Coming home

Picked up Polly tonight from another volunteer who met the transport to pick up their foster and agreed to bring Polly to Portland. We heard that Polly is a "fear biter" which means she is not aggressive but with bite humans when she is afraid.  And we also heard she is always afraid of humans.  So we all were a little nervous at wondering how to handle her.  Our first dilemma was getting her from the volunteer's crate to my crate.  we tried getting a leash on her, coaxing her, tipping the other crate so she would gracefully slide in, and finally I just reached in a grabbed her collar.  She didn't growl or bite me but wiggled and squirmed as if she was very scared and extremely uncomfortable with what I was doing to her.  With the help of the volunteers, we wrestled her into my crate. No bites.  However, she did poop on me but I would call that a success.

I brought her in the house to meet the rest of my crew. (4 Bostons, 3 of them rescues) She got right out o the crate and sniffed and they all seemed fine.  She will come up to my hand and sniff me and usually lick my hand.  If I try to pet her, she will back away.  Any sudden movement from a human makes her jump.  She ate a bowl of food and has been sniffing all around the house getting used to everything.  I would say, a good beginning to the start of an adventure for the amazing little Polly.