Miss Molly

Molly will make a wonderful addition to a kind and
gentle home that has at least one other dog, a good
size fenced yard and people that are home a lot and
like to take the dogs on regular outings.  Letting this
little doll go will be difficult, but I’m a regular foster so
when one dog finds their furever home, I save/foster
another dog in need.  Molly is ready to go to her
furever home and there is always another in need.  

Miss Molly is fostered in Austin, TX

I hope you enjoy the videos of our sweet Molly below.
UPDATE:  Miss Molly was clipped when she came into rescue, her
Foster Mom is pleased to say that her feathering is growing
nicely on her tail and legs.  She’s now confidently flying around
the yard like a white flash, having a large fenced yard really
agrees with this happy, birdie little girl.

Good Golly Miss Molly she sure likes to have a good time!  If
Molly is having fun in the yard, exploring the house, walking on
the beach, or coming up to you for pets and to give gentle kisses
– her tail is ALWAYS wagging!  Molly is a petite, gentle, 38 lb
sweetheart that gets along with everyone; dogs, cats, people of
all sizes.  She’s spayed, up-to-date on vacs, heartworm negative
and on preventative.

Molly lost her home of 5 years when the town she was living in
passed and enforced a limit on the number of dogs a resident
could have.  Molly was living in a kennel with seven other English
Setters and English Pointers.  Molly was allowed out to run daily
and was a kennel clean dog which translated seamlessly into
being a housetrained dog in her foster home, not a single
accident.  Molly is a shy and submissive girl at first but warms up and fits in quickly, she’s a pleaser and an
easy foster.  She’s in a foster home with a dominant male and an alpha female and the only time I’ve
heard her utter a peep to another dog was a very quiet and quick grrr when an unfamiliar young and
active ES male bounced up and in her face upon first meeting.  Molly had pups as recently as last summer
so she’s been a Mom and her correction to the younger ES was as much a Mama correction as anything.  
I think she’d get along in any dog situation as long as there is not a dog that picks on the weakest in the
pack, because Molly is fine being lower in the pack order.  Molly should go to a home where there is at
least one other dog; she is used to being a part of a pack and the dogs in her foster home helped her
settle in and learn the routine with minimal anxiety to Molly.
Molly didn’t live with cats before her foster home.  She’s interested in them but in a non threatening way
to the cats in the foster home who are used to fosters constantly coming and going.  One of the most
timid of the cats in the foster home was out and about with Molly within a week and this kitty rarely
accepts a new foster this quickly.  When Molly went up to nose the timid kitty, the kitty swatted and
Molly backed away and went on to the next interesting thing in her eyesight, with her tail wagging the
entire time.  The cats really tell me which foster dogs make them nervous and their comfort level with
Molly tells me they don’t see her as a threat.  She has run of the house with the cats to explore and meet.
Molly was trained to quail hunt and that was
her life prior to rescue.  Molly needs a securely
fenced yard with a physical fence and an
interesting yard to keep her active and
entertained.  She’s doing fine in a 5 foot non
privacy fence at her foster home.  She was
anxious the first couple of days but when she
was integrated with the other dogs to run the
yard her happy waggy personality came out
quickly.  For a timid girl Molly has settled in and
gotten comfortable incredibly quick for a new
foster dog.  Molly has manners and does not
jump up on people, she has started licking my
hand when it is hanging at my side.  Molly
comes when she’s called and her previous
owner said that her recall was good without
using an ecollar.  Please don’t expect her to be
an off leash dog but with patience and gentle
training she may have the potential to enjoy off
leash privileges under controlled and safe
circumstances.
Molly is crate trained but has proven herself
trustworthy uncrated and unsupervised.  She’s only
been on tile, not carpet.  We’re hoping for a foster
home where Molly does not have to spend much
time crated since she is such a good girl.  She hasn’t
followed the lead of the resident and foster dogs yet
and gotten onto the furniture.  After being a kennel
dog for 5 years, she thinks the dog beds everywhere
are just wonderful.

Molly hasn’t barked in the house yet, but she will
bark when she sees something interesting on the
other side of the fence, usually wildlife.  I think she’d
be very responsive to a citronella bark collar to stop
barking but I haven’t tried it yet because we're in
the country and her barking hasn’t been bad.
Molly is affectionate and comes up for pets but
she’s not needy or showing signs of separation
anxiety.  She’s not a lap dog (yet) but has the
potential to be a snuggler as she settles into her
new house dog lifestyle.  She’s still a bit uncertain
of new things, but seems to be enjoying her new
lifestyle thoroughly.  She bonded quickly with her
foster Mom and on a recent visit to the Vet she
stood in the waiting room leaning against foster
Mom’s leg with one foot on my foot.  She is a
leaner, because she did the same thing on her first
trip to the beach.  In the Vet’s exam room her
head was on my leg for comfort.  She’s a bit
difficult to photograph because she usually wants
to be by my side.  
***ADOPTED!!!***