We headed back to Bakersfield to adopt a new Doberman. Our first Dobie, Laddy, died while we were in New Mexico and we were concerned that a rescue org. wouldn’t let us have another because a lot of them require you to have a yard.

We contacted Susan at the Doberman SOS in Tehachapi, 30 miles from Bakersfield. Because we had already gotten one dog from her and Jeff kept in touch with her, she was willing to let us adopt another. YAY!

So, we headed back to Bakersfield to meet and adopt a new dog.

Susan showed us three dogs. The second one was overly excited and bit and scratched my arm. I don’t hold it against her! The third one was a sweet small black and tan Dobie. The first was Chloe. When she brought Chloe into the yard where we were sitting waiting to meet our choices the first thing she did was zoom around the yard a few times and then jump into Jeff’s lap. So you can say that she chose us!

She’s wonderful! She’s very smart and learns things very quickly. She had been in a home but was too energetic for the couple and they relinquished her. So, she was housetrained and also knew several commands. The one thing she wasn’t very good at was walking on a leash, she acted like she was the lead dog in the Iditarod race!

But in just a few days she had calmed down and now barely pulls at all. She’s learning “heel” which is to stay just at the left knee rather than walk out in front. We do both.

She’s very social. We’ve taken her to a big dog park several times and she gets along with all the other dogs, big and small. She loves to meet people and is a ‘leaner’ like Laddy was. That means she’ll come up to you and lean against your leg.

She comes up the front steps into the trailer, and jumps into the truck, with no problem.
But she is afraid to come up the three steps into the bed and bath in our 5th wheel. We don’t know why. She won’t even get her ball if it’s on one of the steps.

And, she’s a licker. The first couple days I felt wet all day! It’s annoying so we’re working to train her out of that habit. She’s definitely getting better.

Here are a few pictures: