.
Sweet Penny doesn’t have the ability to walk from room to room however. Why? No idea! She’s too scared to enter the kitchen the least bit, and she or he fully will not stroll upstairs. We had a HUGE win when she started strolling from the mattress room to the lounge on her private. Nonetheless, she presses up in opposition to the wall and skitters between these rooms. Throughout the meantime, I merely carry her in all places. She’ll get it, and by likelihood I’ve tons of persistence (for animals)! 🙂
After her first week with us, Penny grew to develop into assured ample to run throughout the yard, and she or he is now an skilled at zoomies! She has however to play with a toy, though, so we’re slowly serving to her be taught to canine.
She’s listed as a Catahoula leopard canine–a breed I do know nothing about nonetheless am having enjoyable with learning! That said, I’m going to DNA check out her. Has anyone completed one simply currently? Is there a hottest mannequin currently? I haven’t completed one since I did the Data Panel with Cooper and Lucas so would love any insights!
She’s principally white with a smattering of brown spots, along with one heart-shaped spot on her hip.

A closeup of the back right hip of Penny, the Catahoula leopard dog. Her coat is mostly white except a scattering of brown spots across her back end. This closeup shows one large heart-shaped spot in the middle of several brown splotches.

As chances are high you may already know, our family is learning ASL already–our daughter, Astrid, was born hard-of-hearing and attends a sign-immersive preschool program at our state’s Deaf faculty, so we already have a secure background. That said, this is usually a full new downside for me as a lifelong clicker coach! I’ve to assemble new talents as I help Penny alongside! I acquired an essential referral for a neighborhood coach to work with, and I’m following these motion pictures on YouTube.

I’ll have moderately extra to share, in spite of everything, as we get to know Penny and go on this new journey collectively. I’ve always written about issues related to what I’m going via with my very personal canines. That’s what started this weblog and the best way I plan to proceed. So, whereas I lined treatment canine work with Emmett, reactive canine teaching with Lucas and Cooper, pit bull advocacy, and so much further specific to them, with pretty Penny, I’ve so much further to review and share. Some issues off the best of my head that I’ll be defending: the double merle gene that causes these canines to be deaf or blind, teaching a deaf canine, teaching a partially-sighted canine, her breed knowledge, and additional.

What would YOU desire to find out about Penny or what widespread canine issues would you wish to discuss in 2024? I’d wish to know what you’re fascinated by and what you’d wish to debate!

Throughout the meantime, let’s be a part of on Instagram! I’m sharing gobs and gobs of Penny pics there and may chronicle her journey further typically in that home!