It was one year ago today that Daisy came into our lives!

We lost Tikka in the winter of 2022. It took us almost a year to be ready to even consider another dog. She’d just been with us for so long that it was hard to imagine anyone in her place.

But when we decided to move on we knew we wanted another rescue. So we started looking. And jeezy peezy, they sure did make it hard! One rescue after another either turned us down or never got back to us. It was about two months before I stumbled upon the picture of this little girl named Adley. Rescued from a high-kill shelter in the south, she was described as timid and quiet, but loving once she warmed up.

And lo and behold, it all worked out! Renamed Daisy (because Adley?????), she came home with us one year ago today.

She’s turned out to be a great, though often challenging addition to the family. Her middle name should be Houdini. That dog can get out of the yard through ANY hole or gap. We literally had to put up chicken wire along our side of the neighbor’s picket fence because she figured out how to squeeze herself between the slats. 🙄

She gets along well with Duncan, has a love-hate relationship with Tilly (which we are told is not all that uncommon for female dogs,) and terrorizes our newest cat, Jonas. She tries to terrorize Tybalt but he refuses to be terrorized, and she leaves Corvus alone for some reason.

She is not a fan of strangers at all. If they are on the other side of her fence she turns into 12 pounds of barking rage. If they are in her house, she hides under the dining room table. But once you earn her trust, well, there is no better word to describe her than total slut, lol. She will do ANYTHING to get your love and affection.

So here we are a year later, finding it hard to remember what life was like before her. She keeps is on our toes, but we love her to the moon and back!