Kaya one week on

It is just over a week since Kaya joined us. This photo was taken last week, after we brought Hobbes' old basket up from the basement. Its back down in the basement again, as she is now staying in the basement room during the day. So far, she hasn't got up to too much mischief down there. We're sure that she sleeps on the pink sofa, and she has obviously been chewing the stairs and Hobbes'-now-her basket. But that seems quite mild for a puppy. So far, we have had no accidents in the house, which is amazing, given the fact that she wasn't supposed to be house-trained.

The pictures at the beginning of the post are taken on the river. Kaya has been enjoying herself in the snow, surfing through it, although it is deeper than the length of her legs. Yesterday we gave her a chew treat on the river, and instead of eating it she buried it. Huffy made a snow inukshuk so that she could find it again on our way home, and she did, and dug it up and ate it.

Gotta have Kaya now

The new addition to the Griffin clan. We rescued her on Saturday, from the Gatineau SPCA. We had originally gone to adopt a 16month old puppy called Leo. When we arrived, a family with 2 young girls were walking him, and clearly going to take him home. Taiia (as she was then known) was not in the adoption centre because she had recently been spayed and was on penicillin because she was found to have an ulcer on her tongue. Once we met her, that was practically it -- she lay her head on my thigh and rolled over on Huffy's feet at least three times before we even got through the door to take her outside.

We have no idea what "make" she is. The shelter said "airdale terrier/collie -- but that was a guess. She could equally be a bearded collie/retriever or yorkie/german shepherd (unlikely!) for all we know.

What we do know is that she is a little sweetheart. She likes to snuggle up to you, but she is quite self sufficient. She is very calm, but boy if she is allowed to play loose with another dog, in the fenced in tennis court she can run like the wind, out manouvering a new-found friend Lichen (timber wolf/husky). She is friends with everyone. She is trying to make friends with the cats, letting them approach her, rather than chasing them. She likes to eat her dinner, but will stop to permit you to take it from you or to run over and say "thank you". She has a dim view of our treat selection -- she is already refusing to eat milk bone biscuits and chews. She looooves cheese (very useful for hiding her tablets).

She sleeps through the night, settles at our feet if we're eating. Is quite happy to sit in her basket and watch the tele with Huffy -- she especially enjoyed the soccer on Sunday. We are sure that more "naughty behaviours" will emerge -- she has been caught with a slipper in her mouth. But for now we are smitten with our new arrival!!