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Trooper taking care of me when I was sick.
On the one hand I'm incredibly sad about this. But on the other hand, I'm relieved. I'm relieved that my home will now have three dogs, only one of which is young and rambunctious. I'm relieved that the dog fights that have become more and more frequent will cease.
Even more, I'm relieved and excited for Trooper and all the fun he is going to have. He's going to get two walks a day! My SIL is extremely fit and active and she loves hiking and taking long walks, exactly the type of thing he needs. He'll lose weight and be more calm from all the exercise.
Waiting not so patiently for his food.
She lives alone and he will be an amazing source of comfort and company for her. He was there last week and she cried when she brought him back.
Handsome boy.
And he wasn't too happy to be back either as within five minutes he'd attacked Timber again.
I'm so cute!
He had a wonderful time last week, and gave my SIL SO much joy:
"We get up at 5 AM and walk 30 minutes. As soon as I sit up, he comes bouncing over to me then runs for the door then back and forth. As soon as I get the leash, he does his happy dance! Trooper is afraid of waves, people in parkas and a certain building on Alki (haven’t figured this one out yet). I got him down the stairs to the ocean this morning but only briefly before the ears went back, tail went between the legs and he was flying back up the stairs. He’s very different in the morning; I can’t figure out if it’s because we have the whole place to ourselves or because it’s dark… he’s very funny!
We then walk 3 – 5 miles at night. We had a minor incident last night when a small unknown animal ran out of a bush and over the cement ledge into the water. Trooper is ridiculously fast but not fast enough for the little animal or my cat-like reflexes which kicked in and prevented both of us from going into the sound! But don’t think he didn’t actually try to go over the ledge!!
He sleeps on the kitchen floor for the first part of the night but then comes into the living room on the dog bed next to me on the couch. He spends most of the day sitting on the chair staring out the windows waiting for me to come home.
He is SO adorable and listens SO well… I didn’t realize how great a dog Trooper is."
I know what a great dog he is when he gets one on one attention and is "working"...
Our adventures in Agility. A very rare site - a malamute agility star!
I will miss him terribly, but my level of anxiety in our home will actually go down. With him gone last week I was much more calm and even let Timber interact a little more with Marshal. And Timber got more attention all week from both me and my hubby.
It's the best thing for all involved. Trooper is not in a good situation for him any longer. And might not have been ever since we introduced a 4th dog. Because even though he was dog number three in our house, he got most of the attention since the other two were so much older and less active. Timber brought a whole new dynamic...and then the baby really caused him to start stressing out.
The good news is that he is still in our family and we'll still be able to hear him and get news about all his fun and active days. I hope he'll remember me when he sees me in the future.
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