We arranged to go there on Sunday and have a look around and see the dog and then decide if we would take him or not. So "Enzo" was there, black, part labrador (and definitely part something else), somewhere around 4 months old. We decided he looked ok, and he had been vaccinated and micro-chipped. The young girls at the house were a little sad he was going, but it seems the family did not have the time to look after the dog and he had no company so it was better for the dog to have another home - they told us this is what they explained to the children.
When we got him home we introduced the dog to Cassy at the neighbouring property to prevent any territorial disagreements. But everything seemed to go well, and after a couple of hours both dogs were playing happily together on the lawn. He is not at all used to the leash, but after a couple of walks down to the reserve he seems to be improving. He likes to mouth everything, which is typical for a puppy. But I don't like nippy or licky dogs so we'll work on that one.
Apart from a few small habits he seems to behave reasonably well, and we hope that within a week we'll have him obeying commands in English. He seems to adore Cassy. But Cassy, at 8 years old, needs his grandpa naps and a break now and then from an energetic puppy. However, there are advantages on having another dog around - there is an extra bone once his is finished and puppy is not yet top dog so he can just whip it off him.We didn't think the name Enzo fitted the puppy and spent a bit of time looking for a more appropriate name - a lot of names for black dogs seem to have sinister connotations, but in the end we chose Pedro, which we think suits him well.
