Well. Where to start. We picked Marley up from Kara and Josie last night. It was obvious to me that Marley had become an integral part of their family in just 3 short weeks. I want Josie, Broghan and Hagen to know that we are honored to help in Marley's Journey and have hopefully brought him one step closer to regaining his sight. I can see why you fell in love with him. He is a great dog and a gentleman.

Marley was wonderful on the way home last night. A couple of times, when we slowed for s traffic light or something like that, he tried to climb in the front seat with me, but most of the time he was laying down in the back taking a nap. I think he sensed something new, but good, was happening.

I sang some Seal songs to him on the way home and when we got close to our house I called my husband and he brought our current weimie, Ghost to the high school parking lot so they could meet. Boy was there a lot of barking. It took a few minutes, but Ghost and Marley started playing a little bit of follow the leader. Once they got a little comfortable with each other, we loaded the cars back up and drove the 1/4 mile home.

We got the boys into the house and we took Marley on a tour around the house and yard, showing him the perimeter. He bumped himself a few times, but he learned quickly where his new water bowl and the back door were.

We arrived at the house late, so the boys were wound up and it was hard to get them to go to sleep. Marley slept on his blanket on the floor next to my bed and Ghost was up and down, up and down. He seemed to want to check Marley out every hour. It was a long night, and they didn't even let me sleep past 7:30....As soon as Izzy got up for work, the boys were at it again. Ghostie moving in to sniff Marley and Marley barking him away.

As the day has gone on, they are getting more and more tolerant of each other. I even took Ghost to Marley's vet appointment this afternoon. I think Ghost was just happy it wasn't him. They both laid down in the back of my little car and kinda snuggled a little. I think it was just the size of the car. I'm not so sure they are ready for snuggling in the house yet.

The vet says that Marley is pretty darn healthy, with the exceptions of the cataracts. We had some blood drawn, so we'll know more when that comes back, but we're thinking he's doing pretty well. His teeth are in very good shape, the vet said.

Marley weighed in at 98 pounds today, so he has lost another 2 pounds...but I think it's important to remember that it could be more if the scales read a little different. The vet said he could stand to lose another 5-10 pounds but that should be all he needs to lose. He'll probably lose it faster than I will ;(

Marley goes to the eye specialist here tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for more good news!

I have a picture of Ghost and Marley from my phone that I am going to try to upload with this blog, but I have never done it before, so we'll see how well I do. If it works, that's Marley on the left and Ghostie on the right with their new bones. They each got one, and they ended up switching them back and forth. It was very funny to watch.

We'll keep you posted.

-Pam and Izzy