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By Chris, on August 26, 2003, at 11:30 am It has been a few days since I added an entry to this log, though from the picture on the main page anyone could tell that Mojo did arrive safely, in spite of all my worries. There’ve been no weblogs since because we’re relearning just what a handful a 6 month old puppy is… especially a bully. He’s wonderful — everything I’d hoped for and more…sweet, gentle, beautiful, funny, smart, and has a cheerful outlook on life. He’s also not really housetrained yet and doesn’t have any manners so he’ll be keeping us busy for a while. We’re pretty much having to start him off as we would an eight week old pup, except this is a 42 lb. bundle of energy just hitting puberty on top of it. Life will be interesting around here for a while.
Lindsy has taken to him surprisingly well. He follows her around like a worshipping kid brother and she’s actually tried to play a little with him. We were stunned — we’ve never seen her play with another dog!
By chris, on August 26, 2003, at 11:29 am  Our boy’s first artistic accomplishment. The stuffed toy is fairly rigid and a larger diameter than the water bowl, so it must have taken a bit of finesse to tuck it in there like that. Somehow the water was not dumped in doing so, either. I laughed out loud when I found the bizarre soggy mess. Of course, being the proud new mom, I am convinced it is a sign of some sort of genius 
By Chris, on August 26, 2003, at 11:18 am Luna-rat hurt her foot somehow over the weekend and it was quite swollen. We decided to give it a couple of hours to see if the swelling would go down at all, and by later on Saturday it was down somewhat. We think she was monkeying around reaching out of the cage and got it caught in the door or something. For now we have removed the shelves and ladders from her cage to make sure she doesn’t strain it before it is fully healed. She’s not impressed. I am glad it appears to have been just a sprain…not sure what could have been done if she had broken it. Can you put a cast on a rat?
By Chris, on August 21, 2003, at 1:01 pm In just three short hours, we pick Mojo up from the airport. I didn’t sleep a wink last night and am totally nauseous with excitement, anticipation, and worry. What if he isn’t exactly what the breeder said he was, personality-wise? What if he is really traumatized by the trip and all the new sights and sounds — and doesn’t get over it? What if Lindsy won’t get used to him? What if he doesn’t like our critters? What if he is the most wonderful dog that ever lived and then comes up with some unseen defect or disorder and breaks my heart? What if the airplane crashes? …What if…? (I have lots more of those but I’ll keep them to myself) 
Assuming all my “what-ifs” amount to nothing more than my creative capacity for maximum paranoia, I will be posting pictures soon of our new boy. Oh, and he and Lindsy start beginner clicker class with DOTC Sept. 8.
All else is well here, except it is too damn hot. It took until the third week of Aug for the heat to start bothering me, but I am now officially sick of it. At least it should cool down a bit in a few weeks…
By chris, on August 19, 2003, at 3:46 pm The other day I found a note in our door. Apparently Fiona (our neighbor’s dog, who’d stayed with us for a week a few months back until we located her family) has gone missing again and they were wondering if she had come to visit us. We haven’t seen her, and since we don’t use our front door very often I don’t know how long the note had been there. The way she chases cars, I can’t picture her lasting too long out on the loose. I hope she is OK. 
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