Chief Charlie Update

Chief Charlie is quite smart and quickly learned which door we use to go to the fenced yard, where the gate is to go for a walk, and other small things.

He came to us with a little stuffed bed which he loves.  We were told that he pulls the stuffing out and that he did for the first 4 days here.  That kept me busy stuffing it back in every night.  That seems to have passed for now so that may have been anxiety. 

Today is “exposure day” and since the weather looks good, a little walk for Chief with the other two residents will be an adventure to see how things are going.  We’ve been very cautious on the integration with the two spoiled residents and this test will be very important.  Chief, on the other hand, wants integration now.  This is day eight and Saturday so we weren’t on the weekday routine.  Chief was gated in the dining room where I work during the week while everyone was in the living area.  He has a crate in there as well as his water and food bowl.  Everyone was gnawing on kong bones with some “dog easy cheese” (well the dogs were, not us) when the obvious sound of dog paws landing on the kitchen floor brought me to my feet.  Into the living area pranced Chief!  We now know that the 3 foot gate will not keep him sequestered unless someone is there with him. Even with the two residents in the room, there were no incidents.  They were shocked to see him though. Chief was reluctantly secured in the living room crate just to insure continued peace in the kingdom and with sun shining here in western Pennsylvania, we are looking forward to the afternoon walk.

“If dogs don’t go to heaven, when I die I want to go where they went” –  Will Rogers

Al Smith 

Awesome update!!  Chief sounds like a real character. Looking forward to hearing more about him!!