I was greeted by two dogs inside the house at lunch today. Chance definitely taught Elle how to get through the dog door. Sadly she only thinks it goes one direction, inside. My job now is to get her to go out of the thing.
Elle is showing me just how much of the wolfhound personality Aiden had in her. (My Aiden was part Irish Wolfhound and part terrier which made her possibly both a sight and a scent oriented dog.) Aiden had the strongest jaws I have ever seen. Before I knew better, I used to give my dogs beef rib bones. It had never been a problem as I had never had a dog make even a dent in the bone. Aiden literally pulverized rib bones into bone meal. I figured that was the wolfhound part of her as they were bred to fight bears and wolves. Now I meet Elle. She too is a "heavy" chewer. I bought her a heavy duty Nylabone on the way home. I also was sent a web site for elk antlers via her foster Mom's friends who own some of Elle's relatives. Now I've just got to get her one of those! I wish I had known about these for Aiden.
Today Elle's Break Away collar arrived and I expect her name tag any day. It's been a week and we are all beginning to settle.
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