Post by Jess on Jul 1, 2011 15:20:27 GMT -5
I adopted this girl from one of Nemo's grab-bags. (I'll be showing the others off later, I picky promise ;3) and at first I was just sort of 'meh' about her. Some of the others caught my eye more, especially a mutt that I loved shown in the examples and I became hooked on playing with him right away... but this girl didn't catch my interest at first.
However, I starting taking pictures of my grab-bag petz to show off, and something just clicked all of a sudden. I started taking more pictures and decided to see what she looked like at a young age. She was kind of tiny at 12, so I moved the sliders up to 20, and the playing started. She was really timid about the toys at first. And once she started to hold onto one, she was really possesive over them and didn't want to let them go. -_- Honestly, she was being a really prissy snob when I first started playing with her. xD I corrected her once with the spray bottle, and eased her gently to try and get her what I wanted to do - fetch, and not go psyco when I wanted to throw the ball again like she was before. It took some time, but then she started to bring it back and let me re-throw it without a fuss. After some more time with her, she actually started to drop it at my feet! (YESSS! SUCESSS AT LAST! ) I was thrilled with her retrieving that lil jingly ball for me without a fuss anymore. And actually choosing to drop it at my feet. I'm kinda of a dork that way xP
So then, I started introducing her to more toys. And each time she'd be protective at first, but after some time, she wanted to bring me everything. The balls, the sticks, the picked flowers in the graden, her food dish, the fuzzyman (which she fell asleep with when I first gave it to her <3), and yeah.. everything in sight. xD It was so cute how she decided to start sharing all her things after being suh a hog about it before, and I started getting more and more attached to her.
She just started do the CUTEST things. Her dachi personality had her running around and chasing her tail in circles. She's done that at least 5 times by now, and it's the sweetest thing. She gets all happy and playful if I don't reward her for bringing a toy back by petting her, and sticks her butt in the air/wags her tail. One of the times when I just sat and watched/didn't do anything, she pouted, and pushed it my way with her nose xD BIG difference from when I couldn't get her to drop anything without going into a panic attack.
Each time I feed her, I've been bringing out a different dish of food so that she can try something new/get used to everything. She approaches everything with so much caution, but each time she sees something new, she gets a little braver. If I "beckon" her over with the mouse now, she'll pounce on it like she's known what it was her entire life. xD It's kinda like she trusts the cursor now. I guess I showed her who was boss with that squirt gun. *puffs out chest* /dork xD
Now that I've spent so much time with her, I'm realizing just how adorable she is. The little "eyelashes" she has by her eyes are super! I decided to raise her naturally, and I'll be posting updates on this thread, so what out for them! I've only spent time with her alone... so hopefully she won't be a snob again when she's introduced to the other dogs I have in my crew. I'm going to start socializing her and then... I want to find a mate for her & raise him naturally along side her. I'm super excited, if you can't tell xD
It's been forever since I've played petz like this because I've been away from the PC for a while, but now I'm really excited to get a group of about 6 dogs/cats together to naturally raise and post updates.
I'll show off the other grab-bag petz I've aquired later, too. :3
Thanks if you actually read all of that xD
(oh.. and if you're curious.. this is what she looks like as an adult. Going off of these pix for finding a mate for her. I'm going to try breeding some things, but then I might take it to a "wanted" board at one of the forums I'm a part of if I can't come up with anything. I'm going to try and breed with PDH's "mystery" breeds to try and get some interested coat colors because hers are hexed & so unique. :3 )
OH! And also. xD (MORE? Yeah -_-)
I've named her Dolly origanally. then I switched to Molly. Then I thought about lady but stuck with the name molly.. and ... point is I'm not entirely sure what I want her name to be permanently, and I can't seem to be able to decide. If anything, I'll stick with Molly but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions? thanks <3