Twerp
Hi Kathy!
Thank you for contacting me to follow up on our baby! I'm so in awe
of the dedication you guys show this cause! I'd LOVE to share some photos
and updates!
For starters, we renamed "Twerp" when he came home. His name is
"Geronimo." (Haha) He didn't seem to know the prior name so it was an easy
transition. He's been a great puppy and is loving beyond belief! He's so
smart and to date we've been able to teach him "sit", "lay down", "no",
"drop it", "in", "let's go", "outside" and we're still working on several
others. (I've enlisted the help of a book called "Lucky Dog") He's
crate/pen training and so far has knocked that straight out of the park!
I have four children whom he simply adores and they couldn't be ANY
happier to have him. I have a 9yr old daughter whom suffers from Aspergers
syndrome and about the ONLY thing that can calm her down is Geronimo. She
has a fraternal twin sister who loves to read to him, and he lays quietly
in her lap while she does so. As well, I have ano 8yr old son with
hyperactive ADHD and Geronimo's high energy spirit runs the energy out of
him until they both pass out in the floor sometimes. (I'll supply a pic!
Ha!) My 14yr old son is his favorite and they play for hours! He's also
helping the most with training him. My partner, whom was the most reluctant
about taking on the responsibility of a new dog is ridiculously smitten
with him. She's singlehandedly already his "person"......besides me of
course. ;-)
He's already become a traveling dog as well. We went home to
Kenticky for 2 weeks over the holidays. A 15hr drive. And he blew my mind
at how simply amazing he was. We bought a pretty spacious carrier which he
laid out in and sleep for 7hrs at a time! Crazy, right??! This dog is a
dream!
I just want to think everybody at JBAR again for taking such great
care of our newest family member before we discovered him. He's brought
such joy and happiness to our home! Feel free to share ANY and ALL parts of
our update! Hope you guys had an amazing holiday!
Best regards,
Aretta Combs