Nå men vi lovede jo ungerne en hund hvis vi fik green card, men ikke før vi havde været i Chicago trods alt. Planen var en shelter hund, da de er en del billigere både i penge og i tid tilbragt med at tørre hvalpetis op...... Vi snydekiggede lidt for en måneds tid siden og fandt selvfølgeligt en super nuttet ung labrador, der var adopteret af nogle andre, længe inden vi fik en chance.
Well, we promised the kids a dog if we got a green card, but not until after our Chicago trip. The plan was to adopt a shelter dog as they are cost less money as well as less time cleaning puppy pee from the floors....... We cheated a little bit and started looking a month ago. Only to come across a super cute young labrador that was long gone before we had a chance to come home and get it.
Torsdag prøvede vi lykken igen og fandt en enkelt hund, vi gik en tur med, men den var relativt uinteresseret i os og skabte sig tosset når den mødte andre hunde. MEN der stod volunteers linet op på rad og række til at tage imod en transport sydfra, og så blev der ellers båret hvalpe ind. Og lige der smeltede vi og var rørende enige om at komme igen dagen efter, når hundene havde fået helbreds tjek og var blevet frigivet.
Thursday we went once more and found one dog to take walking, but he was relatively uninterested in us and went crazy when he met other dogs. BUT there was a long line of volunteers lined up to receive a transport from down south and they carried in puppy after puppy. And right on the spot we melted a little bit and decided to come back the next day, when the dogs had had their health checks and were released for adoption.
Der var mega travlt fredag formiddag, men kristian havde været inde og tjekke hjemmesiden samme formiddag og der var en VILDT nuttet eet år gammel lab/ retriever mix. Han var der ikke længe, for vi nåede lige akkurat at overhale en anden familie indenom og hapse ham med hjem samme dag.
It was a busy opening morning at the shelter, but Kristian had checked online before we went and there was a super cute one year old lab/retriever mix. He was not there for long as we just managed to arrive minutes before another family and snatch him home the same day.
Han er SÅ nuttet, meget rolig og elsker at blive nusset. Hver gang vi har haft ham ude bliver han næsten ekstatisk af glæde over at være hjemme igen. Vi tror han har fået tæsk med en kæp tidligere, da han krymper sig og prøver på at gemme sig hvis han ser os samle en pind op eller hvis vi møder nogen med en stok. Han har heller ikke sagt så meget som et lille bjæf endnu. Men eftersom han er blevet temmelig meget frækkere på bare 2 dage kan det godt være at han ikke bliver ved med at være lige så stille i længden ;-)
He is SO cute and gentle and just loves to be cuddled. Every time we take him out he is almost ecstatic with joy to come back home. We think it's because he was beaten previously as he startles and ducks when we pick up a stick or if he sees someone walking with a cane. Also he has not let out a single sound yet. But he has grown significantly more bold in the past two days, so I don't think he will be able to keep quiet forever ;-)
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