08/16/05
Cooper is a traveler and wants to know everyone.  He expects to be in the passenger seat of my van, (Oh brother!) Cooper isn't a 'back seat' kind of dog.  Because of his size, I had to put a milk crate covered with a blanket on the floor of the front passenger side.  You see, Cooper's Shetland Pony sized feet kept falling off the front seat onto the floor and he couldn't see out the window.  Seeing out the window is pretty important to Cooper.  He's a little vain and likes the general public to acknowledge his existence, his beauty and his resilience.  I brush Cooper daily and can't believe his former owners thought that his normal shedding was something that made him a 'bad dog'.  I was excited when Cooper dug his first hole this week....that was something that also made him a 'bad dog' in the past.  Unfortunately, his first hole is right in front of my mothers car and now she can't get out.  It's his favorite hole, so we're working on a compromise.
Cooper is great on the leash when he meets other dogs and people.  He wants to meet anyone and everyone. Maybe kind of making up for his alone time in the past.  Cooper is one great dog.. He will never again suffer abuse at the hands of a human.  He won't be seen needing a home again.

05/13/05
     Lexie and Charlie have been playing, not as much as he would like I think, but she has started chasing with him.  She gets a little testy when Charlie puts his big paw on her back to get her attention, but that's understandable.  The kids and Charlie get along great, he usually sleeps in my oldest girls room or in the hall between all of the rooms.
      His vet check-up went well.  The vet did say he is very underweight (which we know), she says he could stand to gain 30 - 50 pounds so we've been feeding him 2x a day.  He is slowly learning that he is not allowed in the kitchen and that the girls stuffed animals are not chew toys. all in all things are going well.

03/22/05
We wanted to let you know that Cheyenne has been a great girl.  She has gotten along with Sitka (our male Siberian Husky) perfect. They love to play, and she has been very sweet with him.  She keeps him in line without being over aggressive.  She acts as though she has known us for awhile.  Her and Sitka enjoy sleeping on the bed with us...that doesn't leave much room for Li and I :-).  The cats are used to dogs and go about their business as usual.  Cheyenne definitely has a high prey drive...she loves to search/dig for gophers, etc...and stares at our cats and ferret.  They don't mind and have done everything except climb on her.  Even though she has been fairly good with the cats, we know not to trust her yet.  We have been taking the dogs to "Chimney Park" and Cheyenne has gotten along with everybody (dogs, kids, etc...), we have even met Donna and her pack a couple of times.  Cheyenne, Sitka, and Teton got along great with each other.  We look forward to more interactions.  We were also brave enough to take Cheyenne and Sitka rollerblading.  Needless to say we had a lot of laughs, and were careful.

03/07/05
We adopted Charon now Maggie... she is 29lbs, and is adjusting to our home well.  We took her to Stevens to play in the snow a couple of weeks ago and she LOVED it!

12/21/04
Hi WAMAL Folks!
Cody has now been in his permanent home with us for 10 months.   He's finally coming into his own as far knowing where he belongs and that he gets to stay forever.  He has made two new friends - a husky/aussie mix and an American Bulldog.  They come for play dates and he loves them.  The bulldog thinks Cody is wonderful and follows him around trying to do malamute things - ever hear a bulldog wooooooooo?  With those lips????
Anyway, here are a couple of our Christmas pictures, just for fun.  Thanks again WAMAL.