Our Newest Family Member

This is Aspen! Aspen is a Weimaraner. He came to us yesterday evening. He was interested in the female dog, Uno, (if you get the picture) we are keeping in our backyard temporarily. He caught Clint's eye so we gave him some food last night. He was a little skiddish, being a stray dog. I think the only reason he would even be close to use was because of the Uno in the backyard. After awhile he let Clint pet him while he was eating. Luckily he stayed around all evening and even into this morning. Clint was giving both dogs the last of the food we had and it apparently wasn't enough for Aspen, because when Clint left to go get food at Wal-Mart, Aspen left. We went ahead and filled his bowl with food. We thought surely he would be back. Well, 3:oo came around then 4:00. We thought he probably lost interest in the Uno and wasn't going to come back. Well I was outside looking to see if he was out there and all the sudden I see him. I start yelling to Clint, "I see him!" We got outside and start calling for him. He comes over to Clint and Clint showed him the food we left for him. Meanwhile, I was putting a leash on the other dog. Finally we get Aspen in the backyard. I am watching Uno while Clint is trying to earn Aspen's trust. He finally came up to Clint and licked his hand and let Clint really pet him. We had treats for him too, but he lost interest after awhile. He really is a good dog. Very calm and not aggresive at all. We let him come in the house to explore a little. We put a rope on him and let him walk around a little bit. We want to try to get him used to it since we will have Uno for awhile and we need to put Aspen around the tree outside the fence. Whenever we leave Aspen outside, he now howls for us. It is really cute and we have to be stern with him so I let Clint do the discipline for now until he is used to us.

As much as we are attached to him, we will look in the papers to see if anyone has lost a dog recently. If he doesn't belong to anyone, probably next week we will get him fixed. I hope you enjoy the pictures.