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Kayla (the very high content wolfdog swimming in the pool), and her friend Molly (who is 50% wolf) looking on.

Kayla, whose % is unknown, but if there is any d/dog in her, it's under her tail, can't stay outta the water! During the rainy season, despite the choice of the house, the back room or dog run, which contains 2 doghouses, she would roll up in a ball on the lawn & snooze through the rain, no matter how hard it came down. Expect her to torture you to spray her if you've got the hose going. And, when I let her into the pool area, she's air bound the second she's through the gate.

I have above ground doughboy that's about 4-1/2 feet high. She bounds up & over, gets the same weird swimmin' look on her face & swims to & fro. When she get tired she stands up w/ her feet flopped over side. I taught her to go up the stairs so she wouldn't rip the sides w/her nails.

It's hilarious. She just pulls herself up those stairs like a person, shakes off & jumps down, tears around the pool, up on sheds, doghouses, thru pampas grass (ouch!), covers a 1/4 acre a 1000 miles an hour & then whamo, back in the pool. She's probably been in there @ least 10 times today, but then again, it's 103 degrees.

If my older girl, Molly, could jump like that she'd be in there too. Nevertheless she goes in her kiddie pool in the dogrun that's right next to the water trough, stands w/2 legs in the pool & the other 2 in the other & splashes herself till she's soaked. They love it!

Kayla is a beauty & I do have video of her flying into the pool, swimming & climbing up the steps to get out, then jumping down!

Kayla is 3-1/2 years old. I haven't had her that long. A friend who saw her a few months ago and then recently, says she can't believe how much she's changed since she arrived in March & all the work I've done w/her. She loves to be w/people & look @ everything you're doing.

Her & Mol have turned into bobsi twins, hanging out together. Of course, as w/all these animals, there always seems to be growly / snarlie kinda things that go on. Kayla comes for millions of kisses, hugs, cuddles & snuggles all day long & growls the whole time! She's getting better every day (except for the paw thing which keeps my legs looking like I'm constantly beaten w/a bat!) She's even getting to just run her teeth over the skin on my legs as opposed to sinking them in (ouch!).

Molly (have had Molly 12-1/2 years) is quite a bit older than Kayla. If she had companion(s) her age to tucker her out every day, she wouldn't be so into torture & thieving.

Oh, yeah, this stinker has been learning how to open drawers & snatching stuff. She's learned how to open bathroom drawers (now bungied) & kitchen cabinets (now contain mousetraps) & kitchen drawers!

And, she does really watch the Animal Planet channel!

So tell me... am I the only one who has a nutnick that will watch the Animal Planet for 2 hrs. @ a time from different places in the room, occasionally trying to bite the screen or zooming around back of TV when animal seems to slide off screen?

I tell her "Kayla, TV" & she's in place to watch! Keeps her busy & gives me some free time but occasionally she gets carried away. Knocked off & broke some crystal candle holders that were sitting on top of TV!

She's got a great personality - a pain in the butt, but a great personality.

She's too friendly; wish she was standoffish like Mol. She's all over company. She's a bit shy around men (hell, we know these animals are smart, LOL!). And, yes, she demands a lot of attention & is pushy. But she seems to be fine w/other animals.

She does not react well to aggression, so got to be careful when reprimanding her. Got 1 living room chair that I forgot to put the barrier back on over week ago, she's knows it's off, stands there and vigorously chews a stuffed animal on it, but hasn't snuck up there! She went to go up 1 nite & I told her no & she laid down in front of it. Been telling her 'inside' or 'move away' when she's a pest & she goes.

She just may feel like going, but I think she's listening. Will sit & shake hands. Still will get up on the end of the bed on the old sheet I put there for her, but I invariably kick her turning over & she grumble growls & gets off & sleeps in her bed or on floor next to my side of bed.

I can't leave any leather, plastic or good smellin' stuff like perfumes, lotions, shampoos, oils, soap & the like around cause she'll get 'em, chew the tops off, spills 'em & then roll in contents. Loves to play tug 'o war w/1 of those big long knotted toys & has tons of stuffed toys. I always have 1 to hand her when I come home so she doesn't use my arm & she makes the weirdest high pitched noise that gets louder & louder cause she's so excited to see me.

Kayla is a big tease & will howl in a heartbeat, very vocal.

She usually decides to howl horrendously loud @ between 12:30 & 4:30 a.m. most nights, which causes me to jump up, pull on some sort of clothing, race thru house outdoors & talk cutesy to her to get her to stop before she wakes up the neighbors!

But on one or two occasions recently, whilst sleeping on the end of my bed (aarrrrgh) she has gone into that same deep throated very loud howling, causing me to sit straight up only to discover she's not outside but on the bed & sound asleep! I wonder what a night of uninterrupted sleep is like?????? hhmmmmmm?

Molly never particularly howls @ full moon. In fact, I'm sure she doesn't care. But Kayla on the other hand - there is no doubt that her howling activity is elevated during the full moon.

I even sorta dread the full moon now as I know I'm going to be woken (is that a word???) out of a sound sleep a # of X during the nite & have to tear outdoors to try to get her to stop. (If I didn't have close neighbors I wouldn't care - probably would snooze rite thru it!) That's a major pain but in summer when doors are open in back & from bedroom it's a quick in & out & it's warm out. Now doors are closed & it's getting cold @ nite & I don't want to wake up to shut her up & the thought of getting out of a toasty bed, wrap up in robe, schlep thru house & out into cold @ high speed & she doesn't just do a 1x howling is not going to be making a very jolly mom mood @ that time of nite. At least she seems to like staying in all nite since it's been a little chilly. Wonder if I'll have the strength to survive????? It's questionable!

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