Uncle Reacher



On the outside looking in.

Reacher, who is accustomed to being in on all the action around here -- and creating most of it -- has been missing out since the puppies arrived on the scene in the wee hours of September 28. In fact, because he's such a bouncy Boxer he was banned from the puppies until recently.

For a couple of weeks, poor Reacher didn't really know what was going on upstairs nor was he allowed a peek at the new crew. But one day he managed to get up the steps undetected and was both surprised and amazed at what he found in the kiddie pool. Of course, Vega immediately herded him away from her little family so Reacher didn't have a chance for a thorough investigation.

Once the puppies made the move to the garage, he was allowed in, but was mostly relegated to a rug so he continued to miss out on all the puppy fun. Even when he was allowed a peek, he could look but not touch.



One of Vega's puppies with Uncle Reacher.



The other day Reacher got his big chance and surprisingly behaved like the big boy he's growing up to be. While Reacher was behaving nicely on his rug one of the puppies came to check him out. Kind of a reverse investigation.

Reacher let the puppy sniff around and amazingly stayed put. That little girl liked what she found. And if she could talk, I think she'd call her new friend Uncle Reacher.