Meet Molly :D
A few days ago, Lynn Howe of
New Hope Animal Foundation sent an email to let me know there was a possible Anatolian in a Placer County Shelter.
James and I went to look at the dog and decided to foster her.
I decided to call her "Molly" the first night we had her for no particular reason but it is pleasant enough and she responds to it. I have another page right
here, with other details and photos specific to Molly. Even if you're not looking for a rescue, be sure to check out
2- Feb 15, scroll down the page and see Molly's haircut!
I'm not certain what breed she is. She is around 26-27 inches high. Definitely appears to be purebred LGD and her character and behavior is right on the money.
Her first day or so after arrival, was spent in the Magnum kennel, getting handled and getting to meet my Anatolians. After that, we let her start mingling and free ranging in the yard. She seemed happy to be cagefree after being in the shelter for what I understand was two weeks. She was walking around, eating grass, checkout scents, curling up and snoozing in the grass. She picked out spots where she could watch activities going on around her; places where she would snooze throughout the day. She hasn't done anything hyper yet and I have yet to see her run to check anything out. This could also be due to social respect to the two Anatolians she is with. LGDs don't usually like strange dogs tearing around their property. So maybe in time she will feel comfortable in that respect.
She has however taken quite happily to the evening routine of sleeping in the Magnum kennel. She beds down for the night in the straw of the big doghouse at around dusk.
Here are some pics I got of her on Friday with Anatolians, Ruya and Coco.
Molly - left front.
Headless sisters- Coco, right. Ruya, behind Molly's tail.
Trio responding to noise by suddenly sprouting heads.
Molly watching minihorses come into the corral next to the red slatted fence.
Her first day of freedom was also Molly's first chance to meet the miniature horses through the fencing. They were down in the other field but when the horses heard me talking to Molly, they came into the corral. That's when Molly raised her head - picture above.
The stallion is bold and came up to the fence to peer into the yard. I like that Molly didn't over stimulate upon seeing minihorses (and a chicken that followed them). Another transient dog we had here sometimes went berserko upon seeing horses. :o
Molly watching the mini-stallion at the gate.
Coco and Ruya both dropped what they were doing by the house, and came over to monitor how Molly reacted to meeting the stallion through the gate. Coco, above pic, is closer to Molly. Molly seems to be more comfortable with Coco at close range, than she is with Ruya. Not sure why, although Ruya is quite a bit bigger. Ruya is the alpha of my pack as well, but she rules with the benevolent firmness that her great granddam always had, never throwing her weight around.
The Anatolians are a couple inches taller at the shoulders.
Molly is full grown.
Here, Ruya and Coco watch carefully.
Closeup - Almost nose-to-nose with Mr. Stud Muffin.
This stallion, btw, has a perverse sense of humor sometimes. He occasionally tries to get a rise out of the dogs by jiggling the gate with his nose, scratching his butt on the fence, or by laying down with his back against the fencing, just inches from the dogs and facing the other way. If you ask me... that is truly evil behavior from a warped and capable mind! If dogs react, he tends to stand
just the other side of the fence and stoically studies the dogs as if he were watching TV. You've probably seen it! It's the same way some cats will sit just inches from a fence and watch dogs go ballistic. ;)
Since my crew have gotten a lecture or two about indulging and entertaining this evil horse in this manner over the past year, Ruya and Coco are wise to this now and usually ignore him. (once in a while, they just can't stand it any more, I can hardly blame them)
So it was interesting to watch Molly try to figure him out. I think Molly got her cues from the Anatolians.
Other pics.....
Rear to front- Ruya, Coco & Molly.
You can kinda see it, but Molly's coat has a really bad haircut along the topline and on this side of her body.
Trio
Molly
Coco- 16 months.
Coco - she went through another
collar. This one is chewed up but still serviceable.
Ruya - 5 years old. She's wearing Sabah's collar. Sabah was her great granddam.
I need to get another batch of martingale collars eventually!
Anyway, if you have contacts that might be interested in Molly. Let me know. Be sure to read all of
Molly's pages before inquiring.
Labels: Coco, Molly, Rehome, Rescue, Ruya
Above, Ruya (L) with our foster Molly (R) after checking out the corral. They coming up to see if I have cookies and rubs for them. 
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