Thanks everyone
For those that don't know...
She was a puppymill dog. The only human contact she had was when she was fed, when a male was put in with her and when her puppies were taken away from her. Other than that, she lived in a cage all her life... until I rescued her almost 2 years ago. My original intent was to rehab her and find a forever home for her. But as the weeks rolled into months, I fell more and more in love with her. After having her for a year, I made the decision that I was her forever home.
After I had first brought her home, I basically left her alone for 2 weeks to let her adjust. After that is when I began trying to get her used to being touched, handled, groomed, and held. The being held and snuggling has been the thing that has taken the longest to get her used to. That's why I was so excited earlier when she actually snuggled in my lap for 2 hours without her getting up and running to the open door of her kennel.
Right now she is snuggled up on a flannel blanket next to me sitting on my bed. I love this little girl so very much and would do anything for her that I could. She has many clothes, and several more clothing items on the way. For Christmas, I've gotten her a set of 3 cute pink fuzzy blankets.
She's slowly getting used to her topknot being up in a band, which I'm very glad of cause I have some really cute bows coming for her but won't use them until she's totally used to her hair being up in a band. She's so cute with her fur pulled up XD
Anyway, so sorry for rambling. I love talking about Lilly if you couldn't tell XD