Really! Must you?

Slade gives me the weary-look.

The cons to having the boxer back.

I have to walk him and walk him and walk him.

The positive spin - I need to walk more. 'Nuff said.

The increased vet bills.

The positive spin - hopefully they will be fewer as he settles in.

More mess in the house.

The positive spin - actually he is much cleaner than the pups. They are the messy ones.

Separation Anxiety.

The positive spin - at least he has the pups and Sable to help with this anxiety. It is better than him being completely alone.

My daughter said that when she talked to the couple that kept him for 11 days, they told her that he ripped up a cage when the attempted to cage him. That may be how he got the wounds. Heck, Sable tore up cages too. But she has big thick fur on her.

The leg tremors during the night only happened the first night. He is much more settled and I am going to be keeping him for as long as I can stand it. He needs security. He needs stability. That is what I am going to give him. I do know one thing for sure. He is a fussy-butt when doing his business. I believe he counts steps. He has to take so many steps before he will go. I swear he is counting. I was using plastic bags when we went for walks. Now, I am trying paper towels and lunch bags. I am trying to be greener. I can fit five or six brown lunch bags into one plastic bag.

My sister says "He needs a name!"

They called him Brutus. We call him Slade. I said "How about Blade?" Nobody liked it.

Oh well. Back to the drawing board. How about Pickles? Hee hee.

Oh, rats. He is whining again. He looks up at me and whines. "What do you want?" He wants to go outside. He always wants to go outside.

We have let him run loose in the yard a couple of times. He pretty much sticks close by. Can he ever run! Pure muscle. I'll try to get a movie of him. But, I am very cautious about letting him run loose. I can't trust him completely, yet.

He is REALLY whining now. Gotta go.