Dog Sitting: First Few Nights

Meet Cloud, a two month old Siberian Husky who will be staying with us for a few months.  Under an unfortunate circumstance, his owners needed to temporarily send Cloud away until they find a pet friendly apartment. 

I was very excited that Scruffy will finally have a play mate, or so I thought.

Last Saturday, Cloud arrived with his owner.  Scruffy and I met them at the front lawn.  As soon as his owner let him loose, Cloud excitedly ran towards me and started jumping and licking.  I was carrying Scruffy since I did not put his leash on.  To my surprise, Scruffy reacted violently towards Cloud.  He furiously growled, barked, and showed his fangs.  It might be a manifestation of Scruffy being territorial and he might have felt threatened when Cloud ran and jump towards us as well.   

We were worried that they will not get along well.  Cloud does not have an alternative place to stay.  So, his owner decided to stay for the night to help Cloud adopt to his new home.  We spent hours trying to calm Scruffy down.  Although Scruffy and Cloud were in separate pens, Scruffy gets really upset with Cloud's every move, even when Cloud was just sleeping.

The first night was fine since Cloud's owner slept next to his pen.  However, the night his owner left, chaos began.  Cloud whined and cried for hours.  We thought he will eventually get tired and fall asleep.  Unfortunately, we were wrong.  Cloud just cried louder and longer, and became more motivated to get out of his pen, which he eventually did.    

Getting out of his pen was not as horrifying as what he did next.  My uncle went down stairs to check on Scruffy and Cloud.  He did not expect to see Cloud running around the house, chewing on plants and curtains, and worse, made the kitchen his big potty area.  The next thing he knew, he was chasing Cloud around the house at midnight.

When morning came, it was a totally different story!  All I can say is that I have not woken up in a morning of total chaos. :-p

Stay tuned for more of Cloud and Scruffy's "misadventures!"

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