Musings: My Youngest Brother – Lincoln!

December 9, 2017

Lincoln is the youngest of the older pups and at 4 years old he is closest to my age. He is a sweet, but often frightened little brother. But I sure love him and I hope in time he will become my play partner. He loves cuddling with both Mom and Dad and of all of us, he gives the best puppy kisses!

Lincoln came from a puppy breeder in an area close to The Gorge. But Mom didn’t realize how isolated he was until she went to pick him up at 12 weeks. Mom said if she had realized she would have taken more than one pup to make sure they didn’t stay at the place he came from. It was clean, but it made Mom said to see so many puppies being bred in such a small place. Mom has always felt sad for not adopting more than one pup that day.

Mom had always picked up new puppies at 8 weeks, and she was rightly worried not being able to pick Lincoln up until 12 weeks. The most important time for socialization is these four weeks and Mom believes this is why Lincoln is often afraid. He doesn’t like loud noises or anything with wheels. But the wheels may come from when a bike ran into him in the Park and scared him. But he is a great brother and he comes right to me when I am afraid.

I definitely love my “little” Big Brother!