Olive

PUPDATE 11.12.26

Olive, or as we call her, Cougar, came to us as a foster
on July 25.
It only took one night for us to realize that she could be totally trusted in the house. Such a sweet, sweet girl. Not a grumpy old lady at all. She has been perfect in the house. A senior boxer girl who has probably had multiple litters of puppies in her life. Her days consist of waking up slowly, rolling to scratch her back, a walk around the fenced yard to get her duties done, back in for breakfast and then napping on her dog bed or the couch. Eating and napping are her major hobbies. We live in the country so our walks are around open fields. Being that she is pretty much deaf, I keep her on a flexi leash. She will walk along slowly until she decides she has gone far enough...then she turns for home and hits overdrive. Olive is also missing quite a few teeth which does not interfere with her eating. Although she normally just putters around the fenced yard, she can show her prey drive if a red squirrel dares to cross her path. Her favorite room in the house is the kitchen. She never passes up the opportunity for a little morsel and sticks closely to anyone doing any cooking. She is currently living with our resident 7-yr old male boxer. They get along very well. She has observed our barn cats from a distance and is very interested in them. They have no interest in her and have kept their distance. Any introduction to a cat would have to be done carefully. Olive has a raspy little bark which she uses when she goes into property protection mode. She lets any intruder...human or animal...know she is on duty. I think her perfect home would be in a lower energy family...where walks are taken casually weather permitting and nothing good is on TV to watch...snacks are shared...and where loud snoring is accepted and laughed at!!