FFF: Our Dog

Here is a long overdue post about our dog!  We adopted Cora, who is a golden retriever mix, from the humane society in February or March of 2015.  She was a fiesty little puppy, and I consider her to still be in the puppy phase, though now she is much bigger than when we first picked her up.  :)

Cora spends a lot of her free time outside, but when she is inside, our bed is like her throne.  

In the early mornings, if she is being especially obedient and we don't have to rush out the door, she gets to come and wake the kids up with me.  She loves this so much, as does one particular son of mine.  ;)  They play fetch and wrestle, and eventually when she gets tired, Enoch tries to be calm and love on her sweetly.  

And if she is being especially, especially obedient, she gets to stay in the house while we eat breakfast and then clean up the plentiful crumbs afterward.  

Cora also enjoys going for walks around our neighborhood!  She likes to walk right beside the stroller and guard the kiddos.  She is still pretty bad about pulling if left to her own desires, but we use a slip collar on her now, and it keeps her in check.  Kaitlin (Hugh's sister) also visited recently and did some doggy obedience training with her (and with us), which has helped immensely.  She taught Cora the beginnings of "stay" and "down" and "back" which are all really useful.  (Cora already knew "sit")  

Alaythia loves Cora's big, wet dog kisses, and is mesmerized by her.  Karis, on the otherhand, mainly enjoys the dog when there is some barrier between them (like the door, the kennel, or her crib).  Throughout the day though Karis likes to go up to the back door and yell "daah" to see if Cora will come up to the window and greet her, which Cora almost always does in hopes of attention.  :)