Emily was sold as a 9 week old puppy to a lady who had Deerhounds but wanted something smaller to be her perfect pet.  All was well, or so I thought, until I got a call from this lady 7 months later.  She wanted me to take this horrible dog back, (which my contract explicitly states).  I was told she screamed constantly in her crate, pooped and peed in her crate, and when she was put outside in her kennel, she jumped her 6' fence and would disappear for hours on end.  The lady was at her wits end, this has been going on for 7 months!!!   We agreed to meet and I got Emily back.  She was in good condition, well fed, and just lying on this lady's front seat on a blanket like a royal princess.

  I took Emily home and crated her for the night, and not one peep from her all night.  In the morning I awoke to pee and poop all over her crate.  Washed all her bedding and we made the crate 1/2 as big (just enough for her to stand up and turn around), crated her the following night, not a peep from her all night, but awoke to the messy crate again.  Washed all the bedding again and put it away.  We then made the crate just big enough that we could put her in sideways, and all she could do was stand up or lay down (not even curl up, NO blankets either).  All this in an attempt to find the crate size that Emily wouldn't want to mess in.  After two days of crating like this Emily decided that it was not fun to be crated, so we no longer crated her and had no more 'messy' problems.

The next thing to tackle was the kennel fence jumping.  I put her in my covered run, and no attempts were made to jump at all.  So I put her in the uncovered run, and no attempts were made there either.  Next thing was the leash thing, as all my dogs are trustworthy off lead (although not all at once).  My hubby decided to take her up to the coal strippings where he likes to hunt, that way there would be no roads (except dirt roads) within about 25 miles.  He said Emily NEVER left his side.  So I decided to try it here at home (I live in a VERY rural area), and she stayed right here.

Emily was the constant house dog.  She was the best dog I ever had, never needed a leash, always came when called, and was just the perfect princess here.  

I love to show my dogs, but although Emily had never seen the inside of the show ring (ewww, other dogs walk there), she was always the Royal Princess here at Eclipse.  I miss my princess, I know there will never be another like her. 

Sleep well my Emmers.