Pupdate: August 2 2020

 Hi.   A lot happened since the post from a week ago and I decided to do the Ziva update first.    Now that that has happened, I'll give you the regular pupdate. 

Lada: Lada my ever faithful side-kick & travelling companion. We drove down to Tenn for the 2nd anniversary of my father's passing.  Mom, Dave, Lada, Ricky, & I relaxed in the super hot mid Tennessee weather.  
Lada still demanded to play.  Due to the heat, our play sessions were shorter...much shorter, but they were longer.     

She loves visiting Grandma. She loves "playing" with Uncle Dave.   She tolerates Ricky.  She is not a fan of Ziva.    She does not like sharing me and Ziva is young and requires a lot of attention--no. just no. Ziva tries to get her to play with her, but Lada isn't ...

Peryn is Peryn.   He is a tiny bit more affectionate than before, but otherwise nothing new with him.   Same AH behavior.  He ignores Ziva---but I believe he'll be the first to break down & play with her.   Stay tuned. He & Volos tried to break into her pen before they knew it was "HER" pen.  I bought her some toys that they want. 

Volos.  Dude is really coming out of his shell.   THREE new firsts this past week and a half.  First he jumps up on the couch, without prompting,  for cuddles.  We used to have to call him up and assist him. Not anymore.  He wants attention, he climbs up and demands it from you .
Second new thing, He laid on the dog bed.   ALL this time he has not once laid on anything other than the floor, bed, or couch.   The dog bed that has sat in our living room forever  has only been used by Lada & Peryn, until Yesterday.  Shocked the heck outta me.   

Third-- This morning he jumped up on the bed in my office & proceeded to stay there.   Never done it before   Safe to say he feels confident in his place here and knows we'll not hurt him. 

He absolutely doesn't want anything to do with Ziva.  Runs from her.  She follows him EVERYWHERE...he hates it. 

ZIVA: 
Day 5-  She's a character!   She absolutely loves the route behind the couch. She loves sleeping under the patio chairs as we sit outside.  She's growing so much.   
She really is a sweet, chill dog.    The most she gets worked up about is being put in her crate or pen.   In fact today we put her in the pen so we could run to Target. Came home to her lying in the kitchen, patiently waiting for us.      No destruction evident... (we'll let you know if that changes)