Mali's World

Mali's World.
The ride home from Ma’s house took fourteen hours, one hour longer than it took to get there, as we stopped every hour or so for Mali. We arrived home before dark, giving us the chance to take Mali for a walk before introducing her to the four cats waiting in the house. Steve brought in her soft crate while I took her for a walk.Adriane and Kae brought all the cats to the crate for a sniff, two of them wanted nothing to do with the scent and ran quickly away. The other two took their time inspecting the crate. Soon after, Mali bounded into the house, sending the two remaining cats scurrying away.

Perry, my Tonkinese seems to be the bravest. He has entered the room Mali is in many times, but only when one of us is in the room. The Friday after she arrived here she went in for her first Vet visit. At 11 weeks she weighed 30 pounds.

Mali went to the Rock and mineral show with Steve and I. I carried her and he wheeled us into the building. I placed us kind of out of the way of the main flow of people so Mali could stretch her legs and greet people. She wore her pink bandana with the service dog patches. The large round one reads, “Ask to pet me, I’M friendly”, the other two read, “Service dog in Training.”

She learned very quickly the only way I would let her greet any one was if she was sitting. She also learned every one walking by was not interested in her cute little face.
I have no idea why not!

The next day we went to visit Michelle and her three beautiful Shilohs, as you can see by the pictures. It took an hour or so for the four of them to meet and greet before they went off to play. Steve ran around the pond and all four dogs ran after him. I wish I had gotten a picture of that, perhaps next time.