Everyone, meet Darby. Darby, everyone. Darby is Spice’s cousin! She’s the fur-baby of a brother and sister-in-law on hubby’s side.
Darb, as they call her, has a sweet disposition and is about 40 lbs of rampaging joy. She’s a Wheaten Terrier, she doesn’t shed and she is hypo-allergenic. Spice is not amused. We don’t think our cat has had previous experience with dogs because to say he is scared is an understatement. Spice spent the first few hours of Darby’s visit under the guest bed, basically freaking out. But at bedtime he slinked out and hopped into bed with us, where he stayed all night. They are going to have to work it out. Spice will see that there’s nothing to fear.
I’m the one who loves to walk a dog and throw a spitty ball in a park so I’m going to assume the lion’s share of those responsibilities. How will Darby adjust to our crazy hours? Well, she’ll just have to get used to them. She hasn’t got an aggressive bone in her body so I think she’ll do just fine. She’ll get lots of love and attention while her family members explore England together for the first time.