Me and my kiddo

Me and my kiddo

Friday, April 21, 2023

New family member: Four months in to adopting Alfie

 It has been quite a journey! Alfie arrived with lots of anxiety and lots of love.  



Things he's learned so far:

- Dogs do not get on our furniture.

- Dogs sit (or down) during human meals.

- Dogs don't need to bark at every squirrel/deer (but most still get alerting)

- Dogs don't need to bark at all melting snow thumps (but most still get alerting)

- He will survive if he isn't petted every moment of every day. (First night, 12/30/22, it didn't seem like he believed that and my teenager struggled with the effects on his game-play:  https://youtu.be/e5gf1h-5xo0)


- Sit, down, and stay aren't that complicated.

- He can sleep on a comfy dog bed instead of a human bed.

- Licking human faces is a no but elbows and ankles are fine (and we've learned he seems to find about ten minutes the minimum).

- Licking Tracker-dog is almost always patiently tolerated (and the same time minimum applies).

- Snakes aren't that interesting and they run away when you lick them.


Things we have learned. 

- It was worth the teaching. He's a sweetheart.

- The kitchen counter is not safe for leaving food and massive GI upset results! (Tissues are apparently also delightful to eat and have the same result.)

- This dog can hamster wheel a pop up crate!

- We can make progress against the barrel-Lab shape.

- His tail is a powerful tool for thwacking everything (and he doesn't care).

- He likes guys best... Cameron and Andrew are much more fun than I am (but I'll do in a pinch because petting is petting and it is required often).


I'm sure we'll learn more about this sweet puppers who has found a forever home.













(Alfie is about four years old and was adopted from https://www.safeharborlabrescue.org )





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