Never to Late to be a New Father

Gus is a new father as of Saturday night. He adopted an 8 week old black lab puppy. Gus woke up Sunday morning with bloodshot eyes just like any new parent.

She is everything we had wanted in a puppy. Quiet, affectionate, and very much in love with Gus. It has been almost 10 years since Gus put his old black lab to sleep and there isn’t a day goes by, he does not miss his “Lady”. He named his new pup “LT” which stands for Lady Two. Lane cannot remember LT so he calls the pup BLT.

Gus is completely off of narcotic pain killers and he has no pain. That is incredible to us. Gus’ tumor seems to really respond to chemo.

Gus is doing well and feels LT will give him a reason to get up out of that recliner and do more. We built her a kennel out behind the barn so she can enjoy the out-of-doors if we are gone. I put her in it this morning as I left for work. I checked once before I left and she was sound asleep in the little dog house we have inside the enclosure. When Gus got up three hours later, she met him at the back door. We will not be patenting our kennel design anytime soon if it cannot contain an inexperienced boarder like LT.

Gus weighs less now than he did last summer at his lowest. He truly is eating but he just can’t seem to gain any weight. He still looks good but it is because he is outdoors a lot and his color is good.

Gus' small-sized thermal underwear was tight last hunting season but now they are loose. Yes, Gus has resorted to dressing warmer even though it is the middle of August. After all, we had our first snow in the high country August 15.