Diego

The long awaited for day finally arrived.  Yesterday we drove 8 hours each direction to meet our newest family member, Diego, previously known as Bobo.  Some time ago, Scott and I were watching TV and Rex was cuddling me as he usually does and Scott said, "Where's my dog to cuddle?"  We have been on a waiting list to rescue a Sheltie but alas, when they finally got Sheltie puppies at a local shelter, they didn't approve us.  We wanted a Sheltie because they are super smart.  We loved Allie-dog, and I loved my Sheltie growing up, Laddie.  Scott always wanted a bigger dog.  Rex is now 11 and when I think of him not being around a ton longer, I get the itch to go get another tiny fluffy dog.  So when Scott found this puppy on the internet, a tiny sheltie, we knew it was ours!

The drive was horrendous, truly, lots of bad highways, turns, then curvy roads.  We were exhausted.  We did listen to a book on cd together which was fun.  And on the way home, Diego was great!  Scott held him quite a bit and we stopped a lot when he squirmed.  He ate and peed and pooed just like a good boy then slept.

When we got home at 3:30am(by the grace of God, truly), he went to sleep in his little carrier right away.

This morning, I got up at 7:30 and woke him up.  We went outside and I introduced him to Rex.  Rex wasn't sure what to think.  Diego was in a playful mood.  He got a hold of Rex's leash (see video on Facebook) and pulled, which baffled Rex.  Then they did the sniffy sniffy which went well.  Then Diego tried to get Rex to play and Rex would have none of it.  He just kept backing away like "what are you doing?"  Rex was curious, though, and kept sniffing him.  Overall, it went really well!

Diego seems to be adapting really well.  He really likes his little carrier and prefers to be in it so we open the end and keep him near us on the bed or couch.  He has pottied outside lots of times already and only tried to pee where he wasn't supposed to once and he whined first.  He loves his little toy and chew stick and he sleeps a lot.

Rex likes Diego but he is mad at me.  He'll get over it.  Hannah did the same thing when we brought Leah home.  Ha ha..