Lady May Knows How To Speak Up!

I had to have TWO baths already! Can you believe it?!

We're starting to see the real Lady May shine through. She is a very soft tempered, well mannered little girl. 


Alright already, enough with the camera

She still has a tendency to shy away or recoil if someone raises a hand or moves to quickly in her direction. She recovers quickly with a soft word and gentle hand gesture to come. That's not to say she doesn't have a backbone. This little girl will definitely stand up for herself when her back is to the wall. 

We had Little Molly visiting with us for a few days. She can be a very intimidating and impolite girl at times. Lady May made every attempt to look away, move away and show signs to let Lil Molly know she needed to back off.  Mom was watching very closely to all the interactions between the two. Princess MollyDawg and I didn't like it when lil Molly kept bugging my new little sister, so I stepped in a few times and redirected lil Molly away. When that didn't work, Lady May didn't hesitate to use her BIG DOG WORDS to say "PISS OFF!" Wow! You go, Lady May!
That worked!!

Her confidence is beginning to show and I can tell that it wont be long until she feels at home with us. For now she still seems to miss her past life. (Why oh why do we dogs do that? We know it sucked!)
We think it must be very different for her to be in our family with no children around.  It must seem very quiet and that might take some getting used to. Lady May still whines for attention a lot of the time.  We have loads of different chew toys or play things to occupy us when mom and dad are busy.  She seems to want physical attention even when it's not play time. She seems to NEED her people present and attentive at all times.  You'll still need to learn this little sister. It may seem like mom and dad do not love you, but it's for your own good sweetie. You'll ultimately be a happier little girl when you can relax at any time, and enjoy just being with Princess Mollydawg and I. We will keep you company, you'll see.


I'll just stay down low so I can't be played with roughly.

Our children have come to visit us and met Lady May. Mom knows that there was a past issue with children before, so she was ready to be extra vigilant.  She didn't have to be, this time. Lady May stuck to her side like glue when the children were around.  Mom says this is an area we're going to walk slowly through together. One visit at a time,  one day at a time.  We want Lady May to feel comfortable and safe everywhere she is with us.

We have one big hurdle to overcome with Lady May. When she first arrived we met her for who she is and how she looked. Her left, front arm has been badly injured. So badly that it has atrophied from the shoulder. She was never given any medical care for it, when ever that incident happened. We think when she was just over a year old. She is now 3 yrs.
Her elbow and wrist bones are bent into a permanent hooked bend and the tendon has hardened to the point of no recovery. There is no rehabilitation that will correct this for Lady May. X-Rays have shown there is probably neurological damage that can not be undone.  She now has little to no use of her leg.  We are concerned that it may become a hazard to her while we are out and about. When we're walking it has hooked on her lead many times. We also do a lot of camping in wooded areas and mom and dad are worried it could become entangled in branches as well.  In our yard mom has lattice fencing around her flower beds. Lady May has already caught her leg inside one of the links while she was playing ball. It gave mom a real scare.  When she ran to free her paw, she realized this could happen in an even more dangerous place. While playing with other dogs it hinders her ability to readily free herself from certain holds. Does it hinder her quality of life?
A conversation with the good Dr. Ross was set up.

Look! I have new clothes!

Discussion around removing Lady May's leg has begun. He has suggested to keep it tied up inside a sort of sling or t shirt for safety. You'll see in the picture what we came up with.  Stay tuned for her full medical update soon.

Here's a link to Lady May's new photo album. http://s422.photobucket.com/user/Katog/library/Lady%20May
Mom still has to work on getting all the captions printed in and sorting them in a better order. You can still see how well Lady May is doing with us though. I've uploaded a video to YouTube so you can see her running in her new attire!
Hope you enjoy it!

I'm stylin' eh?