- Polly, Polly what's wrong with you?
(laughing)
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Hello, welcome back to another video.
The week we wanted to introduce you
to our newest foster dog.
This is Polly, and she's currently adoptable
through the Hit Living Foundation here in Los Angeles.
So we thought we would tell you a little bit
about her story in hopes
of getting her adopted so she can find her forever home.
Ever since we had the experience with Mello last year
where we fostered him for about a week
and helped him find a home, we've been really interested
in the idea of fostering more dogs.
I reached out to a couple of rescues at the end
of last year, and we were able to get our first foster dog.
It actually took us a few weeks to find Polly because
a lot of rescues are not comfortable placing larger dogs
with small dogs, but eventually Polly was brought to us,
and we don't know too much about Polly's past.
We are estimating she's about four or five years old.
She's a healthy, like 60 pounds right now
but she does have a few more pounds to gain.
So she's definitely a little bit on the thin side.
Unfortunately, it seems like she was abused
in her past life.
She was super scared of everything when we first got her,
her previous foster dad pulled
up in a car and brought her over to our house
and we were intending on having Kokoro and Chibi
have a meet and greet with her and make sure that they get
along before we brought her in and this girl just got
out of the car and stood there and didn't even move.
She was so terrified and it was just really sad to see.
We joked that she had this permanent look
of terror frozen on her face for the first week
that she was here because anytime I looked at her,
it looked as if she had just woken up
from a really scary dream.
Thankfully, she got along with Kokoro and Chibi right away.
It's not like they're best friends or anything
but they respect each other's space.
And the good thing about bringing her in is
that Polly was able to learn from Kokoro and Chibi
and sort of see what it means to have a nice loving family
and learn the boundaries and really just how to be a dog.
So in general, I would say
that Polly has a pretty timid personality.
She's not very forthcoming, but she's very observant.
She's quite calm,
though she can get really excited when it's time
for a walk, or time for her food
but she's just a really sweet girl that lived
four or five years on this earth, not knowing any love.
And now she loves getting pets.
She really spends most of her day just chilling
on the dog bed or here on the couch
and she's a really good girl.
It's really interesting too
because she's not super treat motivated,
And I'm used to having Kokoro and Chibi
who are super into treats.
As soon as I take any type of food or treat jar out,
they're here and they're ready
and they're like what do I need to do to get that treat?
And Polly on the other hand has not
probably experienced many treats in her lifetime,
so she's still gradually learning what it means
to be praised and motivated by food,
but she really really likes hot dogs.
Another thing I noticed
about her is she really loves looking out the window.
So the first day that we had her
I'm not sure if she was trying to figure out how to escape
which a lot of foster dogs do,
but she climbed up to look out the window that Kokoro
looks out next to our front door,
and she's been doing this ever
since the first day she's gotten here.
The really good thing about her is she doesn't really bark.
So I know a lot of dogs and even Kokoro and Chibi.
If they hear or see somebody outside
they will bark at them, especially if there's another dog
but Polly really is not a barker.
We've also been working on crate training with her.
It takes a little bit of baiting and motivation
to get her into the crate, but she's perfectly fine staying
at home in the crate when I'm not here,
and she sleeps in it every single night.
She loves having a good bone to chew on.
It's probably one of her favorite activities.
She doesn't really know how to play with toys just yet,
so chewing is a really good way
for her to get her energy out when we're at home.
But to be honest, she really doesn't need too much of that.
She's really just content with chilling here
on the couch with the other dogs.
I would definitely say that she's a really smart dog.
So she learned how to sit within just a few repetitions
of me giving her a little pieces of hot dogs.
She learned how to use our doggy door
without anybody teaching her.
She literally just watched Kokoro and Chibi
and she's not really supposed to go through the doggy door
because it's made for dogs up to 35 pounds,
so she's technically a little bit too big for it
but she watched them go in and out
and then she figured out how to do it herself.
And she's been taking herself out to potty.
So honestly she is definitely a very
very smart girl, very observant,
and she picks up on things really quickly.
She's really just in need of a loving home
and somebody who will be patient with her and grow that bond
with her so that she can live the life that she deserves.
That's basically it.
If you guys have any questions at all
about Polly and want to learn more about her,
or if you know anyone who might be interested
in adopting her, please reach out to me,
or you can reach out to Hit Living Foundation
which is the rescue that we are fostering with.
She's been with us for a couple of weeks now
and we've seen such a tremendous change in her personality.
She's gained so much more confidence.
She's wagging her tail and she's really a happy girl.
And I just hope that we can find a home for her soon.
And that's pretty much it.
I'm going to get up
and show you guys what she's doing on the couch right now
with Kokoro and that'll be the end of our video.
Look at these two.
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