The New Additions

Everyone knows I've been obsessed with obtaining a Corgi. But I had no idea that not only would it happen sooner than I thought, it wouldn't be one, it would be two young Corgis we rescue! Meet Foxy and Toki!

Toki, on the left, was originally named Moxy, but we thought that was just too close to her sister name. We found them through an obscure add on a pet finding site, saying only that they were seven months old, free to a good home, and that the owner would like to see them go together, not separately.
The darker one, slender red Foxy, came bounding right up to us. But the lighter one slinked away and rolled on her back when we got too close. And they didn't seem to know how to behave on leashes, or what leashes meant. They'd clearly been left out in the hot sun for a while. They were lethargic and really thirsty. But they didn't really want to drink out of the bowl they gave us.

They lapped out of it a little bit but mostly refused, struggling to get water out of the bottle and off of wherever it spilled. We decided new bowls were in order. Once we got them home they seemed to settle in pretty quickly. After not making a sound the entire way they got in the backyard and dashed around barking at the neighbor dogs. We got them to eat some food we bought and introduced them to our neighbors and they seemed much happier after that.
But of course then we had to go to bed. After sleeping most of the day they didn't sleep very long through the night. I expected it really but it was still pretty rough. It doesn't help that Michael has to get up early as it is. They decided it was get up and play time around two thirty am. Ugh. Once they got out and romped a bit they were willing to come back into the bedroom and just hang out.
They get bored quick since we don't have much for them to play with. It was such an impulsive thing we weren't very prepared. But it was either leave them in a place they were ignored, waiting for someone to take them and wait a week to think about it, or just bring them home and give them lots of attention.
Both of them are super curious and Foxy seems to think she deserves more attention than Toki does. Toki is afraid to jump onto things that she very well could but after being so timid she's already warming up to us. I'm exhausted from keeping an eye on them during the night and I'm not sure if I can leave them alone to take a shower but I need one. They could use a bath too. I think I'll save that task for later when Michael can help me.

Although they're not baby puppies anymore, they're not quite full grown yet either. We're hoping to have them for a long time and teach them lots of cool things. I'm so happy to have them!