After two days of running around to various shelters we found the playful mutt at the SPCA on Falls Road. The people there were great and we found the adoption process at the SPCA to be pretty painless. Bringing Chelsea home, we found her to be very subdued and timid. Here is her first tour of the house:
After about 4 or 5 days, Chelsea became much more comfortable and now she is running around and is a full on active puppy.
Now that we have had her for about a month, here are some Chelsea Fun Facts.
- Chelsea like a lot of dogs came home with a pretty bad case of Kennel Cough. We had great help from our Vet at the Parkville Animal Hospital and The Pet Plus ER.
- One another medical note: Chelsea ripped off part of her nail while playing in the house. Bobbie doctored and bandaged her up until we could get here to the vet. Duane S. Mangini V.M.D. has a very sophisticated tool to fix these problems.
- Chelsea like a lot of dogs came home with a pretty bad case of Kennel Cough. We had great help from our Vet at the Parkville Animal Hospital and The Pet Plus ER.
- One another medical note: Chelsea ripped off part of her nail while playing in the house. Bobbie doctored and bandaged her up until we could get here to the vet. Duane S. Mangini V.M.D. has a very sophisticated tool to fix these problems.
- Chelsea's best friend is Molly
- Chelsea loves walks, but loves to pull the walker begging the question “Who is walking who?” I am trying to work on this by using the advice of the Dog Whisperer.
- Stuffed animals are a favorite toy of Chelsea but she tears through them pretty quick. If this also true for your dog we suggest you get stuffed toys from the Goodwill. They have a wide selection and they are really cheap. We also got her a Kong, but that only seems to entertain her until she realizes she’ll never get the treat out.
One final story – The Great Steak Incident: We decided not to crate Chelsea while we are away from home. After a few days of Chelsea being really good and not getting into anything, thought it would be no big whoop if I left our steaks out to thaw. That was a wrong move of course. While we were at work Chelsea had a nice steak lunch and “saved” the other steak for later. Later that night while we were watching TV, I felt a wet spot on the couch. I then reached in-between the cushions and found a perfectly good piece of steak. We now store all thawing meat in our microwave while we are away at work.
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