The next morning (Sunday, August 14, 2016), Choctaw got up and had a little pep in her step.  She seemed so happy and was eager to say good morning to Titan.  It was raining outside so I worried about how Choctaw was going to handle that.  When Choctaw was adopted, the volunteers told us she was deathly afraid of storms and rain.  From what we had been told, Choctaw had been abandoned and lived on the streets for awhile until she was rescued. I guess living on the streets in storms would make me scared too.  It was going to be a learning process for us to figure out how to make Choctaw more secure during storms. But on this day, she seemed okay with the rain outside and she just wanted to see Titan. I let her outside and the fun began.

As you can see from the video above, the rain didn’t bother Choctaw at all. Titan seemed to enjoy Choctaw’s company just as much as she enjoyed his.  It was like these two had known each other a long time. One thing I will say is Choctaw is “fast.”  Titan had a hard time trying to turn his big body around to catch her.  In fact, I don’t believe he ever caught her.

As Titan and Choctaw continued to play, I started looking through Choctaw’s Journal.  I added Choctaw’s pink bandanna to the journal and noticed a great photograph of one of the inmates cuddling with her.  To me, it was a very powerful photograph.  I could tell that he adored Choctaw.

After reading all the notes in Choctaw’s Journal, my wife and I agreed to start making notations to track her daily progress. Choctaw seemed so relaxed and so happy which made my wife and I very happy.  We wanted to give the best home we could to Choctaw and we wanted her to feel secure.  It had only been 24 hours but we were going in the right direction and that made us smile.

Next up, Choctaw learns that Titan is a “bad ass” police officer!!