Quiet times

We've been having pretty quiet times especially if you leave out doctors visits and wild stuff like that.  The snow that I mentioned in my last post is long gone and we had 80F (26C) yesterday!  That's a little much but so was the snow.  

Gus is being a fairly good dog.  We took him to the vet and were told that he is probably more like 8 years old than the 4 that we were told.  However he got a clean bill of health and he hasn't gained any weight in the three weeks we've had him.  He is gradually learning the few things we want him to do:  sit, stay, etc.  What he is having trouble with is 'separation anxiety'.  I had to go to Las Vegas the other day and my wife says he stayed by her and looked out the doorway much of the time.  Then she had a checkup yesterday and I got the same experience from him while she was gone.  When we are both gone we put him in a crate.  We have a little camera that we pointed at his crate and he just goes nuts when we are both gone.  He barks and scratches and tries to escape in every way.  We left him alone in the house once and he used the living room as his bathroom.  Hmmm, we didn't like that!  Anyway, when we are around he's great.  

We are taking him for rides in the truck since that is the way we do long distance travel.  He is a little crazy hopping around in the back seat.  He also wants to get into the front seat but we aren't letting him do that!  The good news is that he gets to sniff some new things!

So that's life in the fast lane!  Thanks for stopping by.  Keep washing those hands.