Prince Gus

Please join me in welcoming Gus to the Pookie family! We adopted 5 year old Gus yesterday from Safe Harbor Lab Rescue. Apparently he had been given up by his owner due to financial problems that required him to take a job with too much travel to care for sweet Gus. It must have been hard to give this boy up since he is AWESOME! He has a very sweet disposition, loves to play fetch, comes when you call him, etc. He has basic training, but we're looking forward to taking him to obedience class to get to the next level where we can feel really comfortable having him off leash to play, hike and swim. He's already given me some good exercise this morning with a nice walk and a round of fetch in the yard. Since people are WAY into dogs here, we'll be taking him out of the house with us as much as we can.

The only snag in the happy Pookie household is cat/dog relations. Earlier this week, we brought over another dog to meet Mable and things did not go well due to my own stupidity. There's a whole world of information online about how to introduce cats and dogs and most of it is the complete opposite of what I did. I held Mable in my arms and brought her over to the dog , then she proceeded to claw her way out of my arms -- OUCH. I have the war wounds to prove it. So we're now following the advice of experts and taking our time to introduce them. Wish us luck!