We adopted Buster “Chad” on our fifth wedding anniversary, July 16th. He has been a wonderful pet and is becoming more of a “normal” dog.
“Normal”, you ask? What isn’t/wasn’t normal about him?
Well, Buster was a stray in Oklahoma and so his past is unknown. When Coen and I met him at the Boulder County Humane Society (which is an incredible place), he was calm, very good with Coen, and loved to be pet.
Things Buster has learned since his homecoming to the Vilski household:
- How to go up and down stairs
- How to eat a rawhide bone treat
- How to clean up the floor (he still needs help doing it on his own, but with direction he’s a good vacuum)
- How to pee and poop outside (we only had a few small accident incidents)
- How to run and have fun with other dogs
- How to eat and drink out of doggy dishes
- How to “do his duty” in a timely fashion outside
- How to sit
- How to ignore Coen
- How to jump into the back of our car (he knows it’s doggy park time now)
Things Buster has yet to learn since his homecoming:
- How to stay
- How to come on command every time
- How to bark (we’re not going to teach him)
- How to hear the sound of food falling to run and eat it
- How to eat while there are people around (he’s a very private eater)
- How to whine (not teaching this one, either)
- How to fetch a ball (or even show a small amount of interest in retrieving)
All in all, he’s wonderful for our family. Here is a photo of the guy:
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