The wanderer returns

Emily is Maddie's favourite person in the whole wide world. Murphy is also keen on her, but he's a Daddy's boy at heart. I was keen to see how they reacted to her arriving home after a year and nine months away.

After we picked her up from the airport she ran into the house. Murphy was doing his usuall barking trick and ran out into the hall (as he always does). When he saw Emily he was very excited and ran straight to her, whining. Maddie, on the other hand, didn't recognise Emily at first and her run into the hall ended with an abrupt halt and immediate backing-off: you could almost hear her "whoooooa, who's this?!" She panicked and started baying.

Luckily after a couple of seconds she worked who it was and it changed to "IT'S YOU!!!!!!" and she was all over her.

Later when all the excitement had died down, she came and sat on Emily on the sofa, looking very pleased. (This from a dog who never stays on the sofa for longer than about a minute if there's anyone else on it)

The next morning as we left for work, she was sitting outside Emily's room, looking expectant. Awwwww.... Puppy love!