5 Days Later...

So it is now Tuesday and we've had Tango and Schroder for 5 days. I'm already a big mush when it comes to them both and get a bit misty-eyed when I think of them finding their forever home. I can't believe they've waited this long to be adopted. They are so calm and mellow - they're less effort than one dog, they work so well together they're almost like just one dog, and they come with double the personality! They're both such goofs at times, and I don't think I've laughed all month as much as I have the last 5 days.

We went for a good romp through the park on Sunday. I stuck pretty close to Schroder as he has more of a tendency to wander on his own. Tango ran a fair ways away, but would always stop and look to make sure it was okay. At any hand gesture from me, she would run back again and would stop instantly if I called her name.

My husband had some of his friends over on Monday afternoon (7 people!) and they played a rousing game of.. something.. that involved taking over the whole dining room table, standing up to better argue your point, and loud laughter. I thought they would be scared, but Schroder was in absolute heaven- he instantly staked his claim of the dining room table, and could be found sprawled out beside any one of the guys with his paws waving in the air waiting for a belly rub. He has never been so quiet and comfortable as he was on that afternoon. He didn't even want to go out he was just that happy to have people over!

They've both settled in completely with the cat. Tango is interested but is getting the idea that Gibson thinks he's the boss, and Schroder doesn't even seem to know that Gibson exists.

I keep thinking how good they would be with kids - they don't jump, they don't bark loudly to scare anyone off, they're not pushy or demanding, they don't pull and they absolutely adore activity and people. They've also been fabulous with all of the dogs we've met on our walks- even the ones who seem to want nothing more than to leap all over them.