The arrival of Chief

So, a couple of weeks ago, I posted about the potential homing of Chief. Well, I'm pleased to say he's here! After we went up to see him at his breeders, he came down to us on the Saturday and Sunday and he and Indi still got along, so after a bit of thinking I decided to give it a whirl. At the time of writing, he's been here a day and they're both fast asleep in their respective kennels. On the subject of kennels, I (obviously) had to order a new kennel for Chief. After a bit of digging around I went for one from Collis Sheds. It's great! It's bigger than Indi's by a foot in width but in all fairness I don't think Chief would have fitted in a kennel the same size as Indi's - he's a big lad!

So, I picked him up yesterday morning and brought him home. I think his breeder was upset to see him go and I'm pretty sure they'll miss him a lot. However, she knows he's going to a good home and I'll do everything I can for both him and Indi.

Anyway, we arrived back at my house, I let him have a sniff round for a while and then let Indi out to see him. They both were genuinely excited to see each other so that was a good sign. We then went out for a quick mile long walk and came back and had a bit of a play around. In the afternoon, I took them both over the Chase with my Dad. My intention was to tire them out as much as possible so they'd both sleep at night. I'd already warned the neighbours that he was coming - something I thought prudent as he is not used to sleeping outside! A malamute's howl can be quite loud at 3 in the morning!

They had a bit of a spat just before bedtime, they're both finding their feet at the minute and I think it was because Indi was in Chief's kennel. Anyway, Indi was a bit wary of him after that for a while but all is OK again this morning. I had a bit of a sleepless night as I was straining to hear for any noises emanating from their direction. Suffice to say I didn't hear a peep out of them until about 6:30 where I heard Chief whinging. So far, so good...