Hey blue eyes. Wanna come home with me?

Camper!

Yes, I did use this line on a guy today.  Sort-of.  Dan used it on him too.  He's about 2.5 feet tall, is really hairy, and has sparkly blue eyes.  His name is Camper and he's a husky that we just adopted from the sled dog rescue organization Norsled, here in the Bay Area.  We've been talking about/searching/wanting another dog ever since Sierra had to leave all her puppy roommates back in Florida.  She and Camper had lots of fun running around the park, and Camper also had fun finding an opening in the fence to run through.  Snap!  It may be a while before we can trust him off the leash.  But he's a very happy pup and (we think) about a year or so old.  He was handed over to the folks at Norsled in mid-July after being found roaming the mean streets of Modesto.  Actually, I'm not sure Modesto's streets are all that mean as I've never been there, but either way, that's where he was found.  He'd been staying with his foster mom and dad, Heron and Arturo, and their husky, Kira, for a little over a week when we scooped him up.

Sierra seemed to be a bit...er...confused as to why Camper stayed with us after his foster family left.  We tried explaining to her that she's Camper's big sister now and should be happy to have him here, but she doesn't seem to want to share her toys, bed, food, water or humans with him.  I guess maybe something got lost in the translation.

The Toy Stand-Off of 2010

We said, "Sierra, we brought home a new pup for you to play with all the time!  He's sweet, and happy and gives lots of kisses."

She heard, "Sierra, we hate you and in order to make your life miserable we brought home this new guy.  We're gonna give him all your toys, food, water and bed.  Deal with it."

Anyway, Camper seems to be enjoying his new home, at least that's what we infer from all the tail-wagging and kissing.  And Sierra's, well, dealing with it.  Lesson for the day:  Don't assume big sisters will jump on the little brother bandwagon right away, and don't google "activities for huskies in oakland california" unless you're a 250 pound single person looking to speed date.  Seriously.