Today Eva fulfilled a lifelong wish

[conuly]

and we got a new dog!

Well. A four-year old pre-owned dog, but same diff. Her name is Moonpie, and her previous foster family paid the shelter adoption fee for us (!!!!) which was very kind of them. We then blew the money we saved on dog toys, dog bones, and cute dog sweaters which omg have hoods on them.

She is settling in just fine - she's picked one toy as her absolute favorite, she carefully buried a bone underneath her doggie blanket (we had to point out to Eva that this is a fun activity for her and she didn't need her bone to be rescued!), and she is currently very happily asleep on Eva's lap.

Mama Cat is freaking out. She's ensconced herself in the kitchen, and every time I pass through she asks me if I've realized there is a dog in the house. No word from Callie yet. I've got to approach socialization very directly with her. If she follows her usual path and hides out in my room she might never adapt to her new roommate!

Comments

[alatefeline]

Yay dog! Yay dog sweaters with hoods! And poor kitties...

[zhelana]

congrats! What kind of dog is she?

[gingicat]

She sounds very sweet.

[bluemeridian]

Oh yay!! Congrats on the new addition!

[conuly]

A chihuahua. I never thought I'd say one of those dogs is "sweet", but this one really is. Very quiet, very calm, very snuggly.

[zhelana]

aww! itty bitty puppy!

[conuly]

Thanks :) I really thought it'd take longer for us to get a dog, but we only had to visit twice!

[conuly]

She is.

[conuly]

Mama Cat has unwound enough to sit in the same room as the dog, so that's huge progress. Callie... has sequestered herself in my room. I'm not sure she's even encountered the dog yet.

[delphi]

That is one adorable dog. :D

[conuly]

You should see her sniffing around, little tail going in circles.

[alatefeline]

Go Mama Cat! And poor Callie.

[alatefeline]

Awww. Teeny sweetie puppy.

[conuly]

Well, Callie mostly lives in my room. She's a bit of an odd cat, and when she was a kitten it was an uphill battle to socialize her at all. She eventually bonded to me, very strongly, and she's still pretty close with her mom, but she's not very interested in other humans. So mostly she stays in my room.

But I want her to acclimate to this dog enough that if they bump into each other it doesn't turn into a furry frenzy.

[alatefeline]

Yeah, furballs of that sort are best avoided. :D

[st_aurafina]

Oh, wow, that's so exciting! I hope she's settling in well and feeling at home.

[ironed_orchid]

Eeeee! Doggie!

[rachelkachel]

Yay dogs!

[conuly]

I've found myself surprisingly charmed by this doggie.