Tail Wagging Goodness!

Approved & Adopted y'all!

We are now a proud nerdy family of 4.

Junebug is the sweetest middle-aged lady dog you ever did see.  She warmed up to us in no time & is perfectly content to snuggle right up to us & just "Be." Her position of choice is back down/paws up in the air.

Johnny is this big beefy dude & he's still trying to figure this all out.  He whines whenever Zane & i aren't in the same room.  It's kinda adorable.

They did so good on their first car trip.  They were both calm & unexcitable.  We laid a blanket out in the backseat, but they both made their way to the front seat with us & just laid on our laps.

They both have weak legs so can't do stairs or jump up & down off couches & in & out of cars.  Well let me rephrase that, they caaaaan, but they shouldn't because it aggravates their arthiritis.  So these pampered pooches get to take the elevator.  Zane is thrilled about that.

Johnny is a "talker."  I'm not sure how else to describe it.  If he's laying down, you can bet that he'll be mumbling & groaning & jabbering under his breath in no time.  It's HI-larious.

Zane pranced them around Lowe's.  He is a ridiculously proud papa.

We took them down to the beach after Z's shift this evening.  We didn't realize it, but the section of the beach we found a parking spot at didn't allow dogs on it, so we just stayed on the boardwalk.  They did pretty good.  They're not exactly leash saavy yet, but we made good progress.  & we found out they don't get too excited by other dogs.  Yay for non-yippers!  Johnny barked only one time when another dog got right in his face. We had to stop every few steps & let some kid pet "the weiner dogs!"  They aren't too interested in strangers, but the strangers sure gravitate to them. 

My Mom asked me if i was "giddy?"  I told her that I think i'm too nervous to be giddy to be honest.

Ms. June Carter has to have her food floating in water, as this is the only way she'll drink water.  She won't drink out of a bowl.  But she'll drink all of the water out of her food & then eat her food.  funny stuff.  & she had to have her vitamin disguised in shredded mozzerella tonight. 

I'm still nervous.  But they are pretty sweet little things.  & to see the joy behind the smile seemingly permanently plastered on my husbands face is worth whatever crazy ride this is going to entail.