Border Collie - Silly (and Incredibly Sweet!) Lily! - Medium in Brooktondale, New York

Border Collie - Silly (and Incredibly Sweet!) Lily! - Medium
Hi! My name is Lilly (aka Lily Bear, Little Bear, and Cutie Pants), and I am a ridiculously adorable, sweet, loving, and very smart, 2-1/2 year-old, 45 pound, spayed, female Border Collie mix! I was rescued from a overcrowded KY shelter when I was only 4 months old and have been here in foster care with CDR ever since. When I was first rescued by CDR, their nice vets found that I had a previously fractured pelvis (consistent with being kicked, hard) and one of my ears appears to have been cut off with scissors. Clearly, my first few months of life were rough, but you'd never know it, as I am the happiest, sweetest, most adoring and adorable girl around! I am a super friendly, happy, playful and affectionate girl! Everyone always says how much they love me and how sweet I am. I love attention of all sorts -- I love being petted and cuddled, having my belly rubbed, giving and getting kisses, and playing all sorts of games! My tail goes "swish-swish-swish" when you look at me or come over to hang out with me and I'm very responsive to any type of affection you give me -- if you kiss and pet and cuddle me, I don't just lay there and soak it in, I kiss and cuddle and pet you back! I love chasing, pouncing on, and playing with my rope toys and my stuffed animals and I have lots of fun playing tug of war with my foster parents. I am absolutely fantastic at "fetch" and love fetching toys, balls, sticks, and really just about anything you are willing to throw. If you get distracted, I sweetly nudge you with the item to remind you that it's time to throw it again! And while I love interacting with you, if you're busy, I can entertain myself. I find a toy and throw it up in the air, or I run around the yard discovering sticks to play with (and then prancing around with them proudly hanging out of my mouth). I'm also happy to nap! My foster parents say I do about a zillion things that make them laugh! I get along great with other dogs (big or small) and also with cats. I live with 5 other dogs at present, and I love playing chase, am great at doggy wrestling, and I can adapt my play style for "rough and tumble" playmates, and also for more gentle play styles. I have gone to doggy daycare quite a lot, and everyone says I am terrific with all the people and the dogs! I do have a few slightly irritating (to the home dogs) habits, like I think I need to "round the other dogs up" when we all run out into the fenced yard, and I try to be a teensy bit of "the director" about the dogs coming and going through different parts of the house, but it's not too bad and my foster mom is helping me to learn that it's not my job to do this, and that actually the other dogs prefer it if I mind my business! I bark quite strongly at other dogs who I don't know when I see them out on leashed walks, but am great when I actually get to meet them. I'm generally quiet though there are some things that get me quite barky such as a) hearing dogs barking on TV or sirens (like police cars or ambulances) blaring on TV, b) when the other dogs in the house get barking, c) if I see/hear big cars and trucks going by and d) when people first come to the house. I can also get scared- barky at new objects that I haven't encountered before, like if there is a weird new trash can in front of someone's house, or a dump truck parked down the road. I love going for walks on leash and love hikes on trail. So much to sniff! I enjoy meeting new people sometimes, though I can be a little bit nervous with strangers (especially if they are staring at me!) until I have had a chance to get to know them a bit. When I was younger, I was terrified of kids (in the age range of 4-10 years old) and also of short, heavyset blonde women--I used to bark at them frantically and genuinely seem terrified of them. The rescue folks think that maybe it was a short, heavyset blonde woman and her kids who cut off my ear and kicked me hard enough to break my pelvis. As I got older, I seemed to do better with children, but I had 2 very weird incidents (1 involving a child) that might indicate that I
CHARACTERISTICS:
Breed: Border Collie
Size: Medium
Petfinder ID: 21290536
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Pet has been spayed/neutered
CONTACT:
Cayuga Dog Rescue | Ithaca, NY
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