We brought home Macy from the animal shelter yesterday. We've been casually looking for a second dog for about a month now, and actually went to look at a border collie yesterday, but Macy's little melt-your-heart eyes just had me smitten. She's about one year, a shepherd mix (who can say no to shepherds?!), a little bigger than Lily, and quite the girly-girl. We know she was owned (and apparently she slept on the bed - we learned that quickly after she jumped up twice and got all comfortable!), but not much more than that. After we interacted with her for awhile outside, we went home and brought Lily to the shelter. No growling, just sniffing and curiosity. Much better than a lot of other dogs upon first meeting.
Macy has kennel cough right now, so we're trying to keep her calm and trying to get her to eat a little (she's thin as can be!). Lily has had a couple of territory issues with her inside the house, resulting in some fights, but we're keeping an eye on them and they are so far really good outside by themselves.
Eric's been good about introducing them the right way (we stood outside in the rain last night for 20 minutes in the backyard, too!), and making sure we don't show favor to one over the other (although, he's been getting on to me when I try and cuddle with little Mace with Lily around ;). We're crossing our fingers that things continue to get better and work out!
