It's been about a month that we have had Darby. Darby lived as an only dog his whole life until he came into foster care; suddenly he lived with 3 other dogs. One thing we have noticed with him, when meeting new dogs, he likes to do the sniffing towards other dogs, but when dogs do that to him, he gets quite snarky towards the new dog. Another example, when the resident dogs start roughhousing, Darby has no problem getting in on the action towards them, but when they turn the attention on him sometimes he'll cry out even though they weren't aggressive towards him. Basically I am saying, Darby is sensitive with other dogs. He would do great as an only dog or with a calm dog that wouldn't pay attention to him. Darby is much more of a people's dog.

Darby doesn't like loud noises at all. When vacuuming, he would run all over the house like a nervous wreck. Now when vacuuming, I let him hang out in the backyard until I am done. Over Thanksgiving on Black Friday , we got a pressure cooker. We never used one before, but discovered at the end of the bake time, you release the pressure and it lets out a hissing noise. Not good for Darby. I have used the pressure cooker a few times now, and even turning on the machine, Darby knows what it does, and he gets nervous. One time he was shaking when the meat was cooking, and we didn't even release the pressure yet. Poor guy. So now when we use the pressure cooker, we let him outside before we manually release the pressure.

Darby does not require a fence. If I recall correctly, at his surrendering owner's home, he would stay in the front yard all by himself without having to be tied up. A few times I have noticed Darby's signal to go potty is to stand by the door. When Darby is let outside for potty, he is usually the first one back at the door barking to let us know to let him back in. It's fun to watch Darby get the zoomies in the backyard, he is super fast.