Nelly joined our home as a foster about 6 weeks ago. She had been found as an underweight stray in New Caney. She has been spayed as well as having had the nares and palate surgery performed to set her out on the right tract. Nelly came to us presenting an interesting behavior of swirling very quickly apparently trying to do harm to her tail. Well, she doesn’t want to harm herself. The twirling and tail chasing happen when she is suddenly startled or is overwhelmed with a situation. AND sometimes when she is irritated at me. After 6 weeks Nelly rarely settles into the twirl except when she is happily expecting food. Nelly is now totally potty trained and additionally uses the dog door to go to the backyard to potty on her own. She is VERY treat trainable. This funny little girl is so smart that she will next next to where she did potty and wait for me to come with a treat. I think Nelly was used to being alone. She has nothing much to do with the 3 other dogs in my house. I have also realized that she is not a fan of being held or cuddled. However, wherever I am in the house, she is right there on the floor next to me. We haven’t had any fights. I am slowly working on getting her used to being held. She is working on taking turns at feeding and snack times. She can swoop in so quickly to snatch a food treat. I feed her in a dog pen at mealtime. I feel so positive about how far Nelly has come along in 6 weeks. Sky’s the limit little girl.