Kino Update

A lot of folks have been asking for an update on Kino so I thought I'd focus today's blog on some of the highlights.

I think with each week that passes, I fall in love with him a little bit more.  :-)   He is smart and goofy and consequently, he either has me in awe or he's got me laughing.

His understanding of language has increased so dramatically in the last few months that I can converse with him like he is a person and he shows me he got what I said.  When a friend was coming over who had a bad experience with a German shepherd when she was young (and is still nervous around them) I told Kino about it and asked him to be extra gentle around her.  He stunned me that night when my friend arrived and all evening he was so mellow around her, he almost seemed like a different dog.

I told him that when I am sending Reiki to someone I need him to be extra quiet, and he does just that.  He will lay down and not move a muscle until I am done.  I told him the same thing about when I meditate and he will lay down next to me and close his eyes too.  Occasionally, he will rest his head in the palm of my hand and not move until I am done.

He has some hilarious little quirks that keep me laughing, such as . . . when I get out of the shower each day, he has decided that it's fun to pretend he is a bull and the towel I am trying to wrap on my head is the red cape.  The first time he ran under the towel, it scared the heck out of me but now that I know it's "his thing" it just makes me laugh.

When I put perfume on, he chases me around the house trying to lick it off.  I don't know if he just loves the smell, or if he doesn't want me to smell that good when I leave the house :-) but either way, it's the ritual we go through if I attempt to put on perfume.

He loves wet towels and dirty laundry so whenever I put together a pile of linens or clothes to start a load of wash, he insists on laying in them, rolling around in them, "talking" to them and sometimes biting them.  Even if I was in a hurry to get the wash started, I find myself sitting down and just enjoying the show for a little while.

It's hard to believe sometimes that he is the same dog who was with me last summer, when I was wondering what in the heck I had gotten myself into by agreeing to foster him.  I become more convinced with each passing week that Kino was exactly what I needed.

From Kino and I, we wish you all a happy Easter and/or a happy spring!