My first day with my new pack was quite exciting. We first went for a car trip in an old Daimler of about three quarters of an hour. They brought some old travel bench they used for some other animal, but of course I refused to use such a thing. So I settled down between the feet of my new pack leader and occasionally climbed up on his lap to look around if we were driving in the right direction. As a border collie I must keep a watchful eye on everything of course!

Once we arrived I hesitated for a while whether to just follow them into a garden. As it later worked out it is their garden and I am welcome there too. My den is at the first floor of their house, it is a solid steel bench with a cushion and some financial newspaper to stimulate my intellect. I slept well the first night, my new pack sleeps in a room further on in the hallway. At their feet is a strange furry animal that does not seem to like me, I hope that changes in a couple of days, but for now the furry animal gives all kind signals to me to back off, however I was able to sniff at its tail.

The rest of the pack don’t like me to pee inside their house, so they quite often take my outside and make a great fuss about me when peeing in their garden. Since I do this quite random at the moment they’re considering even giving me a treat. When the pack leader takes me outside I often don’t have a need to pee, so I just lie down on his wooden shoes.