Dog Adoption, Part 3

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The whole dog adoption process sort of accelerated towards the end. Once we decided we wanted Kina, it was only a matter of days before we had her.

We emailed Kina's foster mom on Monday to let her know we were interested in adopting. We had known that the shelter needed to double-check that she'd been spayed before we were allowed to take her. Given how long the previous steps in this process took, I honestly expected it to take forever to get Kina to the vet. Kevin attempted to offset this by sending our own vet's information and offering to organize the appointment. But the next time we heard from the foster mom was with dates when we could take Kina.

We were given a choice between taking Kina on a Friday or a Sunday. Given that both of us work during the week, we decided to take her on Friday. This way we could hang out over the weekend and make sure she was adjusting properly.

Kevin picked her up in the later afternoon and brought her home. But he had to go to a baseball game before I got home. So Kina got to hang out in the house by herself for about an hour. She was really excited to see me when I got home.

I walked in the door after work, and Kina immediately started running circles around me. She went to pick up her rawhide chew and held it in her mouth while continuing to run around me. She wouldn't even stop long enough to pet me. Eventually I let her out to our backyard and she went around excitedly sniffing thing for half an hour or so.

It actually didn't take long for Kina to wear herself out. Once we came inside she was content to nap on the floor in the same room as me. I'm a little sad that she refuses to jump up on the couch and cuddle. I've been told that we should be happy she knows to stay off the furniture, but I'm sure we'll end up breaking her of that. Kevin and I don't have particularly nice furniture, and it would be nice to be able to cuddle with the dog while I'm laying on the couch.

At the moment both the cat and the dog are in my office. They're having a bit of a standoff, mostly because Kina accidentally managed to trap Onyx in the room. Onyx came in while the dog was downstairs and got too scared to leave when he heard the dog coming back upstairs. He's sitting on the desk, growling every now and then. But the dog doesn't seemed overly concerned. She's mostly keeping her distance, just laying on the floor. I'm pretty confident that they'll work out their differences before too long.