Editorial
My family and I went to the ALL DOGS FUN SHOW at Why Not An American Ark in Monroe on Saturday, April 21, and we met so many wonderful people and their dogs.
In fact, we did not get away without adopting a rescue dog from Operation Care (http://www.operationcare.petfinder.com/) of Rock Hill, SC.
She is a four-month-old Akita/Border Collie mix with one blue eye and one brown eye pictured above. My daughter named her "Okami" which is Japanese for wolf.
Okami seems to be adjusting well (eating, eating, eating and eating, house-training, playing and sleeping just fine. No noise coming from her crate at night). In addition to having her first set of puppy shots, she is already spayed and implanted with microchip. (A real bargain for a donation of $125.00!) Good job Operation Care!
She is a beautiful, intelligent, obedient, sweet girl that is responding to her new name already and has quickly learned to sit and to come to front. We are working on stay, down and the all important OFF!
Equally important is that our other rescue dog, a four-year-old very active Husky-JRT mix, Blanco, is adjusting to her. I was a little worried at first but she soon put him in his place and in a short time Okami seems to have had a profoundly calming affect on Blanco. (A blessing in itself!)
The two are getting along famously and since reading up on Akitas I think we are very lucky our other dog is a male and that she is a mixed breed.
The eight-year-old cat, Oreo, hasn't packed her bags even though we now own two dogs with very strong prey drives. (We didn't plan it that way, Oreo!) We absolutely never leave our cat alone with our dogs. (Even though we think the tough little girl could probably take them.) Oreo doesn't even seem to really mind Okami because she is mild-mannered and obedient thus far. Let's hope Blanco doesn't teach her any bad habits. (I'm sorry Blanco you're a good boy ... just excitable!) I guess I will be retraining him while I train her - Deborah Parkhill Mullis
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