The Wolfe Den: Boogie is Here!

Well late last night we drove to Lake Mills to pick up our new foster, Boogie. He was GREAT on the ride back to Madison. He quietly lay in the back of the car the entire way home. He also took treats from our hand minutes after meeting him! Boogie is about 35 pounds (he badly needs to put on about 10 pounds). We're not sure of his breed, to me he looks like he must have some Airedale in him- because his coloring is what I'd describe as chocolate and caramel like an Airedale. However, his size and face shape seems a little more Wheaten- so that's our guess! Boogie has the softest fur I've ever felt and big ol' puppy dog eyes. He was pretty much the opposite of our last foster Kaiah, and seemed to bond with us from the minute we met him. We're tempted to rename him shadow, because he follows us every where!

Because we got home so late last night, we actually put Boogie in his kennel as soon as we got home, and blocked Marley off to his normal sleeping quarters in the back hallway. We thought a midnight meeting might not be a wise choice. Boogie slept through the night in his new crate with no problems. He let out a whine or two for about the first minute, then we never heard a peep out of him until we let him out at 7:30 this morning. Before he met Marley, we took Marley for a long run with our bikes. He was pretty well wore out by the time he got back. Marley took the new comer in stride, acting like it was no big deal that he had a new dog in his yard. Boogie on the other hand, had already decided in the first hour he spent with me this morning while Marley was out running with Brian that I was his person and he didn't like Marley coming by me. We quickly nipped that in the butt- and they're becoming good pals!

It's very apparent that Boogie is still a puppy. His legs seem too long for his body and he wobbles around on them. He's SO skinny! Our last foster, Kaiah was skinny- but Boogie is just bones! He loves treats though so it shouldn't be long until he fills out!