A message from Teddy,
I decided to write for myself with foster Mom's help. I am still a very
scared little fellow, but after all I haven't been out of the mill very
long. I really don't like to be touched, but I am getting closer to
foster Mom, I sit near her but just out of reach. I still do not like
men at all, except for foster Dad, he gives me treats but I keep my
distance and run away with the goodie as fast as I can. Foster Mom holds
me on her lap, catching me first gets foster Mom out of breath, I am
very quick, and once I am in her lap, I stiffen up but she talks so
softly and pets me, I sit for a few minutes to please her, but am
anxious to get down, I cross my front legs and stiffen them, and you
know I still just can't make eye contact except from a distance for a
second or two. I am really trying to trust, foster Mom says it will take
a lot of time and patience with me.
Recently foster Mom had some work done in the house, it was just one man
by himself, but I really trembled so much that I jumped right into
foster Mom's arms, I heard her say she was happy that I went to her for
safety, but sad that I was so frightened.
 
I love to run and play with the pups here, I am really a friendly guy
with other fur kids. I do like my safe space though and I will growl if
anyone comes in there, except for the girl pups, I like them. I do like
toys,
I toss balls and toys now, Mom laughs at me when I do this, so I do it
some more. I also like to play chase with foster Mom, and I like it when
we play with the water hose, she squirts water and I run--fast.
I love to chew on things, and I have to go get my teeth checked again,
Foster Mom thinks I may have broken a tooth. Now I do like to steal
clothes, if they are on the floor, they are fair game, I was even caught
dragging my foster Dad's socks out the door to the yard. I have plenty
of doggie things to chew on, but I prefer socks and shirts, so I am
teaching foster Dad to pick up his clothes, foster Mom laughs at this,
but I have gotten some of her stuff too. Recently I chewed the phone
line in half, I heard Foster Mom and Dad trying to figure out what was
wrong with the phones, and I was hiding behind the chair laughing, but I
got caught, and now all the lines are being put in some kind of thing I
can't chew, darn!!
Now one thing I like to do is wake foster Mom up on days she doesn't
have to go to work, I can be very vocal when I want to. I have learned
the routine here, and one night foster Mom had to work late, and when
she finally came home I was so excited that I ran right up to her, and
then I remembered I was supposed to be skittish, so I took off. But, I
really wanted to be petted like the rest of the fur kids here.
I love my big yard, I run around the edges near the very tall fence, not
a chance of jumping over that. I am curious and just would like to see
what is on the other side. Mom says I am a high flight risk, whatever
that means. I have very high energy and really need lots of room to run
like here.
There are no two legged kids at my foster home, I don't think I would do
well with kids.
So, I am signing off for now. Mom is including a photo of me she took
this morning, I run every time she tries to get my picture, so it took a
while hehe for her to get the picture. I have shed a lot this summer,
Mom said she had enough fur to make 3 more of me. Even with that, I now
weigh 17 pounds.
Thanks for reading about me. If you are interested in me, please contact
my foster Mom at cellorn@aol.com
Teddy
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