Derrick and I thought that we would provide you with a little update on how Cleo is adjusting to her new home. We adopted her from AAR in August. It has been a bit over a month, and she seems to be starting to understand that this is, in fact, her new home. She is a very sweet girl – and, we have noticed, a very sensitive girl. We are slowly going through obedience classes with her and taking her on walks outside of our neighborhood; though she is timid and nervous in new environments.

Regardless, she has been a complete joy to have around. She LOVES playing with a tennis ball in the backyard, fetching, rolling in the grass, and running around in the back yard…and she loves meeting other dogs her neighborhood walks.

She is getting used to our cats. If it were up to her, we suspect they would already be best buddies. Linus (in the picture) very quickly decided that he wasn’t going to be intimidated by a big dog in his house and stuck to most of his key routines. I suspect that the photo (taken yesterday morning) was a function of (1) Linus basking in his morning sun beam (2) Cleo realized that would be a great activity, and even better if it could be shared with a buddy (3) Cleo plopped down next to Linus (4) Linus refused to budge from his spot in the sun. Progress! Our other cat, Hazel, is having more difficulty with the situation. I think once Hazel stops darting away from her, this, too, will settle.

We’ve been so very happy to have Cleo in our house – she is a sweet and beautiful girl!! We look forward to many more years with her.

All of our best,
Wendy and Derrick