I was really nervous about my housing this summer at GO because there was going to be another dog living with us.  I wasn’t sure Oscar the Amazing Wienie Pooch was going to be a good roommate or how our new doggie roommate was going to react to Oscar.  You just never know with animals.  And Oscar has never lived with another dog.  He visits the ladies often at the dog park and works his magic, and his cousin Saxer the Weimaraner and he are best friends, but regardless I was nervous.

Our doggie roommate Ellie turned out to be the best dog ever.  Yes, I’m saying it:  she is amazing.  Ellie is a shepherd dog mix that knows about one thousand commands and is super-duper friendly with other dogs, cats, and even children.  When Oscar and Ellie met it was love at first sniff.  They chase and play and fight over Squirrel.  It’s truly a beautiful relationship.  We couldn’t be more happy with how everything panned out.

And the whole GO campus has become dog friendly.  Several people in admin bring their dogs to work, and Ellie accompanies her daddy to work every day sleeping soundly in the production trailer (and by sleeping soundly, I mean being fed treats by dog lovers of every kind).  So basically Oscar has a dance card full of little and big dogs to meet and greet.  I’m thinking of having a dog party :-)

One of Ryan and I’s best friends also brought her little pooch to the fabulous upstate New York.  He’s a pistol of a Chihuahua named Icarus.  Icky doesn’t necessarily like other dogs; he’s very territorial and not afraid of a fight, but Icky’s Mom and I were determined for Oscar and Icarus to be best friends.  A Memorial Day Eve picnic was their first meeting, and it was not candy and roses.  There was a lot of barking, and basically Icky tried to eat Oscar’s face, but he eventually calmed down a little bit.  We weren’t completely confident that anything would change, but I wasn’t going to give up.  So the next day I brought Oscar back to Icarus’ pad and it was much more productive.  There was some butt sniffing and no biting.  Breakthrough!  Both parents were very proud.

Oscar is so excited to be making so many friends at GO this summer.  Last time he was here in August of 2008, he only met a few people, which was completely boring.  He’s psyched to have so many doggie friends.  He’s especially eager to meet Penelope the Greyhound and Stella the Shy One.  So many poochies, so little time.
Ann
6/2/2010 03:08:19 pm

Yay for a dog-friendly summer. I miss mine a ton!


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