TJ had a huge clinic but was able to meet us at the Delta Cargo building near the airport to pick up Tucker. On the way to the airport, Bailey kept saying, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" and covering her mouth with her hands. She was freaking out. The girls and I were jumping up and down in the parking lot as TJ pulled into the lot. We walked inside and he was right there in the kennel, head hunkered down and eyes blinking expectantly...."are you coming to get me?" TJ picked up the kennel while the girls were trying to let Tucker lick their fingers and carried it to my car. Tucker whimpered for just a few minutes in the back of the car until we got on the freeway. I tried to take the corners gently, so as to not slide him around in the back.
It was time for doggy jail! When we got home, TJ brought him into the laundry room and opened the kennel door. We tried to let him come out on his own, but he wouldn't. TJ tried to gently pull him out, but he wasn't having it! We opened the doggy jail door and the kennel door and pushed them together. He did some more sniffing and then went on in. He ate, drank, peed and took a rest. Meanwhile, the girls took a bath, got jammies on, and had a snack. Bailey wanted to play with him so bad she started crying in the tub and got a bloody nose!
We got Tucker out for a few more minutes before bedtime for the girls. When I sat down on the floor, he came right up to me and put his paws on my chest. He just stared at me for about 2 minutes, unmoving. Then I felt his belly and it was wet. Then I felt the floor by my leg and it was wet. Then I looked at my pant leg and it was wet. Didn't smell like pee....just dog smell. At any rate, he marked me! The girls couldn't get enough of him! Tucker this, Tucker that, Come on Tucker! We were discussing what word to use when Tucker does something we want...."nice" or "hooray" etc. Just as we said "nice," Tucker jumps up on Sydney and she falls over. And Sydney says, 'Nice!!!" Bailey wanted to start training him to sit. She wanted to brush his coat. She wanted to put on his leash. We told her there was plenty of time for all that stuff; he needed to have some time of just sniffing around. We walked from the family room to the front room and he slipped a bit on the hardwood floors. He was very unsure of the step down to the front room. It took him about 15 seconds to step off. At last it was time for bed. The girls were on the floor and telling him good night. Syd stuck her face close to Tucker's and he licked her face. She said, "He ate my face!" and scrunched up her nose!
