April 27th, 2009

Sarah and Becky,

Just wanted to let you know that Flora is doing great!  She did fantastic on the trip home, slept most of the way.  We went to Petco and bought her all kinds of toys, treats, dog dishes and a bed.  She has slept the last two nights with us in our room on my daughters little princess couch that pulls out to a bed and sleeps all night.  I think she is kind of potty trained because she has not had one accident and goes in the same area in our yard.  She has barked...once and it was when we put her outside when we ate dinner last night.  She learning to go up and down our stairs, luckily we still have our child gates up, because she is pretty unsure of herself on them.   We took her to the baseball field to let Aidan hit some balls and she chased all the balls, she actually kind of plays fetch.  She loves running after the ball, and drops it when tell her to.  She was very well behaved off of her leash.  She would run and fetch the ball and then come back with it, but would stop about 2 feet from us and then lay down and start chewing it.  But then would drop it if asked.   She is still pretty itchy.  We are taking her to our local vet just to have it looked at and see if maybe they could recommend something else.  I am weaning her off the food with the corn in it and getting her on the Natural Balance.   She is doing terrific and we are loving her tons...She gives tons of love and is very snuggly.    I'll send some pictures soon.   Thanks! Michele, Todd, Aidan and Briella