Andy Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Hi, Guys some of you may have noticed that my profile said that Today I was off on a secret mission. Well that was to go and meet and hopefully collect Darwin. Darwin has been owned by Dan and Laura in London, unfortunately they were unable to give Darwin the space and time he needed. They really did thier best but he became too restless and destructive, and they made the brave but painful Decision to re-home him. They contacted thier friend Heather AKA Magical Merlin who put him up on the site for re-home. Dan however found it very hard to part with this loving boy. (totally understandable) Eventually though they came to thier final decision and contacted Heather who PM'd us as we'd shown interest in Darwin in the past. We then began a series of communications with Laura and Dan where we tried to provide as much evidence as possible that we would be able to give a loving and stable home to thier boy. Well today we went down to london with Koda and introduced them. There was a bit of playful domination by Darwin but nothing too rough, and soon Koda was playing happily. Eventually the time to leave came and Dan and Laura put on a brave face as we drove away. Kelly sat in the back of the car with the two huskies, there was just one altercation with Kelly getting nipped on the finger as she separated them, otherwise the drive home was quite peaceful. When we got Home Kelly took Koda to collect Echo and Met us in the park in an enclosed kiddy park we let all three off lead to get to know each other. Echo being a rescue dog was a bit barky at Darwin but soon subsided as she saw Koda and Darwin running around and playing. We took them home and they have been trotting around each other sniffing and being a bit wary, but that's normal. There have been a couple of snappy moments from both Echo and Darwin but that's just settling in territory issues. Right now Echo n Darwin are lying at my feet just ba couple of feet apart, as I type this. I'm sure we will have to separate them a few more times as they get to know each other. But things are looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 He is gorgeous! Congrats Andy and Kelly on your new furbaby Welcome to the pack Darwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 my ikkle darwin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 welcome to the pack Darwin glad its all going well cnt w8 2 c more pics!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamz Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 oh wow congrats guys....you kept this very quiet lol!! he is well cute...those eyes are amazing...welcome to the pack Darwin! glad to hear he is getting on well with Echo and Koda...lets hope he settles in with no problems x x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 congrats Andy an Kelly, Darwin is stunning xxxxxxx can't wait to meet him xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabresmum Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Congrats he is lovely x Hope he settles in well like Marley did with us x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 AWWW thanks guys we cant wait to show him off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krzykal Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 congratulations darwin is stunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boshka Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Darwin is lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Some of you will meet him at the Oxford meet and the rest of you at the Annual. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 awwww i'm gonna meet him first xxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeflonDave Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Big congratulations Andy & Kelly, Darwin is so handsome Welcome to the pack Darwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 awwww i'm gonna meet him first xxxxx awww no fair!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 aw, what a lovely story .... and Dan and Laura can still catch up with their boy on here through stories & photos, if not meet up if & when it's convenient ... while we were camping this weekend, we dropped in on Diesel's previous owners in Bangor & they were over the moon to see him (& him to see them ... he was jumping up at Danielle as soon as he heard her voice). Good luck with the settling in period, hope it all goes smoothly for you .. welcome to the pack, Darwin, xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Miss Bump Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 awwww this is such a lovely story and darwin is so cute!!! can't wait to meet you all in october!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Congrats Andy and Kelly - he is gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted May 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Well, first evening and night over. . . Yawn!!!! Darwin doesn't like closed doors and so he opened the living room door, and spent the night trotting up and down stairs in between tussling with Koda and Echo. Echo can open doors but knows that during the night she's not allowed to and her and Koda sleep on the living room chairs. Darwin slept in the bedroom (on the floor) with Laura n Dan. But that's not an option with us. Fortunately we have a stairgate at the top of the stairs, (courtesy of a previous owner of the property.) So he wasn't able to get into the bedrooms. We're looking at relocating the stairgate to 3 steps up from the bottom of the stairs, So the up n down business during the night stops. Hopefully once they settle the pack Hierarchy the all night tussling will stop. And once he finds HIS settling down place. then. . .. We'll get some sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 yawn fricken yawn bloody dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 bless him my stair gate is at the bottom, an i changed my door handles to round ones as Odin hates closed doors lol. He will find his place and settle soon, you'll have to wear him out today we're off to the woods soon with these 3 xxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 thanks linda the concept of changing the doorhandles was beyond us!!! we were thinking about locks and chains lol it didnt even enter our brains to change the handles god we are dumbasses pmsl i just facepalmed lol cheers linda, they have tired us out already lol kelly xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted May 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 LOL thanks Linda. . . Me with a MENSA level IQ and the concept of changing door handles didn't even occur.. . Genius. . Off to BnQ then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 LOL thanks Linda. . . Me with a MENSA level IQ and the concept of changing door handles didn't even occur.. . Genius. . Off to BnQ then. i have a mensa level iq as well!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted May 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 i have a mensa level iq as well!!!!!!! Yeah bit when reading everyone will notice I have an IQ and you have an iq. . . yours is pronounced "ick" OOOOOhhhh don't we get bitchy when we don't get enough sleep. . . lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 lol what you 2 like lol is much cheaper to change the handles to round ones lol xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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