I wanted to give you guys an update on Aurora and send you photos of her life. She is doing great. She is best friends with our neighbors labradoodle, so we made a trap door between our fences to allow for play together pretty much every day.  She loves to hang out in our neighbor’s yard in the afternoons and often takes naps with their cat, which was a surprise to see. She loves to play tag and fetch with our son. She has her own “toy box” with sticks, cardboard, balls and a fuzzy monster. Such a silly dog, she was deeply worried when our son started preschool, and waits by the window for his return every school day. Aurora has been camping in the cascades and OR. She even made her first international trip with us to Vancouver Island last Sept.   She is afraid of the dark, tall bridges and the garbage truck. The Coho Ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria was also scary for her, but she survived. She also doesn’t seem to like riding in the car or wearing her halti, but she loves our adventures so she is learning to tolerate both. Her separation anxiety has lessened a lot in the last 2 years. I hope that in a year, as she matures, she will not have any worries at all if we pop out for pizza or something and she stays home. I know you guys might have felt you took a little gamble, adopting out to a family with a small child no matter our experience, but it has worked out well for us all.