The first month after we adopted Choctaw, someone was always home with her.  My wife and I were both law enforcement officers and worked in different areas of the police department.  My wife was assigned to the K9 Squad and I was assigned to the Violent Crimes Squad in the Detective Division. My schedule changed every August and I worked the 1500-2300 shift (3pm-11pm).  With the exception of August, my wife and I were both assigned to the day shift.  My wife had to be at work at 0530 hours in the morning and I had to be at work at 0900 hours in the morning. So, Choctaw was not alone at all during August of 2016. I was glad because she was getting acquainted with a new home and new family.

I started to notice that Choctaw was looking for Titan during the day.  She would look all over the back yard and she could not figure out where he was at.  She even looked in his kennel and his dog house. Usually when she was done searching, she would look at me like “where is he?”  I tried to explain to Choctaw that her new brother was a “bad ass” police officer.  One morning when my wife and Titan were loading up to leave the house, I let Choctaw watch Titan jump into the patrol vehicle.  As they drove away, Titan started barking at Choctaw and she started barking at him with her tail just a wagging.  I guess they were saying “goodbye or see you later.” If only I could have understood what they were saying.  After that, Choctaw did not look for Titan again.  It got to the point that when my wife and Titan returned home from work, I would let Choctaw outside in the back yard.  She would immediately run to the gate to welcome Titan home.  She was SO excited because she knew her man was home and it was time to play.  I even showed Choctaw a video of Titan in action at work.  She actually watched the video and twisted her head back and forth as she watched.  It cracked me up!!

After I showed the video of Titan to Choctaw, I asked her how come she did not have a job.  I told her everyone in the household had a job but her.  She looked at me like I had lost my mind.  In fact, the below photographs are what Choctaw likes to do on any given day.

Choctaw started running with me in the mornings.  It took a little while for her to figure out where to run so that she would not trip me.  I had to work with her on staying on my left side and it usually was not a problem for her to run a head of me.  She usually pulled my left arm out of socket trying to catch all the squirrels running around us which was just fine with me because it made me run faster.  I enjoyed Choctaw’s company on our morning runs.  It was our time together.

Next up, Choctaw shows us how much she does not like storms!!