Dave Knows: Elko

Ollie!

The unnamed pup finally received a name.  It took us a week and a half but we finally came up with “Ollie”.  So we have Cooper, Ollie, Marty and Boxer (COMB).  I guess his full name could be “Oliver”, but we didn’t want a three-syllable name so we’re going to stick with Ollie.  Ollie the Border Collie.  Has a nice ring to it.  He seems to be warming up to us too.  We’ve only had him for less than two weeks and he was pretty timid when he first arrived. He’s much better now, he’s pretty good on a leash, and the potty training is going well.  Also, Cooper lost two teeth over the weekend! So now our house is not only covered in slobber, urine, and feces, but blood too!    I think we finally have the Dog Fluid Superfecta all wrapped up.

Boxer doesn’t seem to like his haircut much.  He spends most of his time sleeping in the garage now.  He’s kinda pissy around the dogs (well, more than usual) and just seems to be in a bad mood.  Part of that is because ever since we brought him home, Marty has been a complete ass, hissing at him every time he sees him.  I think it’s a little like the story of Sampson and Delilah, and Boxer lost all of his strength when we gave him a haircut.  See mom, I *was* paying attention in church.