Update!

Rowdy and River are doing just fine. Both are in good health and very comfortable bossing us around.

Rowdy likes to scratch on random things around the house to see how we'll react. He knows that "scratch on door" means the humans get up and open it, "scratch on sofa" means the humans make room for him, and now he's experimenting with scratching the dining room chair, vacuum cleaner, fridge, garbage can, and, among random other things, River's head. I think he's trying to train us.

River, unlike Rowdy, communicates vocally. When we're upstairs in the office, she sits at the bottom howling, "Hellloooh-whoa-whoa" until we pay attention to her. And when she wants to get up on the couch she meows like a cat.

They get to go to the dog park occasionally and walk around the neighborhood meeting new friends. Sometimes when they're really good, their friends come over to play in the yard.

I'll post pictures soon (possibly)!