So the new neighbors have a large Rhodesian Ridgeback. It was love at first sight!!

Ok, they actually looked like they wanted to kill one another at first. Growling and teeth out and they ran like the wind the length of the fence and back. They still talk, but no more growling and teeth. They enjoy running the fence, but tails wagging away. Then they stick their noses through and smell one another and give off the lovey dovey eyes.

Won't let them together just yet for fear of violence. And while the Rhodesian are lion hunters, it's also in their blood not to eat them!!

Nikoh cannot wait to go out for any reason - but if she hears him! And the first thing every single time, whether he's there or not, she makes a fast beeline to the fence to find him.

His name is Tejo, as in the Tejo river in Brazil. Tough to get a picture of him just yet. He tried to pee on me about 1 second after this pic:



But it's a little warmer out today, and this is Nikoh minutes prior to the pool being filled for her again: