Thursday, March 19, 2009

Drum roll please....

The super sniffer has arrived. Sadly he just got neutered, and is feeling under the weather. He's not a barker or a howler, but he's a cryer. I could tell when the pain shot was wearing off later in the evening...he's really good at the high pitched wheeee wheee wheeee. In fact as I'm writing this it's my background music. He's apparently very true to his breed on the hound smell, as well as the sniffer. It's nice outside so we leave the windows cracked, which he can't stop going up to and smelling the incoming air. He's afraid of men...which has been interesting with Dallas. Every time Dallas gets up, or walks around, Leroy runs from one spot to the other, sofa, his bed, the front door all while keeping a watchful eye on Dallas. Every time Dallas goes into Neely's room with her, he waits 'til Dallas leaves and then goes and looks in the doorway. So he's leery. He'll get past that soon if he's any kind of lazy. Wears me out just watching it. Responds VERY well to no, and any command such as "come" in a stern tone! Absolutely amazing on his potty training. It's hard to keep him from wanting to lick his wound...and he's not eating due to the medication from earlier today. In a way I wish that he could have already had this part taken care of. I hate that his first day here has to be in agony, he'll probably resent me for it. It seems he likes to sit on the sofa, not a cuddlier but loves any attention you give him. So we'll see how things go from here. I hope to teach him about the dogie door on Sunday, and hopefully his day alone with Dallas will get him to warm up to him. More updates to come. And I guess we're sticking with Leroy, however Neely will only call him Lerow.

5 comments:

Allie said...

Congrats on your new baby!! I'm sure things will get better as he gets settled in.

The Oxford Family said...

He is so handsome!!! I am sure he will come around in a day or two! The best part of getting an older dog is someone else already trained them :) Congrats on Leroy!

Kathy said...

He's really cute!! As w/ all new "babies" the adjustment part is the hardest! But we all know there are many! Good luck to you and can't wait to meet him!!

MRMD_GRL said...

He is so cute! HE will get over his fear of men eventually, it will take time and some love.

Leroy is definitely an interesting name, but cute enough

MRMD_GRL said...

PS glad you stalk me now... weird it didn't work before....