Cuddle Monster Black Labrador Retriever Female 5 Years Old ID#3695

Meet Cuddle Monster! Cuddle Monster is a 5-year-old mini black labrador who comes to Brookline after she and her siblings were surrendered due to their breeder/owner having health challenges and becoming unable to care for the dogs. The health challenges had been going on for a while, and the owner had not been able to regularly feed the dogs, so Cuddle Monster and her siblings became underweight. Now that she is in Brookline foster care, she is regularly eating and has already gained a few pounds. Please read her blog from the bottom up to learn more about her while in foster care.

Cuddle Monster is a gentle, sweet, human-centered girl who will follow her person to the ends of the earth. Despite being through lots of changes in the past month- including a stay at two different foster homes- Cuddle Monster maintains her sweet and loving disposition. She even won over our resident dog, Gracie, who can be a bit selective.

Cuddle Monster’s first foster mom was amazing and loved her very much, but she has to be off of her feet for a while, so Cuddle Monster joined her new foster home. Here she is on the ride to her new foster home.Cuddle Monster arrived at her new foster home and started to check everyone and everything out- most especially the back yard where she got to meet Gracie,

meet TJ,

and be reunited with Tiki!

All of that meeting and greeting was a bit tiring, so Cuddle Monster took a little break.At her new foster home, Cuddle Monster has a Foster Mom (FM) and Foster Dad (FD), multiple human foster siblings, a fur foster sibling (Gracie- 9-year-old yellow lab), AND a fur sibling. That’s right- Cuddle Monster and Tiki are full siblings. We have taken to referring to them as “the twins” since they are practically identical. Just try to tell them apart… That day, Cuddle Monster did all of her potty business outside; and that night, Cuddle Monster slept through the night in her crate. When it was time to wake up, Cuddle Monster ran right outside with Tiki and Gracie for some morning outside fun and then came inside for breakfast. But little did Cuddle Monster know that FM and FD had decided that something had to change…FM and Cuddle Monster took a quick trip to the store to pick out a new harness. Not only does she look fantastic in neon yellow, but now it’s much easier to tell the dogs apart! Cuddle Monster continued her streak of doing all potty business outside and sleeping through the night in her crate. She enjoys mealtimes… so much that we got her a slow feeder. At first, she needed a little encouragement with the stairs.

She is a very quick learner and goes up and down them with ease. If going for a car ride, she prefers to sit in the front seat of the car. If going outside, she loves to fetch a ball. She’s making good progress walking on a leash- no pulling at all! She’s not totally clear on the concept of walking forward most of the time, and if FM or FD stops walking, she stops too. Sometimes, this means she ends up getting a little tangled in the leash, but aren’t we all a work in progress? FM was getting a bit tangled too, so we are trying out a double lead to see if that helps. So far, so good:

And after a walk, everyone likes to cool off on the tile floor.The rest of this week will involve lots of playtime, meeting the neighborhood kids, and of course, everyone is excited about heading to the vet later this week. Stay tuned for more of this sweet girl’s adventures in Jersey!