Just thought you might want to know how things went last night with my new furry kids.
In a word excellent. Much better than I expected they would. They are very good with cats. But the cats aren’t all that sure they want new dogs in the house and are ignoring the attempts at friendship offered by Ralph and Agnes. But they will come around. They loved my dogs before and they will love these again.
We have semi tame deer in our yard almost all the time. Several, most actually, were born right here and they are fine with dogs. My dogs treated them like horses. They sometimes nuzzed each other in passing. Ralph and Agnes had never seen a deer I guess because they looked totally confused as to what these big creatures were. But after about 15 minutes of the deer being curious about them and gently coming over to nuzzle them, they decided it was OK. But a very curious thing.
The raccoon and opossum that come and eat cat food on my deck in the evening pretty much ignored them. “Yeah right, another dog,” The pooches walked around them nervously at first but then must have decided they were some kind of strang cats because my two orange cats, Manya and Shilo, (mom and son) were right there and comfortable with the two “wild” guests. Eventually the puppy dogs lost interest and wandered off for something more exciting.
I haven’t been to the house where they lived previously. But I know the neighborhood and all the houses there have about the same sized lots, 60Ft. wide, 100 ft. deep. That means that they have lived in a home with a yard they could play in that was about 60Ft wide by 20 or 30 ft deep. Suddenly they were in heaven! I have 3 acres of my 10 acres dog fenced and they didn’t know what to make of being free and off lead and having so much space to run.
They sped as fast as they could go chasing each other tumbling in the grass, getting up and spinning around until they lost their breaths. Then they went exploring in our barns and sheds. Wow! Tired dogs need a nap. So they took one.
I had some problems with the doggie door. They had never used one and didn’t know how they worked. They thought the flap was a solid wall and when I went out and called them, they just stood on the other side of the door until I opened the door and then they bounded out in happy greeting.
So we had some lessons in using a doggie door. I had to literally push then through a couple of times but then the light went on in Ralph’s mind and I saw a nose gently poke the flap and then the head and then with a bound the whole dog made it through. As soon as Agnes saw that she hurled herself at the door and bounded right through. Then came 20 minutes or so of the two of them running around the house, up the steps onto the deck and through the doggie door only to turn around in the house and exit with the same joyous energy and then do it all over again.
After dinner they were two pooped pups. They came to be petted, tongues hanging out, smiling, wet noses, and tails wagging. After giving them lots of hugs and kisses and telling them they were the best dogs in the world, they collapsed in sleep. They slept all night. Worn out I guess.
They’re sleeping now at noon. All worn out from more fun and excitement this morning. So am I. It’s been exciting. It’s been fun. It makes me feel so good to see how happy they are and how quickly they have adjusted.
I’m going to take some pictures soon of my whole “brood” of cats and dogs and hopefully I’ll get them posted. That’s my next challenge. To go back to what I was doing two days ago when the call came in to go to the shelter, reading up on how to perform wonderful things like you guys do in my posts.
Sorry this is another long post but I did want you to know how things were going. I thought you would all want to know how things went and to be happy with me for the way this turned out.
Just thought you might want to know how things went last night with my new furry kids.
In a word excellent. Much better than I expected they would. They are very good with cats. But the cats aren’t all that sure they want new dogs in the house and are ignoring the attempts at friendship offered by Ralph and Agnes. But they will come around. They loved my dogs before and they will love these again.
We have semi tame deer in our yard almost all the time. Several, most actually, were born right here and they are fine with dogs. My dogs treated them like horses. They sometimes nuzzed each other in passing. Ralph and Agnes had never seen a deer I guess because they looked totally confused as to what these big creatures were. But after about 15 minutes of the deer being curious about them and gently coming over to nuzzle them, they decided it was OK. But a very curious thing.
The raccoon and opossum that come and eat cat food on my deck in the evening pretty much ignored them. “Yeah right, another dog,” The pooches walked around them nervously at first but then must have decided they were some kind of strang cats because my two orange cats, Manya and Shilo, (mom and son) were right there and comfortable with the two “wild” guests. Eventually the puppy dogs lost interest and wandered off for something more exciting.
I haven’t been to the house where they lived previously. But I know the neighborhood and all the houses there have about the same sized lots, 60Ft. wide, 100 ft. deep. That means that they have lived in a home with a yard they could play in that was about 60Ft wide by 20 or 30 ft deep. Suddenly they were in heaven! I have 3 acres of my 10 acres dog fenced and they didn’t know what to make of being free and off lead and having so much space to run.
They sped as fast as they could go chasing each other tumbling in the grass, getting up and spinning around until they lost their breaths. Then they went exploring in our barns and sheds. Wow! Tired dogs need a nap. So they took one.
I had some problems with the doggie door. They had never used one and didn’t know how they worked. They thought the flap was a solid wall and when I went out and called them, they just stood on the other side of the door until I opened the door and then they bounded out in happy greeting.
So we had some lessons in using a doggie door. I had to literally push then through a couple of times but then the light went on in Ralph’s mind and I saw a nose gently poke the flap and then the head and then with a bound the whole dog made it through. As soon as Agnes saw that she hurled herself at the door and bounded right through. Then came 20 minutes or so of the two of them running around the house, up the steps onto the deck and through the doggie door only to turn around in the house and exit with the same joyous energy and then do it all over again.
After dinner they were two pooped pups. They came to be petted, tongues hanging out, smiling, wet noses, and tails wagging. After giving them lots of hugs and kisses and telling them they were the best dogs in the world, they collapsed in sleep. They slept all night. Worn out I guess.
They’re sleeping now at noon. All worn out from more fun and excitement this morning. So am I. It’s been exciting. It’s been fun. It makes me feel so good to see how happy they are and how quickly they have adjusted.
I’m going to take some pictures soon of my whole “brood” of cats and dogs and hopefully I’ll get them posted. That’s my next challenge. To go back to what I was doing two days ago when the call came in to go to the shelter, reading up on how to perform wonderful things like you guys do in my posts.
Sorry this is another long post but I did want you to know how things were going. I thought you would all want to know how things went and to be happy with me for the way this turned out.