This week has been one of many changes for all our NWN staff or the Pack as we now like to call them. Harley and Phantom have been taking things slowly around Oscar, we even caught Phantom doing a Michael Jackson 'moon walk' around the dog which was very funny!
Although the funniest encounters seem to be when Oscar is asleep and the cats sneak up secretly to sniff him.
To give you some of Oscar's background as far as we know, he is a 10 month old Labrador / Airedale Terrier mix. He was rescued from a dog pound in Montana USA where he and his sister were going to be put to sleep. He went to a Foster Mum who lived in Idaho then came to us last week. This is why he speaks with an American accent! We have been out and about around town with him meeting other doggy friends and he has even been to Doggy Daycare for a couple of afternoons whilst Rachael has been at work. This has certainly helped with his socialisation with other dogs and he comes home from the afternoon fully tired out!
We have been quite surprised at how many folks have stopped to ask us about him. One couple from Alberta stopped their truck in the middle of the road even to ask. We have toyed with the idea of not admitting that he is a Heinz 57 but instead make up a new breed "Yes, he is a fine dog - he is a Granville Terrier - his father was Hungarian you know" Anyone recognise where this comes from? Answer at the end of this blog!
We are going to do some obedience lessons to get a better idea of walking nicely on the leash. Other than that he is good in the car, is house broken, is crate trained and does no indoor voices.
He did have some initial separation anxiety for the first week had to sleep in his crate in our bedroom but now we have him sleeping at the bottom of our bedroom stairs quite happily and he will stay quiet from 11pm to 6.45am when we go for a W-A-L-K.
We took him for his first hike yesterday to the Kokanee Glacier Park - Old Growth Cedar Trail.
The trail is well know for the size of the old and very large Western Red Cedar trees.
On Saturday we had a great day out at Nelson's 2008 Flight Festival and took some photos for you to see. The best part of this years show was the flying display by The Fraser Blues who showed excellent flying skills. 
Shaun also liked the Tiger Moth (oh, and also the old fire engine).
Shaun also liked the Tiger Moth (oh, and also the old fire engine).This week is going to be a busy one with work, work , work and animal control. Just a quick thank you to Adam for the pictures of Forge Dam - we really enjoyed looking at them.
Catch up soon
Rachael, Shaun, Harley, Phantom & Oscar
xx
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PPS Weather here is 36 degrees Celcius - bit too hot - nicer at night when we get about 17 degrees.
