Our home houses 3 dogs, 2 of which are getting on in age.  In order for our youngest dog, a lab named Honey (also a rescue), not to be left alone and also to teach a young dog good habits we (well, mostly me, hubby just went along with the idea!) started looking around for a young pup to join our family.  We subscribe to the Ottawa Citizen and I was always looking to find the pets that were being advertised by the SPCA.  I was really looking for another lab and one day, one appeared in the paper.  So I immediately called up my mother and off we went to see the featured dog. 

Unfortunately, when we got to the Aylmer SPCA, the dog had already been adopted.  So we asked if we could fill out the paperwork ahead of time in the hopes that another similar type pup would become available.  This is where they mentioned that there would be one available soon, but since he had just arrived, he was not quite ready to be adopted yet.  However, we were allowed to see him - fell in love immediately.  Although his legs looked a little funny, he had all the markings of a black lab.  We were able to adopt him on the 15th of August.  His age was estimated by the vet at 4 1/2 months.  The first picture is Kobi when we brought him home.

Our lab wasn't overly fond of him at first but as you can see from the second picture, she has taught him all the right things!  How to own the couch!

Kobi attended puppy obedience in the fall - passed with flying colors.  The third picture is graduation night.

As Kobi grew, we noticed that the "lab" in him was disappearing rather quickly!  The Great Dane in him was definitely more obvious.  This was also confirmed by our obedience teacher who herself owns a Great Dane.

And now that he is 9 1/2  months old in the 4th picture, we have concluded our "little" puppy is not so little!  However, we love him just the same.  He spends his mornings with his "dad" in his home office while mom is away at work, and spends his afternoons with mom.  He runs around the farm all day long, stays away from the horses (only after getting kicked in the face) and is reminded of the lessons he learned in class on a continuous basis.  We have yet to stop him from chewing and ripping up old comforters used for doggie beds, but a little Tabasco sauce on the material goes a long way!!  My sewing abilities have much improved as well!
 

We thank the Aylmer SPCA for giving us this wonderful bundle of joy and we do recommend everyone looking for a pet to go and have a look at the facility.  It is well worth it.

Lynn and Hugh

Kobi has passed away and is now remembered on our Rainbow Bridge page.

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