She is clearly an inside dog. But PBT policy is strict. No dogs in the house. But they have no such restrictions on the houses in the bush.
She wants to lie down at our feet. She wants to be near us all the time. She wants to cuddle. But instead, she's set outside and most of the times we come out, we're laden with laundry or headed out to the car. (Yeah! You thought your washer was in an inconvenient location! We have to go outside and down the stairs and woe is us if it's raining! (we call it the presoak cycle).)
The result? SHE IS SO HAPPY TO SEE US!
But Jacob doesn't appreciate being jumped on while taking out stinky trash that has developed a drip. Or the compost with writhing little maggots inside. That could be disastrous.
And James doesn't appreciate being jumped on ever. And he doesn't understand as of yet that if he would just start petting her she would immediately stop shoving her body and nose into him. SHE JUST WANTS THE LOVE!
I think if they had more time to be mellow together they would get along great, but for that we must allocate.
Her work as a guard dog is a curious thing to try to evaluate at this point. We have another dog in the yard who's been known to cry wolf (or LOOK THERE'S A DOG ON THE STREET!) and Regina barks significantly less than he does. But is she just more discerning? It's hard to say that she's able to identify threats when we haven't had any threats for her to identify. So we hope and pray that when the moment arises that you really want a guard dog on the property, Regina will rise to that occasion admirably.
And looking at her lineage, she should, but luckily we've had no reason to find out.
(We have heard her bark and she sounds three times her size and vicious. Good Regina!)
She had worms when we first got her. The breeder tried to get her some dewormer before he shipped her over but we live in PNG and not everything is readily available. So we got some albendazole in her when she arrived and she's putting on weight admirably. Her mother was 110lbs and while the breeder doesn't anticipate she'll be quite as big, she'll definitely be a big girl.
All in all, she's a sweet girl and we're thankful to have her. Jacob and I will go out and sit on the porch in the evening and she'll saddle up for some petting and finally crawl into Jacob's lap. She's been known to play fetch but only for my verbal praises, the hunt is of secondary importance.
Shes a good girl, a quick learner, and a solid investment!
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