Puppy Love

So much of our focus has been on Drake and I wanted to make sure that our dogs, Alice and Luke got a little attention as well. Drake loves the dogs. He laughs at them, he crawls after them, and he just wants to pet, lick, bit, and play with them. Alice and Luke have other ideas...they generally want to be away from him, although Alice has been allowing Drake to crawl on her and Luke occasionally will come up and lick Drake and then run off.

Alice is a 12 year old husky/lab mix. She is a very sweet dog with really bad breath (she has broken teeth, which contributes to this problem). She has been around kids before and typically has a lot of patience. She does not like her tail pulled or to be sat on, but otherwise, tolerates Drake very well. Over the last few months, Alice has been pretty lethargic. She will sometimes have a spurt of energy but generally she just lays around. Now that it is cooler outside, she has started to want to go outside again, where she used to spend all her time.


We have a firewood storage area in one of our fireplaces that David wants to make into a "reading nook" for Drake. In the meantime, he has put one of the dog beds there.

Luke is a four year old german shepherd mix of some sort. He still has a ton of energy and would chase a ball or frisbee all day long if someone is willing to throw to him. David has tried to continue to give Luke the attention that he needs, but it really is just not possible everyday. He stays outside during the day, so he does spend plenty of time running around, ensuring that no squirrels or chipmunks enter our yard. Luke has been a bit scared of Drake. We think he is under the impression that he will get in trouble if he gets near Drake. Drake crawls to him and he runs off, so Drake crawls after him and then play a little game of tag (Drake is always "it" and never wins!).