Athena

We would like to welcome our newest family member, Athena! She is a hound mix and is about 38 pounds which is a bit smaller than Holly. We adopted her at our favorite no-kill shelter, Wayside Waifs, which is the same place we got Holly from. It was quite an interesting experience, adopting a new dog while bringing a crazy 3 year-old and a barky-pants coonhound (oh, and Christopher, who was fabulous). Jonathan actually did very well until the end when we had to wait to go through all the paperwork, so all in all it could have been a lot crazier. Holly and Athena are adjusting to the house together. That's interesting to watch because Kasey was always the alpha dog and Holly fell into line with her. Now Holly is the one whose territory is being "invaded" and she likes to "tell" Athena about the boundaries. They will adjust but as always, it is a process! We went for a successful walk together where there was a lot of sniffing going on. Athena was a little shy at the shelter but warmed up eventually and has really warmed up at home! We may finally have a dog that licks again!