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Sadie

Sadie is a 2 1/2 year old female from Annie's first litter with Trooper.   Her littermate Cimarron Cinders was recently in the October Shepherd's Call.

 

2/9/08

SUE,  THOUGHT I'D DROP YOU A QUICK LINE.  EVERY DAY SADIE SEEMS TO GET MORE AND MORE RELAXED.  SHE SPENDS MORE TIME TROTTING AROUND AND EXPLORING RATHER THAN RACING EVERY DAY.  SHE BACKED DOWN FROM A CONFRONTATION WITH EMMA(THE 6 MO. OLD PUP) ON THURSDAY. A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR FIGHT.  SHE SMACKS HER BEHIND RIGHT DOWN WHEN SHE COMES TO ME AND REALLY ENJOYS THE PETTING AND ATTENTION.  I ALMOST FEEL THAT SHE MINDS BETTER THAN MY OLD DOGS AT TIMES. I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER ABOUT MY DECISION AND I KNOW SADIE IS A MUCH HAPPIER DOG.  I REALLY FEEL SHE IS FITTING INTO OUR LIFE.  I HOPE THE DAY WILL COME WHEN SHE CAN BE ON HER OWN OUTSIDE LIKE THE OTHERS ARE.  LAMBING IS COMING UP THE FIRST OF MARCH.  THAT SHOULD BE A GOOD LIVESTOCK 'BONDING' EXPERIENCE FOR SADIE AND I HOPE IT TURNS HER ROUND THE CORNER. RIGHT NOW SHE STILL VIEWS THEM AS SOMETHING TO CHASE. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SHE IS GETTING TO BE A REAL PART OF OUR FAMILY AND COULD BE AN ASSET TO OUR OPERATIONS.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR PART IN GETTING HER HERE.  PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN "THE SADIE PROJECT".  CLARENE

11/18/07

DANIELLE,
 EVERYTHING IS GOING FAIRLY WELL, SHE HAS LOTS OF ISSUES (BUT I KNEW THAT).  I WAS ABLE TO LET HER RUN TODAY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY PROBLEMS.  SHE IS GETTING ALONG OK WITH THE OTHER DOGS SO FAR EXCEPT THE PUPPY OF CINDY'S(EMMA). EMMA WAS UPSET BY THE UNCONTROLLED NATURE OF SADIE AND BARKED AND BIT AT HER (EMMA IS VERY BOSSY AND LIKES THINGS HER WAY). I HOPE THINGS PROGRESS SMOOTHLY AS SHE HAS SOME CONSISTENCY IN HER LIFE AND GETS TO KNOW THE ROUTINE HERE.  SHE DEFINITELY HAS CHICKEN ISSUES.
CLARENE

 

Sadie is now with her sister Cindy on Clarene Bakers farm.  Clarene knows what a great dog Cindy is and wants to give Sadie the same opportunity to live up to her full potential.  Will post updates as they come.  Thank you to  Sue and Tom Boice who rescued her and brought her to Chicago.

Sadie's Story

Here is Sadie, a 2 1/2 year old black and white English Shepherd female. She is a very sweet girl who loves all people and children.
She needs a loving home, time and attention and NO CHICKENS  and like all ES, could use a job of any kind!
She loves to ride and has had some basic obedience in a foster home but needs some consistent work to bring her to her potential.
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She has had a sad life with a family who since they got her have had no time for her, the other dogs in the family, or any of their livestock and spent a terrible amount of time shut in a stall.
She is happy, well fed, and gets a walk a day at her temporary home on a farm in dog and cat rescue.

Sadie is wonderful with people of all ages, slightly timid of men at first but unfortunately is not good with cats or chickens unless they come with BBQ sauce on the side.  She could possibly be broken of this bad habit by an experienced dog trainer.