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Old 08-06-2016, 08:10 PM
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Well Buddy took to Joe right away, so as an update, we are now officially fostering Joe. He was shy at first while we were at PetSmart, but Buddy was all over him wanting to play. I was surprised that Joe made it through the day as there was a lot of interest (my tech is interested and I hope that he and his girlfriend decide to adopt Joe). He has stuck to me like glue since we brought him home, but has settled in nicely. He has already started running around the house (I was surprised at how fast he is) and playing with Buddy. He went "missing" and as it turns out, he was upstairs hunting around. I am going to have to put a gate up as I am cognizant that going up and down the stairs is not good for him, but I was surprised that he went up and down so quickly (he was in a ranch home, so he didn't have stairs before). He walked well on the leash (well at least as good as could be expected given the rabbits and new scents that he was finding); We avoided the ears in the water so far, although they are very long....lol. It will be interesting to see his shenanigans (the rescue coordinator told me he likes to tear apart paper, so I had to move some things around a bit. Apparently one of his favorite past times is grabbing the toilet paper and running it around (so....the bathroom doors will be closed..lol). I know it is early, but someone is going to adopt a really nice dog if/when they take Joe.
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