About Lexi Angel |
- Status: Adopted!
- Species: Dog
- General Color: Yellow
- Eye Color: Brown
- Ear Type: Droopy
- Tail Type: Long
- Current Size: 53 Pounds
- Current Age: 13 Years 3 Months (best estimate)
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- Declawed: No
- Housetrained: Yes
- Obedience Training Needed: Has Basic Training
- Exercise Needs: Moderate
- Grooming Needs: Low
- Owner Experience Needed: Species
- Reaction to New People: Friendly
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10/19/15 Hey ya’ll, Lexi here. I’m hoping you can help me as I’m starting to feel left out. I’m looking for a home, and no one has even asked about me.
I’m a svelte, borderline senior with lots of spunk and a need for loving. I’m really good when everyone leaves the house and when my foster Mom works. I get super happy when my foster Dad gets home and eagerly greet him at the door. My fur siblings let me curl up with them even when there is an open dog bed. My foster Mom says that my manners are much better than when I arrived into rescue but could use a social training class because I just LOVE to meet EVERYONE, but it makes me turn a deaf ear until I’ve done that very thing.
On the trails at a fenced local dog park I lope up and down the trails sniffing as I go. Of course, I must meet the people and their “kids.” Once I’ve done that I return for more sniffing and exploring, but I like to keep my foster parents in sight.
I was cat tested and cat approved last weekend. The cat had plenty of escape routes and opportunities while I was on leash. Cat toys, tree, and litter box were in the room too as I used my nose to smell all the new scents. Twice the cat was right in front of my snout, and I just took a good butt sniff, but left her alone. I didn’t chase, didn’t lunge, and generally didn’t care where she went.
One thing though, I tend to jump when I’m really happy and excited. It's toned down since I’ve been in foster care, but it still happens – so really small kids, unless they are rough and tumble, may not be a good fit. I’ve been around toddlers and a 5 and 7 year old, and I was very good with them.
I've got 3 lumps and a nipple that looks like its been on steroids that don't look so pretty, but they don't affect my health or my physical activity. They've been checked, and I'm safe.
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9/1/19 Lexi is now up for adoption. Technically, she is still recuperating from her spay surgery, but she can meet people now.
The road traveled:
We've made a fair amount of progress with Lexi's training. She now does sit, down, and shake reliably. "Stay" is still a work in progress. We've gotten her to hold still for 5 seconds - this really is progress, especially at food times. When she arrived, she charged the food, even if it wasn't hers. Now, she waits her turn and will sit on command and if we hold a palm up in front of her face she "stays" on command. Begging for human food is at a minimum, usually if you push her away with your foot and give a firm "no", she backs off and will lie down.
She has progressed in her leash work where she really isn't that bad. If she gets exercised each day then I can walk with my arms swinging like normal for 75% of the time - the rest of the time, the leash is taut, but she isn't really pulling. If all of sudden she pulls hard, it means she's trying to get to the grass to potty. If she hasn't been walked every day, then the first 1/8-1/4 mile she needs to be reminded to behave. If she sees others dogs and people, she wants to meet them and will pull a bit. I keep telling her "no" and tug her back to where she should be.
When she arrived she was constantly getting up on the furniture. Not anymore; she still needs a firm, loud "no" upon occasion when you can see what she's aiming to do.
Crate training. When she arrived, getting her into the crate was a trial, and when you got her in there, she barked for a minimum of 1/2 an hour. She would put on the brakes, pancake to the floor, flop over onto her back and wiggle and paw at you refusing to go in. It took us a week to get luring to work and the barking to stop at night. If luring doesn't work, mostly because she's been in and out of the crate too much that day, then holding her collar and cupping (but not pushing) her butt motivates her right where you want her to go.
We've allowed her free roam now at night and when we leave the house. She doesn't destroy anything, and she is completely potty trained.
Lexi is NOT a velcro dog; she is a curious one. If there is more than one person in the house and the people are in different locations, she likes to know where everyone is and generally doesn
't chill out if the people aren't chilled out. If one person is moving around and working, she wants to know what's doing and won't stay still herself. But, if I'm working in my office and the hubby is chilling out on the couch, she will lie down. However, I would not trust her off-leash in an open area. She very much follows her nose.
She is a garbage diver, but we haven't had any counter surfing incidents. I don't leave garbage cans out, but I have a guest trashcan in the bathroom she likes to check out all the time. When I'm doing food prep I'll have the garbage can out, and she keeps trying to get in there then.
Lastly, there was a complication with Lexi's spay surgery. As a result the Vet was unable to remove her fatty tumors and her incision is twice the size of normal. She is fine now and back to her sassy self.
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8/20/19 Lexi has been to the Vet. The Vet did an x-ray and aspirated the 3 tumors and found that the tumors are fatty ones.. No UTI, fecal was clean, heartworm negative, and blood work came back fine. To top it off - unless she had excellent dental hygiene before, he thinks she's younger than 8 as she doesn't act geriatric at all.
She really doesn't act like an old girl and has energy and mischievousness that indicate a younger age - but we don't know what her age is - we can only estimate based upon her physicality.
Lexi is scheduled for her spay and tumor removal next week. Please consider donating to her Vet expenses.
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8/17/19 Lexi is a petite, girl who was abandoned at the humane society by her family. They said they were having family issues and would come back for her in a week, but they never did. So the society called L.E.A.R.N.
This girl acts like she's 8 or younger. She is raring to go in the mornings; she's curious; nosey; a food beggar; and a furniture hog. We are taking her for 2 mile walks in the mornings with her foster fur siblings, and I think she would happily do more. We are also keeping her off of the furniture and teaching her it isn't polite to beg.
No matter what we are doing, she has to know what it is and sticks her head into anything that is open. This girl would definitely be a garbage diver. She'll slip out the door on you if aren't careful, and right now she is exploring everything - her nose goes a mile a minute. So no off leash for her right now.
She is crate trained. She knows sit, down, and shake - she's most proficient at shake, but we are working with her. She's up for games of tug, but that lasts about 5 minutes. We haven't tried playing fetch with her yet since our yard isn't completely fenced, and we aren't taking her to the dog park until her recall is better.
She doesn't like to be picked up; she squirms. She can get into the back of an SUV on her own just fine, and stairs are no problem. She will sometimes get pushy for attention if she notices you aren't busy. Right now it takes her about 10 minutes to settle down in the house after any activity - initially it was 15. She's a lot more chill in the evenings when it is dark out.
We are working on her discipline. If you are an active walker and willing to continue training, she would be an active girl for you.
Stay tuned for updates as she gets more training, and she has more time to settle.
