his name is rio

after a brainstorming session at the dinner table last night we have settled on a name for the darling little dog. rio! it sounds spunky and fun and exotic, just like him.

since he's been here for a while and he's getting used to us and the house, he's starting to show his true colours. he can be such a rascal! he was asleep in the house for a while just now since sheri was outside (we always keep one outdoors and one indoors since they don't get along well yet), and when it came time for him to go outside again, he just refused! both my mum and dad tried to get him to come out, and he just sat himself down and didn't budge for a long time. finally my dad managed to coax him into coming outside, but now we know he can get up to some mischief if he wants to. we also got him a little red collar and he somehow managed to get that off, so that's another problem to solve.

my mum said this morning he escaped from the house again. he goes out every morning to do his business -- he never does it in the house, funny little thing. the vet told us to keep him on a leash after giving him the painkillers so he doesn't run around and hurt himself, since he would naturally get excited about the lack of pain in his shoulder and decide to pull some silly stunt. well, somehow he managed to pull the leash off and escape from the house as usual, then he came back and sat in front of the gate, waiting for my mum to let him back in. when she did, he just trotted over to the leash, sat down, and waited for it to be put on again. he's such a weird dog! but still... a cuter boy you couldn't find anywhere.

still haven't gotten a picture of him to upload. i'm seriously wishing we had a camera.