BWM, the thread has been tidied, and congratulations to you and Mrs BWM for bringing another pooch into the house! You may agonize over the chewing puppy phase for a while before you settle in to a comfortable routine (my youngest was seven months when I adopted her and she demolished garden hoses, electrical cords, even the gas hose on the underside of my barbecue grill.)

I'm considering adding a new dog to this house. We lost the old lab in March and the two remaining are often antagonists (in the classic sense of they can't live with each other and can't live without each other). The lab was best friends with the pit-boxer mix and they often cuddled, especially during the cool months. The blue heeler has never been a cuddler with either of them, but I was looking through old photos of when she first arrived and realized that she did cuddle with my at that time ancient blue heeler mix (who passed away about three months later).

So - look for another airhead noisy blue heeler (they pay close attention to their people and are very good watchdogs) or get a goofball to play with the pocket pit? My current blue heeler is about 10, so in theory the first to go of the two.