Basenji Blogging Monday - One Year Edition

Monday, April 13, 2015

Miss Jackson Pi has been with us for a year now.

It's been a challenging first year. There were a lot of things about her history and mental state we didn't know when we agreed to adopt her, and overcoming those things has been stressful all around. It would never occur to us to take less than excellent care of an animal under our protection, but growing to love her has taken longer than it did with the Boogie-Dog.

Which is not to say she hasn't made amazing progress. With the help of a structured environment, daily training, plenty of exercise, and doggie Prozac she's much calmer, less impulsive, and has much better manners. She still suffers from leash aggression, although it's somewhat better. Since we don't know what caused it, it's hard to remediate, and we're not sure she'll ever get over it.

One thing I'll give her - she's a happy dog, with a huge capacity for FUN. She's our CFO - Chief Fun Officer. Which is better than any other CXO title I can think of.

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