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And then there were two!  We picked up our new little beasty, Sargon yesterday morning.  He’s the cutest thing EVER!! 

We were invited to bring Mungo along, but we decided that a quieter introduction, in our own home, might be a little more suitable.  No need to have Mungo all worked up, in a strange house, with strange dogs, before we bring in the strange puppy. 

The ride home was okay.  He cried a tiny bit, when we first started driving, but then he fell asleep in his kennel.  Good boy.

The intro went quite well.  Mungo was very happy to have a new friend, and he actually was quite gentle with him, after a few warnings.  He tried to engage Sargon in play.  Remember though that Mungo only moves in two speeds, super fast and asleep.  So unfortunately, Sargon spun out a bit on the hardwood.  Mungo would grab a toy and wave it in Sargon’s face.  Then Mungo would run away.  Sargon would try to follow, but be hopelessly behind in two or three Mungo bounds.  Then he would lose interest.  Mungo would then reappear, look at Sargon, thinking all the time, “what is wrong with you?, can’t you run?”, then he would bound off again.

Now we have to work on house training, and crate training.  We have only had two pee accidents so far (sounds like a lot in less than 24 hours), but no poo accidents.  He did not do too badly in his crate last night.  He woke up a few times, but needed to be reassured that I was still there.  I only took him outside once to go to the bathroom, at 1:30 am.  Hopefully, he starts to sleep through the night shortly.  He is a pretty big boy, weighing in at over 16 pounds already, and sleeping through the night tends to be more size related than age related.  Once the bladder is large enough, you can start to hold it through the night. 

By the way, the name Sargon comes from a story that we read together as a family.  Sargon was a dragon that could communicate with his human friends.  He spoke in the third person all the time, so he would say things like, “Sargon hungers, Sargon comes, Pet Sargon.”  When we read the story, we all thought this sounded like what we imagined a dog would say, so we decided the next dog would be named Sargon.  Sargon the Great is also a famous warlord from history (although in sleep deprived state, I can’t remember from where).

So welcome to the new hound!!  Welcome Sargon!  Let’s hope he is great…someday.