Scrim, 2520 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, LA (2026)

12/09/2025

Y’all… this boy just keeps surprising us.

We’ve been spending a lot of time in the yard lately, and guess what we’re working on? Off-leash time and recall!

In my 100% secure yard and the backyard at Zeus' Place, Scrim has been getting the chance to stretch those short little legs, run zoomies, chase me around, and practice coming when he’s called.

And let me tell you, watching a dog who once ran around the entire Greater New Orleans area finally choose to run back to you is something special. His confidence is growing, his trust is solid, and every day he gets a little braver and a whole lot sillier. (Strangers are still scary, but he is getting better with each positive interaction.)

Seeing him race around the yard without a leash, tail up, ears flying, and then turn on a dime to come back when I call… that’s the kind of progress we dreamed of for him.

Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it.

11/11/2025

🐾 DNA RESULTS ARE IN! I pulled a dog from Terrebonne Parish a few weeks ago that was found a block away from where Scrim was picked up and looked a lot like him!!! Well, hold on to your leashes… Embark confirmed they share 51% of their DNA! Embark said that with 51% shared DNA, they’re considered close family — or as related as human half-siblings, aunts or uncles, grandparents, or first cousins. Warrick is a LOT like Scrim and up for adoption:) I’ll follow up with a video of them together soon:)

10/22/2025

One of Scrim’s many fears in life is when things are tossed or dropped. (Which makes existing near clumsy humans… a challenge.)
With some sage advice from Matt , we’ve been working on desensitizing him.
I finally decided he’d “graduated” enough to try fetch, thinking it might help him get used to things flying through the air and then falling to the ground.
Of course, in true Scrim fashion, he’s doing it his way.
Fetch isn’t a game of retrieving. It’s either a high-stakes round of keep-away featuring his favorite stuffed animals (the dog from the Superman movie (his twin) and the Krewe of Freret ferret) and hoarding them all in one designated “Scrim zone.” OR it’s the dog equivalent of an eye roll and a look like ‘yeah, I’m not gonna get that for you. You threw it.
The good news: he’s now so much better with things being tossed or dropped.
The even better news: I’ve discovered where all the missing toys go—Scrim’s personal museum of soft treasures.

(Also, we are still in FB royalty free music mode. Instagram has the fun music)

09/24/2025

Scrim is leveling up, y’all! Thanks to , we graduated from “home turf” training (the house, Zeus’ buildings, and our neighborhood) and took our show on the road to Audubon Park.

Now, if you know Scrim’s backstory, you know he logged plenty of solo miles in that park back when he was on the lam. So, I’ll admit, I was a little nervous. Would he bolt? Would he freeze? Would he give me the paw and say, “Sit happens...just not todayi?

Nope. From the second his paws hit the ground, his tail was in overdrive and he was ready to learn. He nailed his recall, worked those commands like a pro, and showed me just how far he’s come.

Bonus discovery: Scrim is a world-class squirrel hunter. He spots one, his body locks up like a statue, eyes laser-focused… and then BAM! He’s off. Pair that with Scooby’s obsession with ducks, and our park outings are basically a live-action Animal Planet special.

We’re building up to walking the entire track. No small feat since strangers, bikes, joggers, and rollerbladers still spook him. But hey, if Scrim can go from runaway to recall rockstar, I know he’ll crush this goal too.

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2520 Napoleon Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70115

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