Mindy - 7.17.2015

Wow, life seems super easy with just 4 dogs versus 5:) Heard that Maya is settling into her new home quite nicely. Mindy had some runny poop the night she left and also the next morning so not sure if that was stress from knowing I was outside for 3 hours without them on Monday, that I was out there with other people and dogs, and/or that Maya was and is now gone.

The dynamic from our Gracie has changed toward Mindy though-more open loudness directed at Mindy (Gracie has always had more bark than bite). Sometimes she seems serious, other times she's wagging her tail the entire time. She's run between Mindy and the pups when Mindy took after them (to police or play) and has done the same with me. Mindy doesn't go looking for trouble from Gracie (and will avoid her at times) but if Gracie comes up in her face, she doesn't back away. Will continue to observe....they could end up being best friends! Or at least tolerate each other. I think we'll at least get to the tolerating part.

My pups have turned their complete attention to Mindy now (as I thought they would) and she is responding more and more to their play. Mindy is more growly vocal in play which is different than Maya. I've been trying to get video every time they play but as soon as Mindy sees me pointing my phone at her, she stops what she's doing. I could use a head cam for Ringo........here's one of the pups and Mindy playing:

Next one is pretty long (almost 5 mintues) but shows how Mindy deals with "ruckus" (and it's fairly normal here) going on. In order to post it all, I had to trim it to 4 separate parts:

Mindy being a silly pup:

She really just wants some love:)

More play time (and I had to split the next 2 videos to upload them):

One more thing, I had meant to pull out some fish I had in the freezer while Maya was still here (but forgot to), but I did go ahead and get it out Tuesday and Mindy dove right in (I was a little worried she might not since she's been a little picky off and on before). These were whole sardines and some white fish I had bought a few months back for my guys and they all turned their noses up at it. Now since Mindy ate it, Lola and Ringo couldn't get enough (srsly?). Thanks Mindy, I needed to clean out my freezer to make room for more food for ya!