Hanna!

Hanna has recently moved to Longview and has started taking doggie Prozac. Its seems to be helping some. Hanna will not approach anyone, even her foster parents. She has trouble settling down and will pace with her tail between her legs. In fact the only time that she does wag her tail is now when her foster parents return home she wags her tail (this is a result of the other dogs excitement though, not her excitement at seeing people) and Hanna likes car rides and will wag her tail to ride in the car and enjoys sticking her head out the window. But this is an improvement - when she first arrived she did not wag her tail for anything.

Hanna is an excellent leash walking and her foster parents have tried to walk her frequently with another dog to get some happiness associated with going on walks. She likes the car ride over to the walk but seems a little nervous while on the walk still. She seems to appreciate having other dogs around but really does not interact with them at all. She will lay on a dog bed to cuddle with another dog. She will not eat out of a dog bowl unless in a crate or locked in a room away from the other dogs. She will take a treat out of your hand if the other dogs are not around and after some coaxing.

I will attempt to provide a pretty close to daily update on Hanna's progress as she hopefully learns to trust us more and settles down in our home. Yesterday morning during a thunderstorm Hanna hopped up on the bed with us to snuggle during the storm and that was the first time she has really initiated any contact. She will allow you to pet her as she passes by and sometimes will stop for pets but seems nervous about it. She does like to stay close and follows her foster parents in the house.