I've been so busy it's unreal, now I am so far behind here it's gonna take a week or more to catch up!
We lost our dog to heart failure caused by Cushing's disease on May 12th, then I spent the whole month of June teaching my yearly class. I am so far behind on everything it'll take a month or more to catch up on life in general.
Friday June 23rd we drove 6 hours away to buy a new puppy because the only puppies available here are from puppy mills. We didn't want a mutt, we are hooked on the dachshund breed so it had to be another dachshund and the only way to get a good one was to go far away. Now we're spending a lot of our free time being shredded by a teething puppy. lol

The good turtle news is the puppy has already learned that the turtles belong here. After he got over wondering what the heck they are, he's already learned to leave them alone.
I get them out to let them roam the same as always, he jumped around them and barked the first time he saw them so I used some Dog Whisperer techniques to show him that the turtles are part of the pack and that he must not bother them, it actually worked.
This morning I took him outside to do his business not knowing that Hobo was sitting in the general area where I always take him out. He saw Hobo, he went over to sniff him then he left him alone.
I am SO HAPPY that this new puppy is learning that we leave the turtles alone. Like with the last dog who also didn't bother them, I would never leave a dog alone with a turtle but I feel like it's safe to at least be able to blink my eyes without worrying that the dog is going to hurt a turtle when the turtles are out.
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PHRatz

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