Madison, WI - Bichon Frise. Meet Yeppy: sweet quiet girl (PA) a Pet for Adoption

My basic info

Breed

Bichon Frise

Color

White

Age

Adult

Size

Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)

Weight

–

Sex

Female

Pet ID

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My details

Good with dogs

Purebred

Shots current

Spayed / Neutered

Has special needs

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Blind Dog Rescue Alliance will transport within reasonable distance. Sweet little Yeppy is being fostered in PA.

This is what Yeppy's foster mom has to say about Yeppy:

Yeppy has been in her foster home for 8 days and she is as precious as ever. She is a quiet girl who LOVES it when her foster mom comes back home from being out. She will put her paws on her foster mom's leg until she gets some pets and verbal attention.
Yeppy is a little "glue dog", meaning that she followers her person where ever they go with the exception of upstairs. She is very leery of stairs but is getting better. Her foster mom is working with her on navigating them. She just needs to develop some confidence doing them. Although Yeppy wants to follow her foster mom upstairs, she is secure enough to remain calm and not bark when left at the bottom of the stairs. She will find a bed to lie in until Mom comes back down. Yeppy is making quick progress with the 18" deck at her foster home. She has quickly learned that she has to be cautious until she finds the edge and now remembers that the deck is a safe distance for her to jump down to the ground on her own and she does so the past 2 or 3 days on her own. She is also going up and down the 4 steps leading from the lower yard to the upper yard, so I'm sure steps inside will be learned too. She needs a gate right now at the top of the steps inside until she learns that the mat at the top is a warning that there are stairs to go down.
She appears to be a very smart little girl who comes when she is called, and stays inside the open door when told to. There is a trainer coming to visit with her to see if she has therapy dog qualities within the next week or two.
Yeppy lives with 5 other dogs, ranging from a 14 pound Shih Tzu to a 65 pound lab/pointer. She blended right in with them from day one. The other dogs are used to fosters and were content to leave her alone after the first minute or two of normal doggy greetings.
She was not happy to sleep in a crate the first night so she now sleeps in bed with her foster mom and is the best cuddler ever, nuzzling against her mom's neck for the first hour or so she is in bed.
Yeppy LOVES treat, breakfast and dinner time and has a very good nose! She is able to eat with the other dogs who do not mind others coming close when they are eating. She knows not to get into their dishes when they are eating but if there is any left over, she will gladly take care of it for them when they walk away. She is not food aggressive in any way.
So far, Yeppy has NEVER shown any kind of aggression, including quiet growls as a warning other dogs or toward any human. She is a very happy-go-lucky, quiet little girls who loves people and would be thrilled to be a dog that goes everywhere with her human as long as she feels safe and is close by or held by her mom or dad.
Yeppy has one skill that she needs a lot of work on and her foster mom is addressing this. She has been trained to potty on pee pads. She is learning that going outside is a good thing, as she is given a small treat, praise and pets every time she eliminates outside. She is excellent at being in bed for up to 10 hours, sleeping, without eliminating so I know she can learn to go outside. Her foster mom will even leave her on the bed in the morning while she showers and then takes Yeppy outside and she has never eliminated during that time.
Yeppy has a favorite stuffed toy that she loves to play with but she gets little time with it because she has a foster sibling who loves to destroy and eat stuffed toys.
Yeppy would do well in just about any household where she would be treated gently and held often. She is a love-bug!!!!!!!
Blind Dog Rescue Alliance has voted against the use of electric fencing effective immediately.