A dog is a great way to meet your neighbors

Hehe, like I said, a dog is a great way to meet your neighbors, at least for me anyways. I met this sweet older lady today who was literally crying when she heard we adopted Tinker this past weekend. People act like we did such a heroic thing adopting an animal that can't see. I think we've done what was natural. And besides, she's been a joy and Nick and I have benefitted probably just as much as she has, if not more, from this arrangement.

But anyways, I bought some greenies to see if she would like to chew and boy does she ever. Aren't greenies supposed to be tough and last a long time? she ate a petite one in 30 minutes! It's so funny to watch her with something like that, she looks around for the best place to eat it when we both know she's going to end up in her bed to chew! She still checks out all her options first though.

We encountered our first thunderstorm with Tink last night.... wow, Charli you weren't kidding when you said she didn't like them. After the first clap, she let me hold her for a little... then she wanted off the bed.. nick brought her crate and bed into the bedroom and she couldn't make up her mind what she wanted. She hid under our bed a few times and then settled next to our bed. We pet her and spoke softly to her and just let her know we were there for her. She was shaking and quivering.... so as the storm calmed down (it wasn't really that bad either-- probably 7 claps total over 1 hour...) Nick took her out to potty and then I cuddled with her until she stopped shaking, fell asleep and began snoring... then we knew the storm was over.
It's tough to see our little dog be so upset, i can't imagine what its like for parents to see their children upset...

She's continuing to settle in nicely... her coats getting shinier and less flaky and she's put on just a tiny bit of weight. I think she looks really good now. Her brindle markings are coming out more and more too... which strikes me as odd, but i'm not imagining it. And of course, she was a saint when i clipped her nails yesterday. Not as much as a flinch. I barely tipped each one. (i only bled one and i wouldn't have known unless i saw the blood... she didn't cry, yelp, or anything!)
I could write forever about this lil girl, but i have some other things to take care of at the moment--after i snuggle with her for a minute more!!!