We found out that we were the fourth family to home Lima this year, so we know it was going to take some time for Lima to settle in. Our first worry ended up as a non starter, that was would Lima and Willow get on. They certainly didn't fight or get aggressive with each other which was a great start. Lima would not allow herself to get close to either of us and had to be carried into our house, She does seem to have a fear of entering through doors or gates, she has probably been trapped in the past bless her little white socks.
She arrived with an escape proof harness her soft toy and her pink mattress, but she soon found her safe place on one of the sofas, from which she didn't really want to move. In fact we had to bring her food and water bowl to her on the sofa.
My plan was to just let her de-compress and to let her be. I also wanted her to get used to a routine and that was to take her out in the morning with Willow for a 3 or 4 km walk, Then a quick shorter walk midday and then another longer 3 km walk in the evening and a quick wee trip before bed. This wasn't easy to start with as she was still so scared and pulled away all the time on the lead. we were going to need an awful lot of patience.
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