Adair in the Garden

A great update from Addy's forever home:
Here is a new pic of Addy in one of her two favorite places...gourd garden (other is the day bed - see slideshow). Her coat is really growing in. This weekend I groomed her and took out all that dead hair. Once you get a hold of her she really doesn't mind being held and brushed, and she loves having her ears scratched. She's really starting to bond too. I was in Flagstaff for 4 days last week, and when I got home she came running over, barking and tail wagging, then jumped up on me and licked me. I was so excited! She also grabbed Trixie's "Big Mean Kitty" stuffed toy when we were playing fetch and dragged it over to her bed. Something very interesting is she's been mounting both Trixie and Zoey, usually from the side with front legs up over the back (as tall as she can get anyway), whether they are laying down or standing, and I think she's try to exhibit dominance behavior. Both of the other girls are relaxed and don't feel threatened though so they just let her. But we still keep an eye on them with any of those close-contact interactions. We took her camping last weekend and there were about 8 people there. She wouldn't let anyone else walk her on her leash either; wanted to stick close by our sides. She did OK in the ex-pen, but just in case I kept her leash on her harness and clipped the other end to the pen. She did try to jump, but not climb. And she's quite the barker if she doesn't get her own way. She's also a tough little kid; started growling inside the Airstream when someone walked by at night and barks at strange dogs. Of course she's learning that behavior from the two big labs. Every day she seems more and more at home and has become a very important part of our family. We've become very attached to her too and don't trust too many other people with her. Hey, they don't know about Cairns!