Haley Logann: Meet Grayson

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Meet Grayson

Sunday was our day to get stuff done! We had a of list places we needed to go, a list of things to get from the store, a list of things to get done at home - and getting a new dog wasn't even on my radar! Our second stop while we were out was to PetSmart. CeCe needed food. We parked and realized they were doing a big adoption event. The tent was set up in the parking lot, so of course we decided to just walk through. There were teeny tiny baby kittens - and as adorable as they were, it was easy to say no. I don't need anymore cats in the house!

But the dogs.... there was so many dogs. Kevin kept seeming to fall in love with everyone he read about and I kept rolling my eyes. See, over the last year we've thrown around the idea of getting another dog. We thought it might help CeCe if she had a friend to play with. CeCe is great at her chicken keeping job, but not great with her people skills. But we always got stuck with the "what ifs". The biggest being, what if it's bad with chickens?

So we looked at a couple in cages - one was sweet and cute but had been abused and wasn't good with men or kids - so that was a no. Then we say "Jerry". His coat was really different, he seemed like a great size (CeCe doesn't like dogs her size or bigger), and he was SO CALM!

We got more info about him. His foster mom was there and answered all our questions. Kevin kept telling me he wasn't leaving with out him. I kept rolling my eyes and said lets think about it because if he was bad with the chickens we'd have to give him back. By this time, the lady in charge of the PAAWS organization was over and told us we had two weeks to see if he was a good fit or not. If he wasn't, we could return him and it would be no big deal. A little about him, he's 10 months old, he was picked up with a brother that looked like him, and he's a Australian cattle dog mix. He's also been neutered and he is up to date on shots.

We filled out the paper work and the whole time I'm saying to myself, "Are we really getting another dog?" I always feel bad about the lack of time I spend with CeCe. But it was a done deal, and we changed all our plans and headed home with him.

CeCe was immediately defensive of her water and food bowl. The new dog seemed scared of the chickens but that didn't last long. About an hour after we got home I went to my in-laws to get a kennel they don't use, and Kevin called to say the new pup had gotten a hold of Sunny - our little handicapped white chicken whose wing was amputated last summer and her breed can't fly. Thankfully she had just lost some feathers and was ok. We locked the chickens up to keep them safe and decided we'd try to introduce them slower.

So it's been about 48 hours that we've had him. He's THE SWEETEST DOG - minus the little chicken incident! I've only heard him bark twice, he and CeCe are getting along very well (they both have their own food and water bowls), he'd done great in his kennel at night, he never jumps up, he just sits and loves to be pet. He follows who ever is outside where ever they go. Oh, and the kids insisted on the name Grayson. So, meet Grayson. He may be the sweetest dog ever :) And we feel pretty confident we can get the chicken situation worked out!