Magma is still with us, she’s settled in very well and is improving and changing continually. She loves going for walks (she’s been up the hill behind us a couple of times, and I took her up Mt Kaukau a couple of weeks ago).

She is still very definitely the boss, and quite territorial around her space and greeting visitors etc – chases our boys away from the door.

She’s learned to wait for food, not walk through door before humans, to wait for her lead at the front gate.

And of course she is still remarkably sharp and curious and very pretty.

The boys have a new foster dog. This is Magma, she’s just retired and is about 4 years old.

She is very pretty and reasonably smart, bullies Vulcan a bit (although she also wants to play) and ignores Raro. She has a beautiful coat and seems very fit and healthy.

She’s learnt a lot in the 2 weeks she’s been here, seems to be house trained, is less dependent on her crate, and figured out the stairs on day 3. She’s just starting to learn to keep off the kitchen benches. She knows there is a warm spot in front of the fire.

Good out walking, good with most dogs but variable with small dogs – if they are nervous she senses it and misbehaves a bit, but she does seem to be improving.

Very social with people, especially women, and she follows us around everywhere at home. She’ll make a great companion.

Of course, it is also pretty cool having a dog called Magma living here with a dog called Vulcan…