New family members

[Lindsey]

Janet, I know what you mean! I wanted to cry when I took them back to the foster home. I kept telling them they are going to come back and live with us forever but we just have to give them to their foster mommy for one more week. I hate that they might have thought we were abandoning them too! They were just getting so comfortable in our house.

Tonight my dad is in town so I asked their foster mom if I can bring them to my grandma's for a visit and she said it was no problem! I am so excited to see them again!

[DianaB]

Awww......how sweet!! It touches my heart that they are so close to each other. I know that you'll enjoy having them!!

We have an airdale, Mollee, and Amy has a lab, Olie, and they have grown up together. Jaci wants to take Mollee home but it's hard to think about separating them so Mollee stays here.

I look forward to hearing more and seeing more pictures!!!

[JJJ]

Lindsey you are one lucky girl. Look at all that love

I can't believe theirs cruel people who would even think of doing such thing. Maybe abandoning them was the only good thing they ever done

I have a maltese and he looks nothing but maltese.

[judy]

I saw the new babies on fb, but I want to tell you here how wonderful you and Scott are for adopting them. They are beautiful little dogs! You are doing such a wonderful thing.

How is Layla adjusting? She is such a sweetie, I'm sure she will love them, as long as she learns that you and Scott still love her the same.

Any new pix?

[Lindsey]

Judy I don't think we've even taken pictures since we've got them home!! I will need to take the camera out more often!

Layla is adjusting okay. She still avoids them and Scott tries to push them together but I tell him it will just take time. Kash is pretty crazy and he is nuts over toys. Because of that, Layla is not interested in toys anymore. I know she doesn't want to get in the middle of it and have him come after her for whatever toy she has. So she is showing no interest in toys anymore. She will not go near the ones he has been playing with, so I'm keeping some of her favourites up away from the other dogs, and maybe sometime Scott can go out with those two, and I can get Layla to play one on one with me with her own toys!

All of the dogs have been playing musical beds at night. First of all, Kash does not want to sleep on the floor, but we're making him anyway. He and Layla both snuggle with us on the bed for a while, and then go down when we're going to sleep. Kash will try to cry his way back up for 10 minutes or so, but if we ignore, he will just curl up where he is. Layla has her own bigger bed in our room. It's bigger because she can't curl up anymore. Her body is always stretched out! I got a little donut bed for Kash, and a little house for Lucy because she is most comfortable in a den. Lucy went straight for her little house which was great! The first night, Kash was jumping all over Layla in her bed, so she went to the donut bed. I thought I'd just change positions so I switched those two around the next night, and put Layla to sleep in her bed first. I woke up in the morning, and Kash was in her bed again, and Layla was in the little one. So I guess it didn't matter where they were! The next morning I woke up, and Kash was in Layla's bed, and at first glance I thought Layla was in the donut... but nope, that was Lucy! Layla's nose was sticking out of Lucy's house! Lol!!! I guess if Layla's getting kicked out of her bed, she has to kick someone else out too!

Anyways, I'm happy to see they're all okay with sharing their sleeping spaces! And they all sleep right through the night.

Yesterday we were worried about how they'd do while we were at work. We expressed Layla on two pee pads in trays, and while both dogs sniffed them, they didn't use them. When we got home, there was just a poop at the garage door, but no pee anywhere! I let them out as soon as I got home. They seemed to do okay. I moved the pads to where they pooped yesterday, to see if that makes a difference.

Lucy is still pretty shy and timid, but she does come out sometimes. She will wag her tail and hop around on her front legs a little bit. When Kash starts playing, she runs to her kennel. I wonder if she was beaten before, because quick moves really scare her. Even if I'm playing with Kash and grab a toy quickly, she runs to her kennel. Last night I got her to sleep in my arms while I was watching tv. She will take some time to get used to us too. She does have quite a shrill cry when she is scared or alone!

[DianaB]

They all sound so sweet!!!

[Janet]

You did such a wonderful thing adopting the two older ones, but I hope it doesn't jeopardize Layla's health. She has made strides I would hate for them to stress out too much.