Friday 15 May 2009

Trick or no treat

Trick (or prank) is the literal translation of Kuje - the no treat in the title refers to Kuje's reluctance to take a treat from my hand, well that is until he got more used to me.

Yesterday saw us go out on a couple of walks, sadly on-lead as new surroundings might not be ideal for a dog that managed to get lost for 3 or 4 days. However both walks were very pleasurable and, so it seemed to Kuje, quite interesting. He certainly isn't spooked by other dogs having had the opportunity to meet the boisterous Tinkerbell (JR) and Masie the brown lab that live around the corner.

The difficulty with walking 3 dogs is in trying to determine which combination to have on the brace - simples - on the outward walk Mylo and Kiva and on the homeward walk Kuje and Kiva with Mylo lagging behind.

Seeing Kuje next to Mylo brings home their physical differences, putting Mylo's weight to one side Kuje is far smaller than Mylo - though he does have HUGE paws. Kiva and Kuje next to each other allows one to see the difference in colour, Kiva, a black tri is really BLACK, Kuje in comparison is almost auburn and his coat glows in the sun.

Kuje is still reluctant to be stroked unless he is under my desk or on the sofa next to Louise and Kiva though I am tempted to re-name him Shadow as wherever I go he goes :-).

I have no idea where the 3 of them spend the night however I am inclined to think that it is in the lounge as this morning when I came downstairs there was no sign of them in the kitchen, well until 3 heads poked round the lounge/kitchen door - a new day had begun - I wonder what it holds in store.

Lappy days

1 comment:

Mari said...

Lets see if I manage to leave the comment at right place this time...
Seems like you're getting along just fine there! As you mentioned, Kuje doesn't take treats from strangers so no need to worry he'll take off with someone he doesn't know. Kuje is more used to women, so would imagine he would find himself at home next to Louise on the sofa - that is his favourite place at home as well next to me :D
Glad to hear you've had some nice walks and all is going well. Hopefully his tummy is well as he seems to have tummy problems when nervous, but that should pass quite quickly.
All the best and cuddles to Kuje,
Mari x