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Breed
Boxer
Color
Brindle - with White
Age
Young
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
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Sex
Female
Pet ID
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My details
Purebred
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
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Ruca is a 1 1/2 year old peanut of a girl, currently being fostered in NY.
Update from the foster:
3/21/09 - When Ruca arrived here, she seemed overwhelmed at the time and was a bit
nervous. She looked so small compared to our dogs-but she is also a bit on the skinny side. I'd say she is about 40-45 lbs. All leg muscle! We thought it best to keep her separate from the
pack until she "adjusted". Ruca was accident free and does fine in her crate. Ruca will let us know when she has to go outside-even if she is in her crate. Sometimes she needs a little coaxing to go inti it, but usually a cookie does the trick. She will let out a few protest barks but will settle down if she is not given any attention for barking.
Ruca is still nervous so we are rotating her crate time to keep her separate from the pack. She is spending some time in the finished basement, helping me do laundry and watching a little TV. The pack is staying upstairs. Me and Ruca with some one-on one time. She can hear the other dogs upstairs and has a hard time calming down. Once she laid down (yes, on the couch…it's the basement furniture), she cuddled up and fell asleep with her head on my lap. :) The laundry can wait. She needs some rest.
She is still not sure she wants to play and does not trust yet. We put the pack inside and play with Ruca. She plays a little rough and gets easily excited. She likes to play "come get me", and will chase a ball, frisbee, stick, or even a bird. She thinks she can jump up and get them! She does the "Pepe' Le Pew" pounce. She can jump high but has not even attempted to jump the fence-she not interested in leaving. She ate a little today but still not much of an appetite. We have fed her by hand and she does not appear to have food aggression with people. She will stiffen up if another dog comes near her food so we do not leave the food down and let them graze all day-not yet. She was more interested in sniffing and checking things out when she is out of her crate.
I took her for a short walk and she did very well on a leash. She has very good eyes and focused on squirls, birds, and leafs. Each time she wanted to go after those things, we would stop and have her sit until she was not interested. The walk was short in distance but timely. Ruca caught on and each "sit" got shorter. Ruca loves to play with a big "kong" ball that we have. We throw it and she fetches it. When she picks it up it will sometimes get stuck on her bottom teeth. She is so funny! She walks around pretending it's not there. She shakes her head and gets it off most of the time.
Ruca and Rocky played very well together. Barry avoids Ruca and she will sometimes just follw him. We correct her if she starts getting excited. I don't think they will be best of friends. Ruca was out with Abby today too. Sometimes they are friends, sometimes not......but then again they are females!
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