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Saturday, June 09, 2007
Cooper and Nikita It has been highly entertaining to see the relationship between Cooper and Nikita evolve.
Cooper tends to treat Niki as a furry chew toy. Niki responds with ungodly yowling and squirming.
After repeatedly chastising Cooper for gnawing on his little sister, we realized that, as a Great Dane puppy, he is not that hard to get away from. Thus, either Niki is not that bright (yeah, right...), or this was some sort of elaborate interspecies game (and they really love each other).
As if to prove our point, the next time we saw Niki on the couch with Cooper, this is the scene which greeted us:
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Rufus learns to share the couch
...but not to like it...
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Sad Rufus
I had to fly home this weekend for a funeral, and left Rufus in Kelly's capable care. However, my absence always makes Rufus sad. Cooper did his best to comfort his big brother...
Monday, May 07, 2007
Monkeys in the Grass
Springtime has finally arrived here in the Pacific Northwest, and Rufus and Cooper took the opportunity to lounge around in the grass in Kelly's back yard last weekend.
However, Cooper quickly grew bored with this and initiated a Mouth Jousting session by trodding on Rufus's head.
Rufus retaliated a bit more quickly than Cooper anticipated, catching him off guard.
However, Cooper recovered quickly and and went on the offensive
Finally, Kelly arrived to distract Cooper and save Rufus's bacon
By this point, Cooper had gotten a bit drowsy anyway
With his nemisis otherwise occupied, Rufus seized the opportunity to crash out again
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Cooper Comes Home
Kelly has been thinking about bringing another dog into her life since Lucky was killed. She has always wanted a Great Dane, and in fact thought Luck was one when she got him (she was working at a large breed rescue at the time). She has been checking out Dane breeders in our area on the net, and came across one who had a two week old litter. She expressed an interest in paying them a visit, and this seemed like a safe thing to do. After all, it would be 6-8 weeks before they will be ready to go to their new homes, and so she would have plenty of time to think about whether she was ready.
Last Sunday, we drove up to visit the breeder in question. When we arrived and walked around the side of his house to his dog pens, the first thing I noticed was a young Dane in a pen with three females. "Uh oh," I thought, "here we go..." We met the three females (one of which is the mother of the litter we can to see), and checked out the puppies (which were little black and white peanuts whose eyes have not even opened yet). Throughout, this little guy followed Kelly around, gnawing on her ankles and generally let it be known that he thought she was pretty neat. Turns out that he was the last unplaced pup from the breeder's last litter. The breeder was anxious to place him, and offered Kelly a deal if she would take him. I personally think this was not even necessary: Kelly was smitten with him from the moment she saw him. To make a long story short, the little guy, who we eventually named Cooper, came home with us that evening to be part of our family. We have now officially crossed the line from pet owning household to menagerie...
Here is Kelly, obviously VERY happy with her decision just before we loaded up into the car to head home.
The next morning, we got up to feed all the "monkeys", and Cooper decided that Rufus's bowl looked much better than his own (even though we put the same food in both).
Rufus continues to be a very gentle big brother to Cooper, and looked a bit perplexed as to what to do as Cooper proceeded to snarf down most of Rufus's breakfast.
Rufus finally gave up and went back to mouth jousting with Cooper while Nikita observed from her perch at the end of the bed. Eventually, the little guy ran out of steam, and we were all able to get to sleep (abet only for a few hours - we are on "out to pee every three hours" puppy time for now).
Monday, April 23, 2007
Rufus makes a friend
Kelly is starting to think about her next canine companion, and has her heart set on a Great Dane. It was therefore an interesting coincidence that Rufus and I met a lovily young lady named Bella on a recent outing to the park.
Kelly and I somewhat impulsively decided to make a new addition to our family, a Savannah cat named Nikita. The rational behind choosing this particular flavor of kitty was that she will likely to grow up to be larger than your average domestic feline, and should be able to hold her own against the dogs in our household (we got her just before Lucky's death). After some initial attempts to treat her like a furry chew toy, the boys started acting like she was a (probationary) member of the family.
Since Lucky's passing, Rufus and Nikita have gotten more and more at ease with each other (it helps that Nikky grew up around a Boxer with whom she was best friends). Rufus has shown a great deal of curiousty about her (once he figured out that she was not a ferocious creature out to eat us in our sleep).
While Nikita is still now sure how to react when Rufus comes bounding towards her or drops a play bow in an invitation to romp, we are optimistic about their relationship...
Where are the other Ridgebacks?
Friday, April 20, 2007
RIP Lucky
Lucky, Rufus's companion and best friend, was struck by a car near Genessee Park in Seattle on April 18. My girlfriend, Lucky's owner, rushed him to a local vet, but his injuries were too severe and she was forced to put him down. We all miss him...
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Rufus Gets Unspun
Amazon, my employer, has a cool new site called Unspun which allows you to view and vote on lists and rankings. Rufus thought this was incredibly cool, and demanded I add this to his blog:
