Yesterday evening we added a third dog to our house. Now we have one nearly 12 years old, one 4 years old, and an 8 week old puppy. All Australian Shepherds. This little guy flew from Los Angeles to Newark with my wife yesterday, arrived completely unfazed. The breeder had held him back from a couple other people who wanted him because she said he's going to be a difficult dog - very smart, very self confident, questioning authority at his young age. Our old guy was exactly the same, and "difficult" dogs turn out to be the most delightful to live with because of their complexity.
We named him Korben Dallas, the Bruce Willis character in The Fifth Element. At 8 weeks, is litter box trained. Learned to do steps since last night, both up and down, although prefers leaping off the porch into the bushes and tumbling out of them. Learned his name since we got him, comes when called, and sits on command. We've got a lot of work to do...
Has a thing for shoe laces.
Arriving at home picture.
Bold. First time the dishwasher door was opened around him, turned our backs to get plates from the table and found him stretched out on the door. And not wanting to get off.
Loves to chew rawhides, and hasn't chewed anything "illegal". We learned from our first dog that if the house is full of legal things to chew, no chair legs will get chewed.
Our old dog responds with a snarl lip curl when Korben tries to play (which is as he should... he's Big Daddy) but we've now noticed that when Korben lays down to nap, Sam parks right nearby and plays lookout. Caught them curled up together once.
The moment when our middle dog decided that the puppy was OK, and gave off massive play signals.
Watching the little 8 pound puppy battle with a 72 pound adult... yep, he's bold.
shot with my XT-1. have cameras set around the house in different places and just grab whichever is closest. nice light.
Going to start the studio training tonight.
