Copper is a transplant from UT rescue. Here is his success story.

We are in love! Copper is getting more and more comfortable every day. He and Hannah have decided to tolerate one another for now. It is not love, but they aren't at odds either. He's found a few squirrels in the yard, but has not found any way to penetrate the fence to pursue them. We've had him for 2 hikes. It is so obvious he has never been on a trail - he can't figure out what to do at the switchbacks. I tried taking him by myself one time on a flat trail - but he has no leash manners, and consequently, he walked me! It was worth it, though, to see how excited and happy he was. And, he is so good with the girls. He will lie there and let them rub his head and ears as long as they want to, and he greets them with kisses when they get home from school.

We've tried to be cautious, as the materials have warned us to do, but we did let him sleep on the end of our youngest daughter's bed just until we came to bed to put him in his crate. We came up to check on them and found that she had tucked him under the covers with her, and he had his head on her pillow, and she was sleeping with her arm around him! That is so gratifying since they worked so hard to 'earn' him.

He just had a play date with two Weimaraners - a two-year-old and a five-month-old. He proved he can play keep away with the best of them! My friend showed me how to fit his gentle leader, and because we hike together a great deal, I'm hoping he will learn from the other dogs. We're getting up early to take him to an enclosed baseball field at a nearby school tomorrow. I don't dare take him to the dog park until I know he will come back to me. He's done great with every dog we've met, even on the narrow trails, so I know he will like going and sniffing out new friends. Every day we wonder who could have let this sweet dog go. He already has some great manners, so it is obvious someone cared enough to do some training. - Andrea