The Pet Update (The Backlog!)

 Loki likes to use the barn as "base" to get away from Kila. She normally refuses to go in at all!

But that could be changing.

She's bigger than the cats now.

Max is the smallest of our cats, but she's frequently available as a reference point.

Happy still weighs more than her (Happy loves to eat..).

Happy is the second most likely cat to interact with Kila after Max. 

They get along great. I've seen Happy attempt to groom Kila, but the pup is normally too full of energy to allow it.

Kila's gaining on Loki.

Some angles make them look closer in size than the really are. She's still under half his weight.

Which is probably a good thing since she puts her weight on him all the time!

Kila has progressed to where she will drink from the communal water bowl. I never expected that to be a problem. She's a chicken about anything new. She refused to enter or exit the house through the laundry and garage area (She's sure something in there is going to eat her!).

As a guard animal, she's a total failure. She rarely barks and if anything frightens her like a loud noise, she books it for the front porch. Since she won't go in the barn with me for chores, I frequently collect her from there when I'm done. It freaked me out the first time she disappeared.

Running is Kila's strength. She overflows with energy! She might be faster than Loki already. 

I've taken her out with Loki to run the fence. I was more afraid of young Loki running under the fence than her. She runs off when a car honks and the grass is high. 

Obviously, I still watch. While Kila's not good about coming when called, she is good at stopping when I correct her. If I can't get her to come to me, I plan to at least make poking her head under the fence something memorable enough she doesn't want to do it again!

The cars terrified Kila at first, but she wants to run and be near Loki.

My hope was that she would learn the activity and the appropriate boundaries from him. It seems to have worked.

While Kila isn't great about coming when I call, I can call Loki. He'll run up to me and she'll chase after in his wake!

Kila's loves to rough up Loki, but it's playful not aggressive. She's gentle (if not afraid) of all the other animals (Though she loves to lick their butts and eat their poop....).

Loki likes her most of the time. Sometimes, though, after she's taken his fetch toy or done something else he just looks at me like "Why?"

Somehow, I ended up being available to take her to her second set of shots.

She cowered in my lap the whole time.

The flea comb was traumatizing!

But aside from the nightmares, Kila made it out with a clean bill of health. She's up to date on all her shots!

Ki-pee has been a great addition to the family. Getting a dog was Carrie's bribe for me to accept a farm. Now we have two. Kila's been a great addition to the family and we love her just as much as we love Loki!