New Chapter

Well, it's been a while since I've used this blog, but since I'm stuck at home for the next two weeks with a SEVERELY sprained ankle(bad enough for it to be in an air cast) I might as well make some notes on the first few days for my new dogs (lady's) life with us.

So, some background on Lady to start. She is a black lab/beagle mix possibly. She's about 30 pounds and full of energy. She has three traits that make us think she is part something other then lab. 1. she is small for a lab. 2. she has a soft bay in her bark/cry. 3. she can stand straight up on her back legs. We don't when she was born but we assume she is about 1 year old. I meet her about 6-7 months ago when I noticed she was one of those dogs that didn't go home from the kennel in the normal 1 or 2 weeks. Most of the rest of the Kennelwood staff really did pickup that she hadn't gone anywhere tell about her fourth month in the kennel. I really began to bond with her around her fifth month in the kennel when it was pretty clear that she wasn't going  home. About that time we had to put are last dog down, Blacktail was 15 years old and even though her spirit was strong her body couldn't keep up. A week after Blacktail had passed I began asking my boss and the general manger of the Page Kennelwood (Amy) if there was a way to adopt Lady and give her a good loving home. In short after many phone calls between lady's ex-dad and Amy, letter of eviction from the kennel, Me asking about her everyday for two and a half weeks, and calls between Amy and the corporate headquarters I finally got to bring her home yesterday afternoon.

So yesterday was an exciting day for both my family, myself, and Lady. My mom meet Lady for the first time yesterday. Lady didn't, hasn't totally adjusted to her yet. She had no real experience in the car so that was her first big excitement. Next it was coming into an house. I was glad to see that she figured out stairs pretty fast. For the first few hours lady stayed near the back door in the kitchen while I made dinner (yes I can cook when I want to). Eventually she relaxed enough to explore the living room and the many soft surfaces with in it. I have never seen a dog so excited to have a soft surface to rub on. So far the sofa is her favorite place although she likes her dog bed also.  She was very intimidated by my mom boy friend Lonnie though and they just didn't quite make friends yesterday. Last night was her first night in a crate. She needs to be crated until we can trust her not to destroy the house while were gone or asleep. We learned that she needed a night light to sleep with, my moms room was to dark for her. who knew?

This morning started early because my mom had to be in St. Charles at 6:15 am to be ready for a hell class at 6:30am to start. Lady can be an energizer bunny in the morning I swear I spent 5-6 hours just trying to proof the upstairs against her and she up to this moment still is finding things and bring them to me and watching me put them back and try to block the place where she got them from. Also during this time Lady has also become comfortable walking around the bird. To be fair my green wing macaw, Cassey, can be intimidating even if your a 200 pound human.  Lady also discovered my snake, Zoey, but hasn't done much but watch her.  Lady doesn't hold still, if you sit maybe she will sit, but if you are moving about the room you bet she wants to she what your doing. Well, she did finally take a nap this afternoon from about 12:30 tell 3pm, but after that she was right back at it. Okay enough for now I need some dinner so I'll write some more tomorrow.