Well, I've finally posted a picture of Nemo! (check him out to the right...) He's been a member of our family for a month now. He's doing great! After obedience class, he's started taking better walks with us. Much more focused on the walk and less focused on sniffing everything, everywhere. We had some problems with "accidents"....and almost always only when I was home alone with him...never when Bobby's home alone with him. That has gotten better over time, thank goodness. Took him to the vet last weekend and he's in great health! He does have some problems with separation anxiety. Nothing major where he's hurting himself from banging up against the kennel when we're gone. But definite whining and crying for a long time after we've left. So the vet, who is holistic, gave us herbal drops and pills to mix into food. The drops are given to him daily and the pills are for when we're both going to be gone for a long time. Just to relax him a little. He's a high energy dog so I think that contributes to it a little bit. We definitely love him and can't wait to see him continue to get used to us and feel more at home here.
Today we took him to Petco to see some of his Homeward Bound friends. Because he was up for adoption for so long, the volunteers got really attached to him. They were so excited to see him today, and he was happy to see them too! We'll try to make it a monthly thing to bring him back. They were a big part of his life for a year and so it's important to us that he still gets to see them. Although, when we walked in and he heard all the barking of the other dogs, I think he briefly wondered if we were leaving him there. Of course we weren't, but still.... :)
On another note, yesterday was my one year anniversary at Sorenson. I can't believe a year has gone by already! This year was so different from the 2007-2008 year.... and definitely much better. I love my job and can't wait to have more yearly milestones!
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