...but I wasn't surprised. We went down to meet Kai on Sunday to see if he would be a good dog to add to our family. Yes, yes, I know. Me? Willingly add another pathetic doberman not even two months after we lost Mina? I don't know what to tell you; God must have had His hand in my heart because I felt no trepidation or annoyance about the whole thing. Plus, I got a fence out of the deal although no deals were made.
As you can see from the picture above, Kai shows no aggression whatsoever toward people. He just flopped down and put his head in Heidi's lap. He came from a home that had two boys (3yo and 5yo) and was well socialized at the park. They had no fence and not enough time to dedicate to such an active dog, so they needed to find a new home for him. We were chosen because we are home all day and won't crate him, we have lots of kids to love on him, and 15 acres to run. He was very excited to explore every nook and cranny in the house yesterday and we were exhausted by bedtime, but today he has relaxed and is sacked out in the living room with Jack. He and Jack had some territorial issues to work out, but it looks like Jack holds the beta position after Mark's alpha. Kai's ears have those bandages because his crop job isn't quite firm yet. We'll take them off in a week, but for now he can look like a bunny hopping through the grass.
I'm already so happy to have him because this morning he barked at me when I sneaked into the dark kitchen to make coffee early this morning. I want a dog that will bark at sneaking people, but also love kids. Everything else is a matter of training.
