The 'hello' has stopped being tentative!

Well, we have done it...Maddie came to live with us yesterday. She is doing really well and is trying hard to settle into home life after getting very stressed in kennels over the last few months. She managed to chew on her kong for a bit yesterday evening and actually fell asleep at one point (cue snoring ).
We are trying to walk her a lot so she is too tired to be stressed or naughty.
I'll try to get some pictures soon.

Great news, hope she settles well and look forward to the pics

Oh, brilliant! I'm sure she'll settle really well once she realises she isn't going back to kennels again!

Great news bit of time to settle, any chance of some pics soon

Hello and welcome from Tyson & me.

hi & welcome to the forum

hia from me and sasha

Great news and welcome to the permanent Staffy Owners club

hi from me and the boys

Hello and welcome from us and Duke

Well done Sarah, so pleased for you, i'm sure Maddie will settle in real well. Got a feeling there will be loads of treats coming her way!!

Hi and welcome from us and Suki. Hope she settles soon

Hi and welcome "officially" to the forum from Rocky and me.

Great to see the tentative has now been lifted.

Hi and congratulations on the new addition Has she met the birds yet??

Thanks for the welcome everyone
I am chief walker and Maddie is quite a wriggler so overall I have about 30 photos of a dark blur, a tail, and empty patches of carpet/grass/kitchen floor etc
She is settling really well. She was becoming very het up in kennels and can still take offence at dogs on the horizon...boy can she PULL! She can also walk past dogs with just a look and a wag. We have yet to work out the difference

Kat75 wrote: Has she met the birds yet??

She has been in the room with them and starts off OK. Then she notices them and suddenly there is no distracting the little madam. We have her on a long line and she has already managed to jump onto the sofa (but the line was too short and she fell back off, sorry Maddie). She can sit and destroy her rope toy and ignore the birds for ages, then suddenly, BAM! She is hurtling across the room ready to jump at the cage. It has barely been 48 hours yet so we can't really blame a terrier for being interested in birds.

She is very good at night and very patient when in her crate. At the moment I am in the lounge and Maddie is in the kitchen. Her breakfast was put in a kong, and she had some (she gives up on the kong very easily at the moment) and has gone back into her crate for a nap through choice She has already had a 40 minute walk today.

My legs ache from all this walking though. Explains why you don't see fat staffy owners!

Oh well it's early days yet, she may settle with the birds and stop noticing them It's not like she is really herself right now, a lot has changed for her in the last couple of days.. Hope you can get some pics soon

Great news. She sounds like she is starting to settle quite well

well done thats great news, cant wait to see loads of photos

welcome

hi and welcome from me and licks from troy

Welcome from me and Bailey

Hello and welcome aboard