Blake's arrived

On 11th March, I received an email from Rachel Watkins, asking me whether I knew of someone wanting to adopt a dog that was found nearby and being fostered by her neighbour. When I saw the attached picture, I was immediately interested... Strangely only a couple of days before that I asked my boys and girl whether they would like a brother, the first time I did this and felt comfortable about the possibility of getting a new dog since Dylan died! And two days later, the above email... and this picture:

On Friday I went to see him and have a chat with Karen and Jim, who were looking after him. He was found in their road without collar, microchip and very skinny. So it looks like he was dumped, and no owners came forward.

So today, Karen came over with him and after introducing him to each dog individually (all were fine, although Skye grumbly as expected) we went for a walk around the village. All went well and Skye settled down well. Back in the garden, Skye became more grumbly again as she was then resource guarding everywhere... but I managed to control it all. Both Jesse and Flash were absolutely fine and not worried about him at all. He also is very laid back and showed no sign of aggression at all.

Well, I called him BLAKE. He is absolutely gorgeous.

Well, Skye is still very grumbly, though has settled a bit now tonight. Flash and Jesse are great, a couple of lip curls and grumbles when Blake got too much into their face/space, but that wasn't taken any further. I am of course making sure that Blake takes the hint and he isn't left unsupervised at all at the moment. I am sure that they will soon be settled well together.

Blake is feeling a bit lost, but that's of course to be expected, and he has actually settled well already. He is super friendly, and in fact has not much awareness of personal space - something that he has to learn as all three of my dogs like and value their personal space!

He is also very foody, so training is a doddle with him. He can already do a hand touch... LOL

Blake looks of course like Dylan's twin, but there are differences. His coat is shorter and thicker (at the moment) and although he is overall cream, he has some beige splodges over his back and legs. He is also taller. I think he is about a year old, even though the vet that saw him estimated him at two. But in particular his tail fur looks like it isn't fully developed yet, he also doesn't cock his leg and his teeth are pearly white! Time will tell how old he is though.

It feels great to have two long schnozzles in the house again. :-)