Stewie - The Newest Member of the Family

Chris and I recently acquired a new member of the family - Stewie! He flew in from Pennsylvania on Saturday, February 2nd. He used to live with Kristen, my sister, but the situation wasn't ideal. She had a lot of things on her plate with a 1 year old and a career! So I offered to take Stewie to lighten the load. Luckily, Chris agreed.

We picked him up at the airport where we got to enjoy seeing other people pick up their animals. Normally you go to cargo to pick up animals, but the plane came in after cargo closed. So we picked him up in baggage claim. When they brought all the other dogs, I was slight concerned that they didn't have a big cage. The airline employee reassured me they had another dog in cargo and that he'd arrive shortly.

It had been a super long day for Stewie. He left the Baltimore airport in the morning and arrived in Phoenix at night (considering the time difference it was a long time). He seemed to recognize my voice and was happy to see me. After the paper signing and disassembly of the crate, we took Stewie home.

To our great pleasure, he and Mac, our black lab, got along fabulously. In fact, almost as soon as we arrived, they started playing. They played non-stop until we forced them to go to bed because we wanted to sleep! The next day the playing started again as soon as they woke up. It lasted most of the day then they crashed in exhaustion. Since then they've calmed down a bit. They're still playing a lot but it's not constant (thank goodness!). I had no idea that Mac would be so happy with Stewie. I guess he needed a friend and we didn't realize it! Bentley, our terrier, isn't quite so keen on Stewie, but Bentley doesn't like other dogs much.

So far we're having a blast with Stewie and his biggest crime to date is a small hole dug in the backyard. For a little over a week, I'd say that's an awesome track record. Kristen did a great job training him and with a little more training from us, he's going to be a wonderful, wonderful companion. I'm so happy he's a part of our family!

Video of Mac & Stewie playing.

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