** * Soba wants to give a shout out to his Aunt Sue. This one is for you!
Wade and I drove 20 hours with
Soba to visit Jimmy and Bella in Austin.
Soba was a little car sick initially, but handled rest of the car ride well. We thought the ride would be the hardest part for
Soba, and didn't expect that his initial meeting with Bella would be so rough.
Soba got possessive and aggressive with Bella with food and toys around. Bella fought back. I got caught in the cross fire when I tried to break up the fight. I have some battle wounds that are healing. Fortunately, the rest of the week got better.
Soba and Bella started to play together under close supervision. They were having fun together. However,
Soba on several occasions tried to assert his dominance by mounting Bella. We were not surprised! Instead of disciplining him, Wade was cracking up.
Arg! Bella drew her boundary and fought back. Go girl!
Although we did have a great time, w have yet to determine if we'll drive to Austin again with
Soba. The drive took 2 days with an over night stay in El
Paso. It took
alot out of us. We are still recovering from the drive this week.
Bella is a very obedient dog! She loves to come up to you to get belly rubs. Unlike
Soba, she actually knows how to do shakes! Here is her all excited with her ears back doing a shake.
She is all exhausted after playing with Soba. Bella is about 5 years old. She is of a mixed breed - part German and a few other breeds. I can't say enough about how sweet she is. I told Jimmy that he should be home when we leave or else we may swap dog with him.
Wade is exhausted from supervising these two.
