The new dog
On Sunday, June 28th 2009, we went to PAWS, a local no-kill shelter, to look at dogs. One of the dogs I wanted to see happened to be sharing a room with a shy, somewhat nervous black Australian cattle dog. As it happens, this dog sidled right up to Sarah, and made fast friends, while I was preoccupied with the other dog in the room...
So, the next day, I went back meet the more shy dog, and fell absolutely in love. After some discussion by phone, Sarah and I agreed that this is, in fact, our dog. Wrap him up, we'll take him.
We haven't quite settled on a name, at the moment, but I can say that his personality is a funny mix of perky and energetic, but also a little nervous and shy. I think he'll take a while exploring the surroundings, before he really gets comfortable. Other than being house-broken, he's thoroughly untrained-- but he's a quick study, and less than 24 hours after coming home, he's already starting to learn to sit reliably on command.
So, here's some pictures, and some movies:
The first photo I took, in a hurry, to send to family.
In our backyard, after a fine round of fetch.
I even got a quick video of him catching the ball a few times