For the most part if you met Molly you would never know that she had once been a Feral Dog. But little tiny pieces of her stick out and remind us daily that she still remembers and still has feral places in her. For example, she will play and let you pet her all day long but there is a time frame just after dusk that extends until just about bedtime where if she is outside she will not come near anybody nor will she let you touch her or her collar. She lurks behind trees, under the porch and barks if you get too close. We used to send another dog out to bring her back in but she has become wise to this and will come back with the other dog as far as the door and then turns and bolts again. We also started feeding her on the back side of the porch and before she left again we could walk up to her and bring her back inside. When she is cornered, she just gives in, wags her tail and comes inside.

So the next step is reintroduce her to the clicker training and start working on touching and releasing her collar during the day and gradually move the training session so that it is closer to dusk, then at dusk and then at dark. Usually by this time though we are all ready to slow down for the evening. But that is the plan.

She still has space issues and continues to go in the crates with the other dogs. They are usually not happy about this but everyone is surprisingly tolerant of her doing this. She continues to crowd the other dogs and swing her butt around to their face when she annoys them. They seem to just accept that she is the way she is. They grumble but rarely does any dog strike out at her and she can push some major buttons with them.

Molly is still awkward running but can run really fast. She can out pace every dog on the property with the exception of Cody and Maggie. She is a sight to see running… beautiful but teenage gangly.

She pushes boundaries and thinks nothing of putting her front paws on the counter and waiting for someone to challenge her on it or walking across the coffee table. She has quite a sense of humor and seems to delight when the other dogs follow her antics.

Her chewing behavior has greatly diminished, although she still loves to scarf up whatever is left on the floor, edible or not.

Overall she is developing so nicely and is both comical and entertaining to spend time with.