Here's blind baby Nevada on the left, meeting wobbly Soba for the first time. This is about as stable as we've ever seen Soba, although what the camera doesn't capture is the slight bob-and-weave as she tries to stand still. Nevada was initially very submissive with Soba and all the other dogs she greeted for the first time. (Good puppy behavior!)
Soba was fascinated with Nevada's face, and would run her nose across Nevada's cheeks, first on one side and then along the other. She very slowly and deliberately checked out Nevada's face. I wonder if it was because she just couldn't figure out why this puppy didn't have eyes.
After maintaining this sitting position while Soba gave her the once-over, Nevada lied down, rolled over, and stayed that way for what she thought was an appropriately respectful amount of time. Then, quite done with being submissive, she leaped to her feet and bounded back over to Soba, racing around her legs just like she does with us. She seemed to be saying, "Okay, enough of that deference stuff, let's play!"
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I WORK HERE AT THE ELKO ANIMAL SHELTER AND PLAYED AND WORKED WITH LITTLE NEVADA,SHE HAS GOTTEN SO BIG SINCE I SAW HER BEFORE SHE LEFT US,I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE AND READ HOW SHE IS GETTING ALONG.I AM ALSO SO THANKFUL THERE ARE VERY CARING PEOPLE LEFT FOR OUR VERY SPECIAL ANIMALS IN THIS WORLD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Posted by: charlene henson | May 03, 2007 at 03:06 PM
These two are so cute; they could melt a stick of butter in a blizzard! That's one of the first things that came to mind so I went with it!
The other though...Soba's sniffing of Nevada's face is quite interesting; perhaps she can actually smell something different about Nevada's eye sockets.
Posted by: Leilani | April 30, 2007 at 09:44 AM
I know how Soba's staying so stable...she's balancing on Nevada's nose!!
Posted by: Marisa | April 27, 2007 at 04:16 PM