Update Received September 2013: Basil is doing great - she's very rambunctious and loves playing with our other dog Jasper.  She is still very shy of strangers and other dogs but we're slowly working with her and she's getting better.  She does know all the basic commands now: sit, stay, come, lay down.  She loves to play with Jasper in the yard and I have taken them to dog parks.  She loves to swim. She is wonderful and getting little bit more confident every day.  Thank you so much.