Hello, I'm Cal
My absolute favorite thing about him is how much a full-body cuddler he is. If I sit on the couch, he will run at warp speed to sit next to me and lean on my chest until his whole body slides like melted butter onto my lap.
Cal's Story
Hi! So sorry it took me forever to respond!
Cal has now become Jack and is an absolute star. He's living it up over here with lots of fetch, cuddling, and belly rubs! He's also gained three pounds (can't see the ribs anymore!) and he's a favorite at the vet for being so well-behaved. We've been working on training since day one. He's obviously a very intelligent dog. He knows a whole slew of typical commands like sit, stay, shake, rollover, etc, but has also learned a command to stop at intersections and freeze on the stairs if I drop his leash. Unfortunately, he's also a genius at opening all the doors in my apartment! He's adapted really well to my work from home schedule, and when I go into the home office he goes to his--aka the couch, where he diligently takes a nap until lunch. Favorite anecdote: we were walking in Logan Square one early morning happily minding our business when all of a sudden he jumped about five feet in the air and, once he recovered, started trying to say hello to a cardboard cutout of Lori Lightfoot that standing in someone's garden! He still doesn't understand that she's not a real person and tries to say hi every time we walk past.
My absolute favorite thing about him is how much a full-body cuddler he is. If I sit on the couch, he will run at warp speed to sit next to me and lean on my chest until his whole body slides like melted butter onto my lap. He's a bit of a drama queen about getting attention, and if there's ever a stray hand or elbow hanging off the edge of furniture he will launch it into the air with his nose and scoot his head right underneath where it lands so that he can get pets on demand. I also love his ears. I tell people they're like his eyebrows--aside from being enormous, they're so expressive. He also has these huge Disney princess eyes. His greatest love, aside from attention, is the family that lives beneath me. They have two twin five-year-old girls and he's obsessed. He checks every single time we go out for a walk to see if they might be sitting at the picnic table in the backyard. And he's the star of all my work Zoom calls! Honestly, he fit into my life so quickly it was like he was always meant to be there.
I attached a few pictures of the lovebug below.