Jamie Buchman
	Gender: Female Age: Height/Weight: 17" / 23.5 lbs House-trained: 90% Fenced yard required: Yes Location: Mid-Michigan Foster Home: Shayne and Mary	Crate-trained: Yes Treat-motivated: Yes Toy-motivated: Yes Likes Car Rides: Yes Good with cats: No Good with kids: 12+ Commands: Sit, Down, Shake, Wait, Watch and Kennel

Jamie was adopted by her foster home in February, 2019. Check out this happy family!

Jamie is a completely different dog than the dog we started fostering. I think Jamie was hyper and over active as a coping mechanism. We are the 4th home she has been in since landing at the kill shelter in KY. I think every single time Jamie met a stranger she found herself in a different car, in a different home, with different people, with different rules, different food, different treats, different kennel etc etc etc. She didn't relax. She was always on edge. She was hyper and over active. She was confused and scared and she expressed this the best way she knew how and that was by being hyper and over active. Jamie has now met strangers and didn't for the first time find herself in a completely different situation. I think Jamie has finally taken a breath.

Her training has improved by leaps and bounds. She's nowhere near finished learning, but she listens a thousand times better. She's learned down, shake, wait, watch, kennel, since the meet and greet. She isn't perfect. She's still immature and requires a ton more training, but she is better equipped to understand. She can breathe. She will nap on her own. She takes a break and relaxes on her own. She does require a softer touch when training or she will shut down, however, she is so much more focused on learning now.

Jamie is very quiet. She only barks if she hears another dog barking on the TV. Occasionally, when foster sister Holly barks, Jamie will bark too until she figures out why Holly is barking then Jamie stops. Holly barks at everything. Jamie needs a reason to bark and so far it's only been at the dogs on the TV. She will briefly go to the door to go outside, but doesn't ask. If you miss the door cue, then Jamie will find a place to go. She likes to "mark" where Holly naps!

Jamie will go in her kennel for her meals or a treat, but only if she is in the office where the kennel is located. If you say, "Kennel" in any other room she will try and hide. She is very quiet once in the kennel which is nice, but she doesn't want to be in there. She isn't destructive, but she isn't completely potty trained. Jamie is very quiet in her kennel. She will give one small half bark in the morning every few minutes until she hears someone is up and moving around then she is quiet.

We've been working on "speak" to get her to bark. We would like her to bark to alert us she needs to go outside. She is treat-motivated; however, it can lead to over excitement very quickly which immediately ends training. She gets too focus on the treat and has no idea what's going on. Toy-motivation works a little better. Since adding "wait" to her fetch game she has slowed down and she is a little more controlled and focused on the human. She will now give eye contact "Watch" because she wants to fetch and she has a much slower pace when going after the toy way less hyper crazy.

A fence is required because Jamie will chase wild life in an instant. Bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks, birds or whatever else she sees. Neighborhood cats too. She will have her nose to the ground and be gone in seconds!

Jamie is not good with cats. She wants to play with them. She doesn't take no for an answer. Fat Tony has bit her and she still wants to play. When Fat Tony has had enough and runs then Jamie is like a "duck on a June bug"! She's on him. She chases him! Once Fat Tony gets through the door to the basement, Jamie stops. She could follow him because she ate the door stop weeks ago so there isn't one there anymore, but she doesn't. However, Jamie will stress out any resident cat.

Jamie has not been kid tested, however, she is very excitable so no small kids. She would knock them down even though she is small.

Jamie likes people but if you watch her meet them she is very submissive. She drops her behind end and advances slowly waiting for a positive signal from them before she gets too close.

Jamie's actually more shy than not. She was labeled "spunky" as she made her way to us, but she isn't spunky. She appears spunky because she's nervous and hesitates. If I'm standing she won't come to me. If I kneel she will come to me but she cowers almost crawls at times. Her recall (come) has been tricky because excited or happy tone doesn't make a difference either. This is another reason a fenced yard is required. She doesn't have a recall.

Jamie will get scared and try and hide. I heard Mary say, "Jamie kitty is no" one too many times while I was making dinner and when I stepped out of the kitchen into the dining room without saying a word Jamie took one look at me and tucked her tail and ran under the end table. She will shut down if she is scared or overwhelmed. She needs training, but she needs a soft touch.

We're hoping teaching Jamie commands will help build her confidence. By adding "wait" to her fetch she has improved her "watch" by 1000%. Shake isn't necessarily useful, however, it was an easy command to teach her and help her confidence.

Jamie is a beautiful little soul. To meet her is to fall in love with her therefore to avoid any possible hurt feelings and disappointments all the boxes will need to be checked before a meet and greet is even considered. I'm Jamie's advocate and as her advocate I will do my best for her future.

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