Lightning made a friend!!!

As you all know, we're in the process of introducing Lightning and Hunter... Hunter the male Ego-Alpha-Dog.. ahh.. what do we do with him?  He's just too loveable.

Well guess what?  We had a little play interaction between Lightning and Hunter over the weekend... after of course, making sure that Hunter will not kill Lightning.

It was a success.. not only did Lightning survive.. look how happy he is with Hunter!  He's positively giddy with excitement!  And look how proud Hunter is .. standing over his new baby brother!

Okay, so maybe it's not all smooth riding all the way.. Hunter refuses to let Lightning stand up and run around.. the minute he does.. Hunter runs towards him and holds him down by the neck.. asserting his alpha-maleness .. 

Don't worry.. we'll still be conducting this exposure exercise to make Hunter more comfortable with Lightning's presence.. and as always.. no favoritism is shown.. and we make sure that the three older dogs still feel the same amount of love we've always showed them!

Awww... hugs to all my babies!