My name is Hailey!

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June 27
Hey Everybody!!!! My name is Hailey and I am super stoked to be writing this. Foster Mom said these are keys big enough for my toes to use. I just have to say, I. . Love. . . Life! I am very happy go lucky and just get a kick out of about everything I have seen so far. There are so many fun things to see and do, people to run up to to play with, and lots of dogs to wrestle. Foster Mom says though that I am not allowed to try and eat the flowers once I am done smelling them. Bummer
I have been learning lots of things since coming to stay here. Words I understand are: my name of course, come, leave it, sit, no, and off. I'm working on down, stay, and drop it. Those aren't any fun at all. Drop it means I have to let my ball go and that is not any fun. I do love when it gets thrown again though, maybe there is something good to this "drop it" word. I love to play with my dog friends, I have lots of them and we wrestle a lot. I really like to chase my friend Kiley though when she is playing fetch with foster mom. I don't even want the ball for myself, it's too much fun to run with her. I like to run and "hide" under this thing called a slide when waiting for Kiley to run after her ball. Foster Mom says I look really silly since she can still see me and all.
I must admit that I do have a bad habit.....I like to try and chase after moving things. Stuff like cars and bicycles, boy they just get me all excited. Sometimes I don't want to listen when I see one coming but, I'm not allowed to go after them. I have learned that I am to stand by my Foster Mom and only watch them go by. It's really no cool at all but, I get real happy when I make Foster Mom so proud of me. I am really super good at it when on a leash and am working on listening better when out in the fenced part of the yard. It's close to the one road though so, that can make it hard to be good all the time.
Whoa!! Kiley's got the Kong, time to go play!! I can't wait to meet you, talk to you soon!

Miss Hailey has been doing very well since arriving a few weeks ago. She is such a sweet girl and just wants to please her people. We have been working on her desire to chase moving vehicles and I am proud to say we had a major breakthrough today. Up until today Hailey has liked playing with toys but had not shown interest in "fetching" them. We were out in the fenced part of the yard alone and she began playing with the tennis ball. When asked, she promptly brought it over and dropped it at my feet ( then realized as we went along that she preferred to keep it in her little mouth). While playing our first game of fetch, two cars went by in the span of a couple minutes apart from each other. Both times she did look in their direction but, chose to continue on in the game instead of running over to the fence line. As Hailey told you just above, she is doing very well when on leash when it comes to cars going by. She stands next to me and will intently watch them go by but does not try to go after them. Using sit and stay did not seem to work as well for her so, I simply say "Leave it" and she is very responsive to that command.
Hailey has been good with people of all ages so far. She has meet them as young as 2 yrs old all the way up to 70 yrs old. she just wants to wiggle up and give kisses and loves to get hugs and rub downs in return. Hailey has a group of 5 dogs that she has regular contact with and does well with all of them, even the old cranky ones.
Stayed tuned for more info on this little girl and please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.


June 4th
Little Miss Hailey has been in foster care for only a few days now and has already won the hearts of her foster Mom, the two children of the house, and a neighbor too. She is approximately 7 months old and is full of puppy love and energy. She is friendly with other dogs and loves play wrestling. Hailey is mostly house trained already and we are just "fine tuning" her in that regard. She is a crate trained and quite while crated, Hailey will even go lay down in it on her own for a break or nap time once in a while. Hailey walks well on leash but, like most young dogs,needs a little work in staying next to her walking partner when excited. Our only big issue at this time is that Hailey is reactive to moving vehicles and would chase if allowed. She is fairly easy to redirect though so, we are working on that impulse daily as well. (With a slight roll of her little mischievous eyes, Hailey seems to be saying, "Duh, I'm a Border Collie - we want to round things up." ) Hailey is very attentive to you and is eager to please. The children that Hailey is living with are 4 yrs old and 2 1/yrs old and she is very good with them and loves to follow them around whether in the house or outside.

Although full of puppy energy, this little girl has that all elusive "off" switch that we all love to hear about. She will settle nicely and just relax, hanging out with the family. Hailey loves to be in the same room as her people so, will follow to be close if you are moving from room to room. We are learning the fun of toys, not great at the whole fetch thing yet but, is enjoying playing with them. Hailey sometimes seems a little lacking in confidence when meeting new people or experiencing something new (like the fact that the TV reflects off of windows when dark outside - but that does not mean someone is there) but, it getting better each time we meet someone new. When at the Vet's office for her check up, Hailey was only nervous once when new people walked in (delivery person pushing a hand dolly). Everyone else she was happy to gives many tail wags and kisses to.

This little sweet girl is full of love and devotion to give to her new family. Please stay tuned as we learn more about her and have new stories to tell. If you have any questions, feel free to email her foster Mom.

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