Oba actually arrived!
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kisthaWe got notified on Wednesday that she'd be arriving on Saturday, and we didn't tell a soul. After all the false starts, we didn't want to jinx it.
Picking her up was a bit of a pain-in-the-ass with an accident on the 518, and then the other annoying people who were picking up their dog. But we got through it OK.
She's incredibly sweet and and has no issues with the cats at all. We did a test run about an hour after we got her home, and the only one with problems were the cats. They've gotten used to her, although they still pretty much avoid getting close to her, and Ankhet keeps stealing her toys. So we're all living together in a pretty easy harmony. Mainly since the cats now pretend she doesn't matter and Oba ignores them.
She also is confused and occasionally looking around for her 'real' people. That with the discovery that hardwood floors are a *new* thing, I was worried we'd never get her to eat or drink Saturday night. She spent a lot of time standing in one place for hours, shaking when she got tired, but wouldn't sit down. We finally got her on her dog bed around midnight, and we all passed out. She's been better since, and we've been feeding her outside on the deck so she doesn't have to deal with the floors for now. Once I can get her down the stairs, we can start feeding her in her real feeding place. But for now it's very little exploration inside, and playing out side. The occasional exploring looks like Bambi on ice, it's funny, in a sad kind of way. OK maybe it's just funny at this point.
So the family is bigger by one, and I'm playing a lot of fetch in an attempt to tire her out, since until she realizes we are her people, no going off leash outside the yard - and the yard is not so big.
Ah, puppy love!
Picking her up was a bit of a pain-in-the-ass with an accident on the 518, and then the other annoying people who were picking up their dog. But we got through it OK.
She's incredibly sweet and and has no issues with the cats at all. We did a test run about an hour after we got her home, and the only one with problems were the cats. They've gotten used to her, although they still pretty much avoid getting close to her, and Ankhet keeps stealing her toys. So we're all living together in a pretty easy harmony. Mainly since the cats now pretend she doesn't matter and Oba ignores them.
She also is confused and occasionally looking around for her 'real' people. That with the discovery that hardwood floors are a *new* thing, I was worried we'd never get her to eat or drink Saturday night. She spent a lot of time standing in one place for hours, shaking when she got tired, but wouldn't sit down. We finally got her on her dog bed around midnight, and we all passed out. She's been better since, and we've been feeding her outside on the deck so she doesn't have to deal with the floors for now. Once I can get her down the stairs, we can start feeding her in her real feeding place. But for now it's very little exploration inside, and playing out side. The occasional exploring looks like Bambi on ice, it's funny, in a sad kind of way. OK maybe it's just funny at this point.
So the family is bigger by one, and I'm playing a lot of fetch in an attempt to tire her out, since until she realizes we are her people, no going off leash outside the yard - and the yard is not so big.
Ah, puppy love!
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Date: 2006-09-25 06:38 pm (UTC)I'm glad everyone in your family is doing ok with the new addition. :) By the end of a week, she sould be pretty used to you guys, and by the end of two, she'll start treating you like "her people". By three weeks, should be a done deal. (Our dog had abandoned us in favor of our in-laws after two weeks gone this past summer. She was confused when we showed back up, but happily readjusted within hours of our being home.)
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Date: 2006-09-25 08:18 pm (UTC)Good things come to those who wait... so at this point, Oba must be ready to be put down for saint-hood. Give her a few days and she'll have those floors mastered. Can't wait to meet her.
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Date: 2006-09-27 04:14 am (UTC)Welcome, Oba!