Please welcome little Laddie to our SN family.

Thanks so much Darren...yes...we needed some happy news here after so many heartbreaking losses. I am sure Laddie will fill our life with laughs when he is being a silly pup and sighs when he is being a naughty pup. I don't plan to let him read any of your posts about Monty's antics to make sure he doesn't get any ideas...I am sure Laddie will come up with plenty of naughty ideas all on his own.

Trini

 

LOL Unfortunately I think you are right! Trini

 

Sharon,

Laddie has been keeping us on our toes. Two weeks after we got him he suddenly became really lame on his left front leg and also suddenly seemed way too lethargic for a puppy...he went from acting like a total normal pup to a really sick and lame pup in less than 24 hours! I rushed him in for an emergency appointment. His fever was 104.5, white cell count was up and he was so lethargic that he was pretty unresponsive as he was having blood drawn etc. He tested positive for Lyme and is undergoing 28 days on doxy. Turn around took only 2 days before he was back to being a normal playful puppy.

Housebreaking is still a work in progress, but now we can put the emphasis on "progress" instead of "work". He is a sweet boy, sometimes a bit too rambunctious for the rest of the crew and then they get to have some Laddie-free time...but all in all he is fitting in just fine. He has learned to happily
accept walking on lead which initially was a real fight because he had never had a collar on or been on lead before he came to us. We still have lots of work to do on basic commands...he has sit down pat but not much else at this point...the rest will come with time and right now I felt helping him make the transition to his new home was more important especially since he came with basically no socialization to anything new due to the shut down from the pandemic.

His idea of playing fetch is to race after the ball, jump over it and do multiple zoomies before coming back to me...no ball. LOL I don't think he is headed for any frisbee or ball competitions!

Trini