We had a bit of a rough start this morning.

We had a bit of a rough start this morning. Bear decided to chase the cats. He was not easily redirected and Shaun and I were feeling pretty down. We like Bear, but we have to coexist peacefully here or this adoption isn't going to work.

Shortly after that, Bear and Cub went outside and played pretty vigorously. I kind of felt bad for Bear because he's just not... agile. 😂 He seems happy to play, but my gosh he is clumsy.

Something to note:  We have a locking doggie door and it takes a few moments to unlock once the dog approaches it. It makes a sound so it's obvious when that happens.

Keeping that in mind... When Bear and Cub were playing this morning Bear took off so fast and ran head-first into the doggie door. Hard. TWICE in a row. 😂😂😂 Poor buddy. Me and Shaun were watching them play through the window and lost it when he did that. He did fine with the door yesterday, but maybe in the heat of the moment forgot to give it a second to unlock.

Anyway, since the boys played together this morning Bear hasn't chased the cats again. He's been polite. He's approached them and sniffed and left them alone and we have praised him every time he's done that. I'm hoping it was just a case of the morning zoomies in which case we can send the boys out to play and prevent that from happening again. We're going to do our best to work this out.

Pictured here is Bear, confused by why the couch is growling at him. (Harley hides under the couch cover all the time, so it's him under there - probably scared because he doesn't want to get sat / laid on). 😂  Zoom in on this dog's face. He sure is expressive. 😂