This is Jet, the newest member of my household. Jet is some kind of Lab mix, is 6 months old, and was adopted from the Lawrence Humane Society. Look at that face!
Jet came from a household in DeSoto, KS. I imagine she came from a litter where the owner had trouble giving the puppies away. At the Humane Society she was rooming with one of her litter-mates.
When I first visited the Humane Society, I walked through the dog area looking at all the dogs in their kennels. There were a large number of Lab mixes available. At the time I passed her cage another dog was walking through the area and all the dogs were barking but she wasn't, she was sitting calmly in her cage looking at me.
The camera made her eyes look green. Look at that face!
Jet is a pretty big dog already. She is 1 inch shorter than Max, my old dog. She is expected to grow a couple more inches in height and reach around 60 lbs. Jet is mostly quiet. Inside she has barked only a few times and all of those times were at the cats. Outside she will bark at passing people and animals. She has a very robust deep bark.
We went to the vet's on Tuesday, May 24. She was very intimidated by the whole experience. We will be making daily visits to the vet's office to get a cookie. My hope is that she will learn the vet's office is a good place to go.
So far she has managed to drag out every forgotten cat toy in the house.
She's chased the cats a few times. I gather from her behavior that she has never been around cats. She is learning that cats are ok to live with.
Most of the time she has what I would interpret as a smile on her face. She seems very happy here.
What a good looking dog!