[SophieKatesMom]

I just wanted to update you all on my former rescue foster Pearl. As some of you may know Pearl was adopted to her forever home in June of this year. When her family goes out of town I am lucky enough to be the official babysitter (which THRILLS me).

Pearl has been making great strides to get over her former life as a BYB money maker (Mom), when she first came to my house she was afraid of everything and I had to work very hard with her on leash walking, hand shyness and most of her social skills (including potty training). One of the things Pearl would never do is get on furniture or try to get in bed with us, she had a nice little pillow bed and she slept on that .

Pearl is with us again this week, leaving for home on Sunday morning. We have been having a huge problem with her and Sophie Kate raising heck during the night, running around the house sounding like a herd of buffalo. So last night at around 8:00 pm I took both dogs on a 45 minute walk to our local park, they loved it and were good and tired. This morning I woke up to find a fuzzy white Pearl dog sleeping IN THE BED with us.

I am not sure but I think we may have hit another milestone last night. I am happy for Pearl, she looked so content sleeping on our bed.

For everyone who adopts a rescue, I know it is discouraging but I know you can relate to how happy it made me to see Pearl in our bed just relaxing and looking happy.