Bruno's Adoption

 Bruno's adoption today brings to a close the summer of shepherds. It was May 25th that I made two or three trips to the local shelter and brought home Bruno and Luna and their two most recent litters consisting of four six-month old pups, and three 10-day old puppies. The six-month old pups went to other foster homes and were all adopted, several of them by their foster families. The three puppies that had been born in the shelter were raised by Luna with some help from us. They were all adopted at about 10 weeks of age. Then Luna was spayed and she was adopted just recently. Somewhere along the line Bruno got neutered and I guess he could have been adopted sooner, but he was such an easy foster that I didn't really push for it. When I was ready for him to go a really great home came along and I was happy to take him there today.

Bruno and I had some one-on-one time Saturday. I took him to town to give him a bath at a self-service dog wash. He was great about the bath. I had given him a bath once before here at home and he was good then too, another indication that this dog had some good care at some earlier time in his life. After the bath we went to IX Park, planning to have a beer at Three Notched, but couldn't get a table. The Sake place was having their second anniversary party outdoors, however, so we walked around the park for a bit and then headed over to Decipher Brewing for a beer. They allow dogs indoors, which was more comfortable anyway. Bruno was very well behaved. Several people approached us and wanted to pet him. Bruno was friendly and happy to meet everyone. In the days prior to Covid, when we did adoption outings, Bruno would have been a very big hit. He's one of those dogs that sells himself at events with a friendly smile and tail wag, welcoming contact from complete strangers. 

I keep saying I'm going to get away from fostering shepherds, but then Luna, Bruno, and all their puppies came along. At any rate, Bruno's adoption brings this summer's shepherd saga to a close. Many of Della's puppy adopters have been posting "one year since we brought the puppy home" pictures lately. It seems like we have completed another cycle. Maybe now it's time to find a new job.