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Rea is
Grom's daughter, a
Croatian sheepdog from kennel Bartolovi dvori. She came
to us little more than 10 months old, somehow
coincidentally after the death of her breeder.
At the beginning she pretended to be a lap-dog and a
couch-dog and we thought for quite a while that she’s
gentle and sweet little bitch more like her mum Cica and
not so much like the Black Monster - Grom. Although she
showed her true Croatian sheepdog nature at times, only
after more than half a year with us she started to show
that she’s also her father’s daughter - very prey
driven, combative, territorial, alert and above all
very, very loud… Beside all that she also likes to herd
cats (because unfortunately she doesn’t have her own
sheep), she’s trying to boss around her canine roommate
Živa (she’s too smart to try that with Grom) and
intimidates her aunt Siva. In short she’s turning into a
little Black Monster.
Sudden sounds and movements are still scaring her, but
she recovers quickly and she finally figured out that I
really don’t mean her any harm when I’m running,
cheering and waving my hands. Right from the beginning a
Frisbee is her favorite toy and chasing and catching
Frisbees her favorite entertainment (besides barking and
annoying her father). Lately she also started to chase
and fetch balls. Still mostly a toy is interesting only
as long as it’s moving or when we pretend to be fighting
for it. And after long months of friendly persuading
she’s finally starting to agree with me that actually
agility is fun. We'll see...
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