We picked up Duncan today at Jerry’s house. We can tell he got very attached to Jerry in the time he has been with him, but we are pleased at how well he is doing his first day with us. I think he may be missing Jerry a bit, but we are giving him lots of love and attention. The ride home was a bit challenging. We put Duncan in
the back seat of my car for the ride home and after traveling a few miles he decided he wanted to be up front with us. He climbed up onto my lap and I thought he was going to lay down, but he kept getting up…….so we decided to pull over, get him back into the back seat and Dan crawled in the back seat with him. He finally laid down after awhile and was trying to fall asleep, but wasn’t sure if he wanted to. I think he was wondering where we were taking him.
When we got home, we left him out back to check out our yard. The neighbor who lives one house away had her 3 dogs outside and they were running up and down the fenced yard barking and Duncan was running back and forth in our yard barking at them. It was pretty hot, he ran up and down a few times and then decided he barked enough
and went and laid under our tree in the shade. He seems to enjoy laying on our tile floor in the kitchen and hallway, and seems to like laying on the mat in front of our front door. He hasn’t tried to climb up on our furniture yet, but does seem to like the his bolster bed on our living room floor.
We set up a crate in our living room and will put Duncan in there while we are away for the first week or so since he is in a new environment. We asked Jerry about this, and he felt that he should do fine without being in the crate after a week or two.
He ate his Wellness Adult Breed dog food with no problem around 5:30 pm and we took him for a walk around 7:15 on the walking trail near our house and did well on his walk. He seems tired out now and after a long day I’m sure he’ll sleep well.
Here are a few photos of Duncan. I didn’t get any outside shots yet, but I’m sure I will have plenty in the next few days.
