Hey there!
I just wanted to write and let you know how Charlie is doing. He is one year old today! When we talked to you on the phone about adopting Charlie you said that you could refer us to others who could talk all day long about their dogs.
Well, that is us now because he is an amazing fellow! When we were at your house and sitting on your sofa he climbed, or maybe marched is a better word, up my husbands arms and curled up behind my husbands neck. All the way home to Wake Forest, NC (about 8 hours) he insisted on climbing up my shoulders and sitting on the back of my neck. I tried to let him stay there as long as I could but I had to put both arms up to hold him in case he fell so couldn’t let him stay on my neck the whole ride home.
When we got to the house and till this day, he still insists on sitting on my neck. He has figured out that he is too big to sit on my neck so he now sits behind me on the couch. Every once in awhile he kinda slides down onto my neck when he thinks I couldn’t possibly notice. We have a couch pretty much like the one that you had that doesn’t have a wall behind it. I am thinking maybe your kids let him curl up on their neck when he was with ya’ll. He seems to like my hair so it may be your daughter is the culprit! We took him to a training class where he was the absolute star!
The teacher said he likes to sit on my neck because it is his safe place. His main goal in life is to play and hunt in the woods in our fenced backyard for more toys! Other dogs go out to sniff and hunt animals but Charlie goes out to hunt toys. He has found lots of stuff out there and even came in one day with a stuffed fake snake! He has a million toys already and when we buy him something new we put it outside so he can find it.
The vet said it is so good to see a dog so healthy. Thank you so much for letting us adopt him. If I ever get a decent camera I will send you pics as he is a beautiful fellow. Bye for now. P.S. – I love, love, love your web site!
Jan and David Bolick