A difference of 14 years

There is a difference of 14 years between oldest (Lisa) and youngest (Pluto) dog in our family. Lisa is born in January 1996 and Pluto is born in December 2009.
When we got Pluto some weeks ago we really realised how the years have affected Lisa. She is grey in the face, a bit dimmed in the eyes, not that muscled, ears are standing, slower in the movements, likes to sleep in the sofa etc. Of course we have seen all this, but with another IG in the house it became really obvious.
But despite all this she can invite Pluto to playing. She jumps around with tail high and front low to get him in playing mood. I get all warm inside when looking at her behaving like a young girl. Every day with her is happiness.

First week with Pluto

OK, one week tomorrow. But we are so impressed with this little guy that we can't wait to give first week's update.

He is the most wonderful little guy you could imagine. He is everything a six months old IG should be - sweet, happy, cool, relaxed, fun.
First of all he did the 4.5 h long journey by train without the slightest problem. He was curious and wanted to see everything through the window. But after a while he cuddled up and fell asleep.
When we came home he went straight into the family. The interaction with both cats and the other dogs went as smooth as if they had been friends for ever.
He quickly got a grip of the routines - feeding times, the garden etc. It took just a few days until we realised that we could let him run loose on the big field close to where we live. His listens to us and is not going too far away.
We went to Västerås for the weekend. There he met with a lot of new people and dogs - totally 12 persons, 1 baby and 3 dogs. He was totally cool with that. He just played around and won hearts.

So - we are so happy for this little guy!

Pluto

Mannequin's Quello Quando Quando

breed: italian greyhound
sex: dog
colour: fawn (dark)
size: 34 cm (at 6 months age)
born: December 13th 2009
sire: Ch Caeles Magical Mr Mistoffelees
dam: Ch Hesve's Beauty

breeder: Kennel Mannequin's (Sweden)
owners: Per-Arne Jonsson / Johnas Rudberg (Sweden)

health: will be done when he is old enough (knees, eyes and heart)

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He is 5 months on this picture


Pluto is our latest addition. He moved in with us on June 8th 2010.
He is a very happy, sweet, alert, curious and cool little guy. He walked right into our little family without any problem at all.
He looks very promising from a conformation perspective, but that isn't our main interest.

We are looking forward to many happy years with this little guy. Welcome!