Meet Jace

We went to look at a dog Anika found online at a local shelter and she fell head over heals.  He is a one year old Schnauzer mix. His personality is so sweet and super crazy and the kids all adore him. He follows Anika around constantly...when she lays down he lays down, if she gets up he gets up. The second morning we had him she put on his harness and he ran to the front door for a walk, she wanted to get dressed first so I took him out for a minute, but 20 seconds later he headed right back to the door and sat and waited for Anika to come out. Once she took the leash he happily trotted off with her. It is crazy how quickly they have become attached! He loves to play tug and chase balls, but he doesn't really know any commands...or his name yet for that matter. They named him Jase at the shelter...Anika liked it and wanted to keep it but insisted we change the spelling to Jace. :)
The following afternoon she went over to a friends house (strangely the pest control guy sent them our way...he is from St George and noticed our Utah license plates and asked if we were Mormon, then later was talking to another family around the corner who are also LDS...so they decided to come over and say hi. They have 6 kids including a 12 year old daughter, 9 year old son and 4 year old daughter. Anika and Makayla (their 12 year old) seem to have hit it off and have been hanging out several days each week. Celtin and their 9 year have played a few times and he is just as into Minecraft as Celtin so they too are becoming friends and of course Lochlan loves to play with anyone and has enjoyed playing with their 4 year old, although he says "I really want to make a friend my age that is a boy.") 
Anyway when she left he scratched at the window and whined for her to come back...Now whenever she leaves unless you call him or are actively playing with him he scratches for a second then curls up at the front door and waits for her to return. He will play with anyone, but clearly Anika is his favorite.