Meet Dave

Meet Dave, the newest addition to the family!We got Dave on Thursday, after a couple of weeks of waiting. The intent of this new addition is to help us move on after losing Kayo. Easier said then done, believe me!Ella especially (well, after me!) was really excited and looking forward to getting this little bunny and actually was the genius that came up with the name, at 5am one morning!! Fine by me L, fine by me...One of the rarer moments that Frank gets the opportunity to hold Dave!Which actually seems to be alright with Frank - he sort of prefers to watch and feed the bunny instead.Oh! She can hardly stand it!!!Ahhhh, hers at last :)Of course a girl has to give "her" rabbit a ride in her strollerAnd read him a book...And give him rides in the sand truckAnd swing on the horse tire swing...Hmmm, think she's a little proud?Heck, we just like to LOOK at our bunny!Frank is a GENTLE soul, especially for a two year old. I actually trust him with the bunny more than I do L! She's just a bit too enthusiastic :)In Montana our dogs ride in the back our trucks, here in Uganda our bunnies do!I had been wanting to get the kids a rabbit but with Kayo that really was not a viable option. With his loss however, I figured this would be the perfect time.He is going to be an indoor/outdoor bunny and hop around loose after he gets bigger. Rabbit's are fairly easy to litter train and our door is pretty much open to the outside 10 hours a day so I envision having two dogs, a cat and a bunny running around our house and yard in the future :)We're now keeping him in the bottom part of this dog crate, which is now sporting chicken wire over the top. In the introductions between Cody and Dave Cody up and grabbed Dave by the head so I didn't want to take any chances. Surprisingly, after a sound beating, Cody has refused to come inside for two days now!! Smart little cat, our Cody...The dogs are doing okay with Dave. Sanyu is doing the best, which kind of surprised me as she is such a hunter. Her only give away that she'd really like to eat him is that whenever she walks by him, even if she doesn't look at him, she starts licking her chops. It's funny! Bridger seems to be more jealous than anything and wants to lick Dave and roll him around with his feet, then jump all over ME and nervously follow me around. Silly and weird!As a kid, we had LOTS of rabbits as my sister raised them for meat, we showed rabbits and we also kept them as pets. I actually got my first rabbit when I was around Ella's age, a huge Giant Lop aptly named Popeye. I loved hopping him on a leash. My next rabbit that I got, probably at the age of six, was Clover. After Clover was a mini lop named Leo. Then was Flower, a Rex buck that I used to show and breed. He was not exactly a cuddly rabbit but kids liked to come over and hop him on a harness and leash. He lived out his last few years hopping loose around the barnyard as happy as could be. I think he lasted the longest out of any of my rabbits.All in all, we are enjoying our new rabbit!!!And, I start back to work in the office next week! HOORAY!! I survived my maternity leave!