Second Meeting Just as Good

Ryan came by today for a couple of hours. Emma came in and right away Radar tried to sniff her in a way that she didn't like. I was hugging Ryan (the whole thing happened within seconds of Ryan putting her down) so I didn't see what Ray tried to do, but Emma gave him a definitive bark and he stopped whatever it was he was doing. Radar was all excited to have guests in the house, like always, so he ran around for a while, somewhat independently of Emma, who was running around and sniffing quite actively on her own. As Ryan and I moved to the sofa, the dogs settled on the rug where the flip chews were. Emma began chewing right away, which seemed to confuse Radar because those were his discards. Suddenly, they were interesting again. So funny.

Emma disappeared into the dining room and was silent long enough for us to figure out that the silence was probably a bad thing. We discovered her pooping under the table. Ryan was really apologetic, but that's what dogs do in strange places. No big deal. We let the dogs out into the back yard and I cleaned up the mess.

Emma loved the backyard--she pooped again as soon as she got out there. Like she had done in the house, she found and dug up all of Radar's treasures which, again, amazed him. As she dug up and re-dug his bounty, he stood behind her staring. Such chaos to his world! They chased each other around until Ryan and I got too cold to stand outside and brought them in.

Once back inside, the dogs stretched out on the floor and chewed their respective toys. I took some pictures of them (see below) and twenty minutes later, Ryan took her home. Like last week, Radar showed no jealousy of me when I cuddled Emma. If he had any altered behavior at all, it was the heightened curiosity of the stranger in our midst; however, it would be strange if he didn't feel that way.






I gave her a little of Radar's home made food. She gobbled it down but left the carrots, which Radar nudged in and finished. Overall, I was tickled by the energy in the house when she was here and am feeling better and better about the adoption.

I'm going to pick her up next Friday evening and we will try a weekend sleep over. Three in a bed might change the dynamic.