Latest on Sally

I got an e-mail from Paula Clausi-Van Steenburgh, the Highland woman, who adopted little Sally.

You will recall that Sally was abandoned in a clothing donation bin in September. She was rescued by the Dutchess County SPCA, and Clausi-Van Steenburgh adopted her in November.

Here are the blog entries I've done on the pooch.

Clausi-Van Steenburgh writes:

As you know, the DCSPCA Petwalk is coming up on September 12th. I got a mail from (Executive Director) Joyce Garrity this past Friday saying she was thinking of us. People have been asking about Sally a lot lately, so I thought I would send an update in case any of your readers are interested.

In a nutshell, Sally continues to do well. Since my last e-mail in January, Sally and Monica have completed obedience and beginning agility classes. They have continued with second level agility, but have taken a break for the summer due to our vacation schedule. We have set up a small agility course in our back yard for practice when Sally and her brother Pluto are not in classes. Monica works with Sally on the course every day! I have attached a video taken with our cell phone of Sally and Monica running the course. The quality isn’t so great, but you will get the idea.



Oh yeah, if you post it for your readers, make a note that we moved the tunnel and forgot to replace the stakes to keep it from rolling. You can see after she goes through, the tunnel rolls and she turns and looks at it like “what was THAT all about?”

Aside from agility, Sally loves chasing her Frisbee and butterflies. She has also discovered the joy of rolling in poop, much to our dismay. The smellier the better. She and the garden hose have become close friends. LOVES the water, but soap she despises. I can always tell when Monica has had to give Sally a bath when I am at work. When I come home, Pluto has tried to make himself small in an even smaller spot. He hates clean even more than Sally, but at least he doesn’t share her passion for odious piles of slime.

We have also found out that Sally hates thunderstorms. She is better than any weather forecaster around. She will plaster herself to our sides before the first rumble and will stick like glue until the storm passes.

Monica is Clausi-Van Steenburgh's daughter. They are planning on attending the Petwalk Sept. 12 at Bowdoin Park in the Town of Poughkeepsie. I'll have more on the Petwalk soon.

It's certainly good news that Sally has found a terrific home and a loving, supportive environment.

You go, girl! And leave those butterflies alone.