Foster Sister For One Day

My girl went out of town yesterday. Usually I go along for the ride and to be her navigational co-pilot, but I didn't get invited. She knows I'm not the kind of guy who loves staying at home to catch up on my lounging or for special alone time with Merv. So, I thought she'd feel sorry for me and bring me back a little something to make it up to me. She did. She brought me this sweet Airepup.

Her given name is Ariel, but she doesn't really answer to it. So, I'm calling her Gertrude for now ~ Gertie for short. She's nine months old and my girl picked her up for Airedale Rescue. It seems her hoomans didn't know how to treat her ~ her dad beat on her & yelled a lot. Her mom wanted to make sure she found a better home before her dad really hurt her. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Who could ever raise a hand to this Sweetpea!!??

When she got to my house, we did our little AireDance around each other, exchanging greetings and introducing ourselves.





Gertie was not a bit shy with me, though she took awhile to warm up to any hoomans who were around.











Best of all, she didn't waste anytime getting right down to WRASSLIN'. My kinda girl!

I heard my girl say Gertie liked to swim, and did that every day at her first home. So I set up my pool and tested it out before inviting her in for a dip.

Wait a minute. Was there another Dale here or was I just imagining it? (I got a little carried away with cooling myself down. Where'd Gertie go?)

After swimming together for awhile, we repaired indoors to investigate the WRASSLIN' possibilites there. I had to give her a rundown of the house rules first. Basically, it's MY HOUSE, and I RULE. Other than that, we're pretty easy around here.

Today we met Hercules out at the dog park. He took a real shine to Gertie. I think the feeling was mutual. (That's Herc in prime humping position).

We also made a new pupfriend. This is Nero, a Bouvier des Flandres who just moved here from Quebec.

We all took turns wrassling him, but it was Herc & Gertie who really tore up the park with their wrasslin' prowess. Watch for Herc's signature move & see if you can guess what it is.

After parkin' it with Herc, we came home, had a bath each, then resumed our wrasslin'.

I've gotta tell ya, this girl Gertie is pooping me OUT!

Love,

Stanley

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Update~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS!

My good buddy, Lady Bug, and her family are going to adopt Gertie!!! Lady's mama went with my girl yesterday to pick Gertie up. She loves Lady, but is not as crazy as my girl is in the way she expresses that love. As soon as she met Gertie though, something just clicked inside her and she started talking puppy talk to her. Gertie felt at home with Lady's mama before she even felt comfortable with my girl. So, after consulting with Lady and the hooman pups in the house, it was an unanimous decision!!

WooHoo!! Hercules gets to keep his girlfriend close, and I get another buddy to play with here in GooberStan!!