The latest addition to our growing family is a 10-week old standard poodle puppy. As you can plainly see, he is almost as cute as Elizabeth, though he’s not yet quite so sure of himself in his new surroundings. We know his human parents and his doggie parents, so we realize it’s only a matter of time until he’s well-adjusted and fully enjoying himself here!
I expected some cat/dog fireworks when we brought him home, but so far they are just curious about each other, though if someone gets skittish it seems contagious, and they give each other a wide berth. It’s going much better than when we got our second cat, Coozie. THAT occasion was marked by a three day hissy fit before Caper realized Coozie was here to stay.
His parents have him crate-trained already, so he likes sleeping in there, even though we can tell he misses his litter mates. We are working on housetraining him, or if you prefer, learning to read his signals that he’s ready to go outside.