New Kid on the Block

.......................our expanding family

Good friends of ours, one of my fraternity brothers here, gave me a "living" birthday present -- a three-month old Shih Tsu; we/I named him Noah. He looks very much like Nikko, who seems to get along with him OK, and has the same coloring. Nikko, now almost 17.5 years old or around 84 in human years, has gone blind and does not hear very well anymore. In contrast, Noah is full of energy and runs around like crazy; he's also very loving but has not yet figured out why Nikko would rather sleep than play. He also loves to watch Nikko eat and then licks the bowl for good measure. He doesn't yet realize that he's supposed to function as "seeing eye dog" for Nikko.