Hi All,

Morgan here... Just an update on my status. Foster mom is letting me take the reins of the computer first. The last few weeks have been "ruff." I have been terrified of all the thunder boomers, lightning, and fireworks. I don't care that foster mom says they can't hurt me—I still feel they can.

I've had a lot of company lately. Over the 4th we had Kona (she is St. Bernard/Lab/Boxer) stay with us while her family went to the Black Hills. She was fun but wore me out. Guess what... she was trying to hug me all the time. I didn't really like that. She was afraid of the fireworks, too, and was sleeping with foster mom.

We also had Marco and his baby brother Elliot Conner over on the 4th. Elliot is 4 months old and Marco is 5 years old. They are both Goldens, my type of dogs. Marco is afraid of fireworks, too. Elliot didn't even wake up during the noise. 

I get along fine with all dogs. But honestly, please make those loud noises stop.

My friend Dexter, who would spend the nights for slumber parties, went to the Rainbow Bridge. I miss him being my friend at night and breakfast partner in the morning. I also miss all the great treats he would get because he wasn't a good eater like I am. 

Gotta go.  Foster mom wants on the computer now.

As you can see Morgan is terrified of thunder, lightning, and fireworks and last night, rail cars bumping one another on the tracks. I've been medicating with Benedryl when I can catch it in time. Otherwise he pants and paces constantly.

Prior to his friend Dexter passing away we went to stay at Dexter's home with him. Morgan did not do well; he panted and paced from 5:00 pm till 3:00 am. At that time I packed the pups and myself back up and took them home. It was not a good night so he was totally out of his comfort zone. Once we returned home he laid down and slept like an angel.

He does have anxieties and we have very loud children who live two homes over who are screaming and yelling and crying constantly outside. Morgan does not like that; it makes him very nervous. 

Other than that, I have nothing new to report. He loves to be brushed and he is definitely shedding tons of hair. He has anxieties and he gets along with other pups, but he prefers a quieter atmosphere without children and loud noises.  

Hi, I'm Morgan and I have storm anxiety. My foster mom says she thinks I should attend a support group. We had our first rain shower with thunder and lightning. It scared me so I paced and paced and paced until my foster mom got up and sat in her chair in the living room. Then I laid down, too.

My friend Dexter was spending the night because his daddy works nights and Dexter doesn't like to be alone. So we have slumber parties and Dexter slept through the whole storm and snored.

I don't have much to tell you other than my foster mom has some guys working in the house. I like one of them, but I don't like the other one. If he comes by me I will bark. I have a very big, mean bark so I tell the paper guy every morning to stay away or I will get him. Maybe that's why my foster mom calls the Herald once a week because she doesn't get her newspaper. Hmmm..

It's muddy outside and I like to find the softest part of the yard to walk in and then have my foster mom chase me around the kitchen table before I get my feet wiped off. She doesn't like when I do that… She told me once it dries up we are starting a walking club, just her and me. I can't wait!

Well, that's all I have for now. Just watching the river here in Grand Forks, North Dakota.