The Lindenbergs

Well our patience and 2+ months of dog-hunting have resulted in us bringing a dog home. Josie is a 2.5 year old St. Bernard mix and Nora and the kids have fallen in love with her. Josie is VERY calm; Pierce and Anna have sat, jumped, stepped, hugged, and kissed on her and she has stoically taken it all with no complaints (I can't say she loves it though). Josie's a big dog at about 65 lbs and I think she could actually use a few more pounds. It appears she was pretty neglected by her former owner and is desparate for attention. She doesn't want to play, she justs wants to be near us and be petted. Hopefully she'll start to feel more secure over the next few weeks and relax.

She does appear to have had some training, she'll sit on command (usually) and walks beautifully on a leash. I even took her for a jog this morning. She seems to be well house broken and we haven't had any incidents so far. She's got free run of the house and likes to sleep at the top of the stairs (go figure). Usually at about 4:00 am she'll swing by my side of the bed and breath dog breath in my face (yuck) -we'll have to break her of that. Course, now we're desparately looking to have a fence put in. I expect we'll have something in place in a couple of weeks. Come back soon to see pics of our new family member.

-Eric (Dad)