Phoebe with her new mom, Susan.  Her new home is in CT.

Hi Lisa,

I just wanted to update you about little Phoebe.  She is really a great dog, and just gorgeous.  We love her to pieces.  She follows me everywhere in the house, including into my closet.  She likes to extract shoes and socks and carry them triumphantly around.  She and Nebbi, the blue roan ECS, play constantly.  We still have our very elderly and infirm ACS, but she is getting frailer every day.

Phoebe learned how to swim in the ocean in the summer and she likes it.  She originally went in to escape from a neighbor's standard poodle who wanted to play with her.  Now she goes in on her own!  She also likes walks in the woods.  I can let them off leash and they run to the hearts' content.

She also is not afraid of climbing different surfaces (like onto the hood of the convertible Miata when it's stopped).  I think she might be a good agility dog.  I'm taking her to beginning obedience, and she's learning the usual novice level things.  She's not so good at "Stay", though, as she would rather be moving.  I think she thinks we go to obedience class so she can visit with her neighboring dogs, which she likes to do.  Her attention is pretty good, though, and I have some hope that slowly, slowly, we both can learn together.

We will be getting her spayed on Wednesday, and microchipped.  I just wanted to let you know.  I haven't sent her papers in because I've been waiting to spay her.

I'll send you some pictures soon.

Thank you so much for letting us have our little darling girl, Phoebe.

Susan

9 weeks old

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