Meet Otis.....

                                                                                            Otis

The first meeting. It was hard to get a picture with all the running around

                                       Morgan is finally letting Otis be near her without a grrrr

                          Watching for squirrels together 

                                            Otis is making himself at home

    He can't decide which toy to play with so he takes them all out and brings them all over the house.


After Dexter died I swore up and down that I was not getting another dog. It was just to hard to think about replacing him and I told myself that one dog was enough. I was sure Morgan would get over her loneliness.

Well a month later poor Morgan has not gotten over her loneliness and I found myself looking at rescue  sites at dogs. Let me tell you it is a big mistake to look at rescue sites unless you are planning on get a dog because it will break your heart looking at all those dogs looking for a forever home. Once I started looking I knew it was only a matter of time before I came home with a new friend for Morgan.

Right before we left for Vegas Safe Sanctuary out of Faribault put up a picture of this cute little dog

I showed him to Rick and we both agreed that he was a cute dog and that was all the further we took it. I told myself when we got back if he was still there I would take a look at him. Well when we got back he was still there and after talking about it for a few days I went to look at him.

Of course one look at him and it was love. I had to take him home. They did not know much about Otis as he was a stray. They think he is 1 to 2 years old and that he is a Yorkie Chihuahua mix. He was doing okay on his potty training and got along great with other dogs and like people. He is tiny. I always thought Morgan was tiny until we got Otis.

It is going pretty good with Morgan and Otis. Morgan was super excited when we got home and ran all over with Otis. Then it was like she realized that he was staying and stated to grrrr. It was kind of funny. Now 4 days later they are getting along pretty good. Morgan will now let him be by her and yesterday she almost let Otis play with her. I give it another week and they will be best friends.

After Dexter died Morgan spent most of the day in the kennel. If anyone came to the house she ran away and hid and she was doing her submissive peeing again. Dexter made her brave and without him she did not know what to do. She would not play fetch anymore. She was just sad and it was breaking our hearts watching her be so sad. 

The day I brought Otis home we got Morgan back. She got her braveness back! She is almost back to her old self again. She has not had any submissive peeing and playing and fetching again.

So even if it is a pain having to deal with training a new dog I am so happy we got him.

Lastly if you are looking for a dog make sure you look at SAFE  I cannot give enough credit to the people that take these dogs and cats into there homes and foster them until they find a new forever home. I don't know how they do it. Without them we may have never gotten to bring Otis into our home.

Sharon