After a weekend of getting to know each other, Elena underwent a name change to Lucy.
After only one night in a new place, Lucy quickly warmed up to us and convinced us to let her sleep Friday night with her crate door open. She was so good that night, we thought we could continue the trend through Saturday night as well.
When we got up Sunday morning, we discovered that Lucy is quite the chewer, having chewed extensively through a very long cord!
After a second cord bit the dust and a third almost joined, all right under our own nose, we decided our current dog toy chest was not making the cut, and it was time to make a trip to Petsmart and see if we couldn't find some toys of her very own to keep her busy.
For Lucy's first trip ever to the pet store, she was intrigued by the birds and turtles, sniffed around for every morsel of food she could find in the store and tried to play with all the dogs she saw! However, we were foster parents on a mission -- to find toys that she could chew up instead of our cords! After an hour in the store, we found success! She finally found a squeaky hippopotomaus that she carried around the store. After some consultation about the best food type for her, we happily made her toy purchase and headed home.
We introduced her to our balcony when we got home and when she wasn't laying around outside in the sun, she was laying around in her kennel, just enjoying the laziness of the days.
Since she's become very fond of our cords, we decided to keep her crated on Sunday night and took her for a very long walk before work. We're starting to get into a routine, that she seems very agreeable to.
Feeding time, walks and trips to the car are all exciting times for all of us, especially the trip to the park this evening for a friendly game of softball (she watched and played with all the people!).
The more Lucy warms up to us, the more she smiles -- and what a great smile she has! Take a look at her pictures and you'll see what a joy she is to have around!
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