Hi Yvette - just wanted to let you know how happy Possum and I are. We had an excellent drive home from Nanaimo - he slept the whole way and was great. We came home and got settled. he and the cats touched noses and there was no aggression on either part which i was of course very relieved to see. He was shy of course - spent a lot of the evening under the kitchen table but came out and gobbled up his dinner without any trouble. He was shy when i went to bed but let me pick him up and slept the entire night with me on the bed. When I woke up this morning he was lying on his back and when I said good morning he gave his tail a little thump and he had a little belly rub. We have already locked hearts I think. He found a ball on a shelf in my kitchen and took it off of it. it was sure funny - he has the funniest little face. I am truly in love.

I spoke to Dave about the papers and he said you could fax the adoption papers for me to sign to my work and then just pop the other stuff in the mail. (feel free to send it COD) Just saves me driving an hour and a bit each way down to Nanaimo as I dont want to leave Possum very much and he didnt seem to do so well on the car ride over on the ferry. (Just thought I would limit the car rides for now until he was a little more comfortable.)

Katherine.

Good afternoon!

we have changed sandy’s name to bella and shes getting along just fine! she slept in the car on the way home so we took her for a pee before we brought her inside…she didnt go outside but decided to go inside a few times. we tried to leave her in a crate in the kitchen but man did she ever howl! not only that, SHE ESCAPED! she managed to unzip it. smart little girl. we eventually went into the spare bedroom with her. it turns out its not the crate that she doesnt like, she HATES being alone. the new city noises in the morning woke her which woke us nice and early. she piddled in the house a few more times but i have learnt that we must sit outside with her for at least 20 minutes before she decides to go outside. she was given alot of praise. she did a #2 for the first time when we took her out too. it looked better then what dave and stan described it as so that is good. shes a beautiful girl and is enjoying the company of the rabbits. we just put them on the the floor in their cages until they get used to each other. she runs around the cages in happiness. i will send you pictures when i get a chance to upload them. as you know how hard it is to get anything down with a pup! luckily shes sleeping below my feet at the moment after that big walk. thank you so much once again and james will mail off the check on his way to work this afternoon. take care and we shall see you at the reunion hopefully! we have a wedding in kelowna late august so im hoping it wont fall on the same weekend. bye for now!

Hi Yvette, I’d like to thank you again for Keena, she is a wonderful dog and
is adjusting quite well! She has had 2 big bowls of food and water since
she’s been here and is cruising the yard like she owns it!  We are planning
on taking her through all the forest trails and by the river tonight as a
little walk to get her used to a leash and collar as she’s not too keen on
it.   I promise to send pictures of her swimming and camping with us in the
next month. We have kept her name Keena as we love it!

Hello Yvette, just wanted to let you know how Linnet is settling in - my girls really wanted to have a hand in naming her so we have successfully (if you can believe in two days) changed her name to Meeca  (Mee-ka )  and she has had no trouble!!  The girls are just thrilled with her and we have already started to teach her to play with a ball - which she does enjoy!  She is making herself at home now.  She has become much less timid coming in and out of the house, and she has been on the leash lots and is getting much better at it.  Bye for now - we will keep you updated with pics and her progress!  Thank Dave for bringing her down to us!  Sharon, Mysha, Mindy, Richard and Meeca.

Hello, Yvette

Fianally, I met Oro/Buc last night around 10 pm.
Stan and his daughter were so nice to bring him to me and giving me advice.
He mentioned that he is going to call you regarding his stiches.

He has been good, trying to adjust, except few things, he did NO.2 right after he came to my place. Unfortunately, it was very soft one, so it was little bit work to clean it, since he did it on the carpet. But I cleaned it right away, and tried to teach him not to do it again by Stan’s advice.

He woke me up around 6 am this morning, I didn’t want to have another accident, so took him for first walk. In fact, he did a great job for No.1 and 2. But again, the No.2 was very soft and sticky. Wondering if there is something I can do for that.

Other problem that I had last night was, he refused to go into the carrier. I wanted him to sleep in there since I didn’t know what to expect specially, right after the first accident. I tried to trick him by putting dog cookie in there, but he was manged to get just the treat and refused to go in there. So I took him in my den and turned the light off and I went to bed as well, he was crying a little at first, but after told him to be quiet few times, he just went to sleep and didnt wake me up till this morning.

So going back to the carrier, maybe he has ever been in the kind of carriers so he was nervous? or maybe he is scared of going into tiny and little dark space? or I should get one more size bigger? ( I got M size)

Please let me know what you think, whenever you get a chance. ( sorry for asking so many questions, however I think it is very important to teach him stuff from beginning and get advice from someone knows about him well)

Thank you.

Yuriko

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