Grace #4 Silver Labrador Retriever Female 4.5 Years Old ID #3548

November 9, 2025

We’re already seeing real improvement in Grace’s manners.

She no longer demand barks and waits patiently for her meals and other things.

While she turns into a wiggly  puppy when her harness and leash come out, Grace is learning to stay left and not zig zag so much on her walks. She ignores other animals and focuses on sniffing.

She was also super wiggly for the vet who confirmed her good weight  (60 lbs. ) and overall health. She did bring a worm with her from the shelter but she finished her meds for that this morning.

Unfortunately, that meant that she could not start training on Saturday but there’s another class starting on Wednesday and Grace will join that class.

It’s s ok because she’s responding well to home training.

We play ball several times a day. Grace retrieves them and now drops them at our feet.

We’re really pleased with how far Grace has come in just over a week.

She’s a sweet little beauty who is just beginning to enjoy her new Brookline life.

November 6, 2025

Today is nearly one week since Grace joined our foster home. We’ve all learned a lot about each other since then. While Grace is four and a half years old, she has the personality and energy of a much younger dog. She likes to play ball; she likes to chase bubbles.

She loves food and attention and going for walks. Grace knows how ‘sit’ and she knows ‘come’ and does both well. She knows her name well however when she gets very excited and distracted it requires a few attempts to recall. This includes a bad habit of chasing the kitty. Grace’s shelter intake form stated that she lived with a cat named Stitch. Stitch was likely a younger and more engaging cat. Our cat is elderly and is accustomed to elderly dogs so he is not interested in playing with Grace. But Grace continues to try! Except at meal time- the cat is invisible when food is on offer. Grace sits before receiving her meals, her Kong and the Kibble puzzle. She also likes squeaky stuffies and will sometimes chew on her new Nyla bone.

A big development is that, while Grace is crate trained and will sleep in her crate, she now reliably spend the night outside of her crate in the bedroom. She finds a spot at the bottom of the bed and she stays there until early morning.

Tonight, Grace goes to the vet and then on Saturday she goes for her first training class.

We look forward to sharing those experiences with everyone.

November 2, 2025

Today is Grace’s 2nd full day in foster care.

She is a 4.5-year-old owner surrender out of the Ocean County NJ Jackson shelter.

While she is younger and smaller than our last 2 house guests, she makes up for that with her huge personality.

Grace is physically fit and active. She has a great appetite, and is now drinking normally too.

Grace had a single pee accident indoors on Friday when she first saw the resident cat.

We have a secured, physical fence yard and she quickly learned the doggy door out.

While it took her a few tries to master ‘in’, she’s now a pro.

Grace is incredibly smart. We showed her the bells last night and this morning she signaled to go out.

She also easily goes into the crate to rest and sleep.

While full of energy, she does OK on a leash.

She zig zags a bit but has not pulled much at all.

Grace will visit the Vet this week and will then start training classes soon afterwards.