So as you may have already heard, we adopted a new little heathen...I mean puppy. She is about 3 months old and is almost as big as Shadow. She was dropped off on someone's doorstep and the people took her to their local no-kill animal shelter where she waited, contracted kennel cough, and was just plain sad. So we picked her up, got her microchipped, and are in the process of getting her all better. She and Shadow are getting along pretty well considering Shadow doesn't like other dogs due to being bitten by one. We made a smart move, it seems, by taking them to Herritage park and introducing them there by throwing around the ball. At first Shadow was completely oblivious to her and then he finally starting sniffing and she nipped at him. He didn't know what to think so I fed her a piece of hotdog and then him one...and ohh man. Every time she got a piece he KNEW he was getting one, so he seems to think SHE is the bringer of tasty things now. All that's important is that they get along, which they do...mostly.
Zoey started a new game called Keep Away from Shadow in which the thing being kept is his chewy bone. She has her own bone....and about 3 pig ears laying around, but she finds it more entertaining to take his and make him mad. Also, she is a HUGE bed hog. She'll take the bigger of the two beds, which is meant for a full grown lab, and streeeeeeeeeetttttttcccchhhhh across it making Shadow lay on the floor or the smaller hand-made pillow/bed. BTW if anyone has old pillows they're looking to get rid of, call us. I found they make EXCELLENT dog beds. Especially when you stuff some cedar chips in with the old pillow stuffing.
