Madelyn and Jack...

Madelyn and Jack have quite the relationship.  Jack, technically our first child, has entered the adult stage of his life, and spends most of his day sleeping.  Madelyn on the other hand, our youngest, refuses to take naps and is usually the last kid to go to sleep at night with us.  In some ways they are the exact opposite, and yet these two have quite the endearing relationship.

Jack lays around most days, sleeping on the rug in the middle of the floor.  He will be 13 in the spring and we know our years with him are limited.  I guess in a way our years with our kids at home are all limited.  We've seen Jack slow down in recent years, but he still has his moments of energetic bursts.  His sight is starting to go and he now has this irrational behavior of barking at the wall when he wants food.  In my human justification, the wall he barks at in our kitchen when he wants to eat, is the same location of where we used to keep his food in our previous home.  Maybe he's just remembering the days of our previous home.  

While he's aged and is definitely in his senior years, Jack still is super patient and doesn't mind all the extra pesters he gets from his little sister.  Often when Jack is in the middle of a deep snooze, Madelyn will pull up next to him and start poking him.  Then she'll move onto shaking his collar or picking up each of his legs.  Most of the time he sighs, with annoyance and then just lays there and lets her do her thing.

Since day one Jack has been a very great dog to have with the kids.  He's very loving towards them, allows them to play however they'd like with him and lately is very happy when he is ignored.  He's very busy getting in lots of rest.

Each of the kids have bonded with Jack and while he definitely doesn't get the attention he got before the human kids came, he has been such a great dog.  We are thankful for the memories each of us have gotten to create with him and we hope for many more.

Until next time,

Angie