Happy One Year Anniversary Bandit!

In February, it was the one year anniversary of Bandit being in his new home! Here is what his mom says:

"Bandit just had his one year checkup with the vet. She was really pleased with his weight gain and muscles, and his coat looks so much better than last winter. He does have some teeth issues, it looks like he has cracks off both of his front canines. She did say they generally don't pull those unless they really need to because the roots are so long so we'll just keep an eye on them.

He is still sleeping with us, and is pretty demanding about bedtime. He can totally go from full tilt crazy to passed out sleepy boy in only a matter of minutes. He and the cats are just hilarious, especially Sammy. They spend a lot of time together and often both cats will sleep with Bandit on our bed in the evenings.

He loves Sky. We're still so amazed at how perfectly their personalities mesh. She is a bit of a diva and he's just so easy going and sweet. He tries to get her to play, but never pushes her too hard. When she does play with him, he's just soooo excited. And, when she can't play he always wants to lay close to her. They provide so much comfort to each other it's just adorable. At daycare they've started calling them the Two Headed Slay.

His fear of men seems to be a lot less most of the time. At Christmas we were gone for the day and our friend Matt came over to let them out. Everyone who normally helps out with them is a girl, so I was a little concerned about how he'd react. He has met Bandit a few times with no issue, but I was with him each time. Matt said he barked every minute he was here, even though he let Matt pet him, give him treats, and he licked Matt's hands! He said it was totally hilarious, because he was trying so hard to not frighten Bandit and to put him at ease, and he said the barking was so half hearted after a while but he just kept going :)

I've attached a few photos of the handsome boy. The one of him laying on the floor with his food bowl is at the end of a daycare day...he's so tired he lays down to eat his dinner! The shot with Sky is just from yesterday. He just wants to be close to her. He's quite a little charmer, and manages to make us laugh every day, gives kisses to everyone, and just generally makes our house complete. We are so happy to be his people.")

Congratulations to Bandit and his family!