We finally got a dog!!I named her Ria because it means river in Spanish. She's super sweet and will be a year old on June 12th I think.
The only down side is that she is afraid of everyone except me and maybe Sophie. She won't bark at all but just run away if she see's or hear someone coming to her. So I have been wanting to borrow another dog that loves people and is fine with other dogs so that Ria wouldn't be so shy of people and learn from that dog. And I am playing loud noises very quietly and then gradually making it higher so that Ria would maybe be able to go to the lake club for Fourth of July and hear the fireworks. But it's probably going to be too stimulating for her.
My sister's husbands family dog is a pretty small black lab and loves people and is super sweet, so hopefully my sister would be able to bring her over and meet Ria. And she's also a female so that's good because Ria isn't fixed. And we want to keep it that way too. 😊
But other than that she is super sweet and pretty submissive. And yesterday I took her for a walk and then a run on my bike. That was her first time going on a walk since she came here. And she came yesterday morning.
She is a Siberian/Malemute husky. We have a little kiddie pool for her to go in if she's too hot. And I walk her though it too. So far she seems to like it which is good! And there's plenty of shade for her too. We also got her a pad that keeps her cool when she goes in her kennel. So she will be fine in the heat.
She won't be a indoor dog but a outside one. Manly because of how much fur she has and we can't have any fur in our lotion. And because the dogs we've owned in the past were outside dogs and we like it that way.
My brother in-law actually found her on a app ( where you can find people who are getting rid of their dogs locally) and he found Ria! The guy lived in Redding so it was perfect! My parents didn't want to do anything yet about getting the dog but they let us go and check it out. And we all knew that this was going to be a good dog for us! So we talked it over with our parents on the phone and we came to a decision to get her. She came with a kennel, leash, collar, a couple toys, some food and a harness.
Here is my beautiful dog Ria:
She knows how to Speak, Sit, Lay, and shake. I'm trying to teach her to stay and wait.