Introducing Tucker!

Our little family (as in the family of George and I) grew this week! George now has a little brother (well, we think it's a brother....will know for sure in a few weeks)...a baby bunny named Tucker!

Tucker is simply adorable. He is pretty small....he weighs 1 pound and 6 ounces. He is white and has caramel color spots on his back and sides. His ears and part of his face (as you can see) are also that caramel color. One of his ears is lopped and the other, well that hasn't quite been decided yet. Some of the time it is up like it is in the picture and some of the time, it lays down like the other. It takes a few weeks for their ears to fall down so it may just be taking a bit longer....or he may have one ear that just has a mind of its own and does its own thing!

You might be thinking...a HUGE dog and a bunny...how does that work?? 

George has been around a bunny before when Carrot was alive. He has been curious about Tucker and goes to his cage to sniff him. When I get Tucker out, George always comes up to check him out. George has even been in the room when Tucker has been out hopping around and he just stays out of the way. I'm hoping they'll soon be buddies.

For those of you who don't know, I have a soft spot for bunnies. I was in 4th grade when I got my first one. Her name was Flopsy May and she lived until I was in college!! I have also had bunnies names Mopsy, Gracie, and Carrot. I haven't had one in about a year and a half....since Carrot passed away. Just this past December, I took the cage and the hutch that it sat on up to my bonus room because I hadn't gotten a bunny and wasn't planning on getting one anytime soon. Tucker was kind of unplanned....guess he was a surprise. A teacher at school had gotten him for her kids and so she could take Easter pictures with a bunny. She then realized that her young kids might hurt the bunny because they wanted to really "play" with it. She sent an e-mail asking if anyone wanted a free bunny for classroom pet...I didn't really want a library pet, but I asker her if I could think about it for a day. And I guess the rest is history...I brought Tucker home on Wednesday!