Bear et al.

Saturday morning broke with sunshine on a bit of new snow that had fallen overnight. Midday Saturday brought us the warmest temperatures we've had in over a week and at least some snow melt. But the best thing that Saturday brought us was a young local couple who want to adopt Bear. I say young but that's relative to me. They are early retirees from the DC area who moved down here with their prior shepherd, which ticks the "shepherd experience" box and the "smarter than the dog" box that trips up some many potential applicants. 

Bear is wary of strangers and he was with them at first, but he showed no aggression and they showed a bit of patience. We walked around the yard and then came into the house and he settled down at their feet while we talked for a good hour about shepherds in general and Bear in particular. They will be away under the end of January so he'll be with us for a couple more weeks, but that's fine. Bear is an easy keeper and the best puppy sitter I've got. 

All the brown dogs: Bear, the three pups, Bailey, and Norman

Saturday evening Bailey and I went to town for a beer.

Clay will be home Sunday evening and we will all be glad, although he and Bailey will have to work out something at bedtime because she's been occupying his spot for the last couple of weeks.