Houdini ... er, I mean, ....Pickles!

She's here! Cute as can be - White and Brindle with a real pug nose, big brown eyes and tiny pink tongue. Her fur is SOOOOOO soft. She arrived on Friday, still suffering from her recent spaying and very shy.

Today that changed. Peanut, our cute black and white boy, went to the groomer for his summer cut (he looked like a fur rug!). Pickles was going to be alone in the house for a few hours. Greg planned on checking on her around 10:30. My in-laws, who live next door, heard her barking ( a first for her since she's been here) and found she was having a fit! She did not like being alone. So after a little petting, she was alone again. Greg came home and she was still barking her head off. He opened the slider an inch or two to give her some "sniff space" and after some more petting he went back to work. About an hour later, my father-in -law saw her in HIS backyard! She had managed to push open the slider and clawed her way through the screen and escape! Thank goodness he saw her. He brought her back home and turned on the TV. That seemed to do it for her - she just needed noise. After Peanut got home she was fine and even napped.

So she has had her first adventure, we confirmed that she has vocal cords and that she is a social animal and not as shy as we thought. She's started playing with Peanut and with some toys.

Now, we just have to finish house training. Goodie.