A Dog’s Life

From Cradle to Grave with Scout

A boy and his dog, day one

We got Scout when he was twelve weeks old, a bit late in the puppy game — they say eight weeks is the perfect age at which to get a puppy: old enough to be independent from its mother, young enough to bond closely to its new human family. Scout was twelve weeks when we got him and had lived his whole life with his parents and siblings. He spent one night at our house before separation anxiety caused him…