Mindy - 7.22.2015

1st - I don't think I've mentioned it on here but last week, we got a call from Maya's new family and long story short, they'd taken her to their vet last week b/c they were concerned with the tick load she had come in to the humane society with originally, wanted to get her established with their vet, and pick up some preventatives for her. Ended up finding out that, even though she showed no symptoms at all, she tested positive for Lyme. They let us know since they knew that her and Mindy were together before and so, we all agreed it would be a good idea to have Mindy tested as well (again, no symptoms of Lyme diseases being displayed by either dog). Well, Mindy's Lyme test came back negative today! Test also showed no signs of her having had the Lyme vaccine either. Will make sure a copy of the results go with Mindy too.

Caught a few videos of all 3 pups playing yesterday (and sometimes Gracie just policing in the background). 

Went outside and played ball/fetch with the pups last night. Mindy would run after the pups when they darted after the ball, and sometimes she'd yell at both of them (but never go after the ball). One time she acted like she was protecting Ringo from Lola and got a little too aggressive for Lola's taste, and Lola told her to back off (Lola is a really good communicator with other pups). Didn't get video of that though.

This morning I caught Ringo and Mindy playing VERY nicely with a toy-alot of sharing went on with it:) It was a little long and so I had to split this one up too.

Observed Mindy and Cat outside this morning also - Cat came up to us (me and dogs) when we were outside playing around. She was letting Mindy sniff her all over, then Mindy licked her in a few places, and then Mindy put her mouth around Cat's back (not neck or head). I immediately told her no and she quit what she was doing and looked at me like she'd been caught doing something bad. Not sure how far she was going to take it, but it was like she was trying to "taste" her??? Talked to Jackie about it and we both agree that Mindy has done really well with cats thus far and we still just recommend observation in all new situations. If she wanted to hurt the cats, she would have done so already. Again, it's like she's testing her boundaries with these little play things (and I'm pretty sure that she would just need told one good time about how sharp the kitties claws really are!). Neither of my cats dart/run from her, but they also haven't used their claws to tell her to get away when she's up close sniffing them either. I'm going to continue listening and paying attention to their reactions to her for feedback on Mindy's interested intentions. Back to the videos from this morning though, I was SUPER happy to see such good play between her and Ringo (and with a toy!).