Hershey Kisses

We have a new family member! Alex needed a dog. We adopted Hershey the Chocolate lab from the Lindon Animial Shelter on July 9, 2009. She was a stray brought to the shelter 7 days prior to our adoption. She is 5-7 years old, has had at least one litter and weighs in at 65 pounds. We spayed her last week. She is good on a leash and knows a few commands. She is really mellow, especially for a lab. At the shelter we walked down the row of kennels and all the dog were freaking out, barking and jumping. Then we walked up to Hershey, she was sitting there wagging her very large tail (thud thud thud) and looking at the kids. I was enchanted by her big kind brown eyes. I wasn't planning on getting a big dog but I fell in love at first sight.

The kids ride her and crank her tail like a wind up toy and she just responds with a big wet lick. I can tell she is happy to have a family. She looks to me as the pack leader. We are working with her on some separation anxiety, when left alone she barks. Last night I put our Persian cat Luka in the kennel with Hershey. Hershey was pleased as punch to have a roommate. On the other hand Luka was probably saying some thing like this, @#&%$!! **@!>????.
We have had a few dog parties with Chris's German short hairs Lady and Tramp, Paul's Yorkie dog Winston (and expectant wife Bentley), my parents Australian Shepard dog Lacey, and our neighbors 85 pound German Shepard Zephr.

Best of all we now have a floor cleaner. Yeah for Hershey Kisses!