Well since I last posted we have gained a new member of our family! You can read all about it below and then check out the next wondeful photographer in our blog circle.
The Fabulous Linda Hooper!!!!
It all started when I innocently went to the vet to buy more dog food and there was a small puppy behind the desk who was absolutely adorable and immediately latched on and played with Reese.
Fast forward to the next day and I'd convinced Richard that the puppy should "meet" Cadbury and have a playdate. This puppy was brought into the clinic at around 10-12 weeks old. Someone had found it scavenging on the street and had managed to capture it. That family had said they would adopt him if he was neuteured and then changed their minds and abandoned the adoption. He had been living in the clinic for a few weeks and fostering at the lovely Zoe's house because he was so distraught at being left in a cage in teh clinic. Poor little guy!!!!!!
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Meeting"Jack" on the playdate outside the vets
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Cadbury loved him on the playdate so we packed him up and brought him home with us! The first few days were tense because Cadbury loved him outside the house, but tried to eat him inside the house!!!
So for the first day the poor little dude slept on the floor near the couch because if he went anywhere near Cadbury and her bed she would growl.
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I think he was just happy to have a home!
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We re-named him Ooday, which is an old Arabic name meaning "He who runs fast"!! We thought he should have an Arab name since he's native to here.
Eventually, Cadbury warmed up to him and even allowed him on her bed. Now she loves to play with him and is remarkably patient given her age and spastic legs!!!!
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| Finally getting a turn on the bed! |
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| RAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! |
And now they are best friends most of the time! We actually have to stop Cadbury from encouraging Ooday to play otherwise her joints get too sore. Crazy dog :) She seems to have come to life with a puppy in the house. Definitely more of a gleam in her eyes these days.
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| Having a snuggle with Cadbury |
Ooday and Reese also had to learn to get a long and this is still an ongoing process. We currently have some strict rules in place to protect them from each other!!
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| Posing for the camera |
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| Daddy has cheese!!!! |
Ooday is a desert type dog. Which means that he's definitely part Saluki with potentially a few other things mixed in. Watching him jump and prance is hilarious and his body makes me giggle because he's got the big chest and skinny little waist and these spindly long legs! I can't wait to see him off leash one day when we are home and in a secure dog park (and we've done some work on "Come"!!)
I'm fairly certain nothing is going to be safe in our house for a few years! Steaks on the counters, anything on the bed or a shelf!!! No pet rabbits allowed in the Burwell house unfortunately!!!
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| like a little gazelle |
What was interesting is that when we took him camping he got out of the car, immediately dug a hole in the sand and then lay in it. He did this all weekend, and anytime he was lying down, he was in a hole. Guess you can't beat 1000 years of instinct!!!!!
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| Ooday in his first hole of the day |
He was a little hyper today when I was trying to take some more picture because we bathed him for the first time earlier. Cadbury will sit for the hose and bath with not much convincing. Ooday was trying to blend in with the hedge rather than get wet!!!!!
Afterwards he was twitchy and crazy and so when I was taking the following pictures I caught him just as he started at me, mid air, and then as he was right above me!! They're blurry because I had such a close lens on that he was too close to focus but I think they're hilarious!
And finally, some last shots of Ooday. I'm fairly certain he's glaring at me in the middle one. The last one is him with his new tag that arrived on Thursday. He will be making the long trek home with us in June when we repatriate back to Calgary. He'll have five acres to run on and a lifelong family.
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| I'm getting teenager attitude here I think! |
Officially a Burwell!!!!!!
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