Army has been with us for a month now, and he has really figured out retirement. He is such a sweet boy. If you are ever feeling low just look at Army, and he will decide you need to pet him. You now have a purpose in life because he feels someone should be petting him all the time. I think he would like to be on the couch with people, but we do not allow that in our house. He is so loving, and so responsive to people. If he ever does something he is not supposed to do a stern "no" and he stops. Army is all ready to find his forever home, and I know that he will warm the heart of the right people the same way he warms ours. Come and meet Army this weekend he will be at 100 Oaks Meet & Greet.

Today was an important test day for Army Strong. I left him alone for the first time. He did well. He should be fine as an only dog. For the past two weeks he had not appeared to interested in the resedent grey, Specs, and now I feel certain he does not need another dog around. He is much more attached to and interested in people over other greys. When Specs and I got back from being out Army was excited to see me and be out of the crate. I was only able to leave him for about 31/2 hours today, but when I had to leave both of them for 6 hours on Thursday he did fine. I want to try leaving him alone for longer, but I think he would be fine alone for 6 hours. Well that is the big news with Army. We will be at the Meet and Greet at Smyrna on Saturday. Come out and meet Army and help him find his forever home.

Army resting after a hard day of hanging out on his own.

Another week hase gone by with Army Strong in our house, and he is starting to figure out home life. As the picture shows he LOVES stuffies and to play. He will get a toy and chew, chew to make it squeak. It gets a little loud sometimes but it is so much fun to watch that you just live with the noise. Along with his love of stuffies and squeakers is his enjoyment of ball chaseing. We do not have a fencedin yard, so we have not had a chance to really let him go after a ball, but he enjoys chaseing it around the livingroom when I toss the ball. We did get out on Sunday but it was too cold to stay long. Hopfully the weather will be good next weekend, and we will get a chance to really let him run around. We did get a cute picture of him while we were out. He looks like he is laughing! Another thing that Army loves is neck rubbs and scratches. Sometimes if you get the right spot his leg gets into the action, as the video shows.

Now I need to brag about how good Army was today. We had people over doing work under the house, and I was worried that it would bother Army, but he did really well. He actually slept through the first few hours they were their. He became more interested in them after lunch when he realized they were people. Then he spent the rest of the time trying to find them. He could hear them but he could not see them. He got alittle worried by all the noise but he seem more curious then scared. Well that is all I can think of for now. Stay tuned for more pictures and information.