And puppy makes 3...

Well, we've gone and done it. We got another dog. I'll wait while you think of your sarcastic comment to post...


Okay, so we have been talking about getting a "transition" dog. What, you may ask is a "transition" dog? Well, we have a 13 year old Cocker Spaniel and an 8 year old Hound. That is pretty old for them add to that 2 small children and 2 adults who are pretty attached to those two old dogs. We have been thinking about what will happen when the time comes for Molly and/or Alex to no longer be with us and we thought that transition would be easier, at least for the kids, if there was another dog. Besides, Alex has spent his whole life with a quiet old Cocker Spaniel who never was much fun to hang out with.
So, we went to the animal shelter and looked and looked - we had found a hound on line we liked but she had already been adopted when we got there. There were 2 litters of yellow lab puppies but that is a lot of work, and I have NO doubt that they will be easily adopted. So we ended up with "Joy" a "hound mix" according to her paperwork. She is about 14 months old -so probably full grown and about midway between Molly and Alex in size. They are all getting along great so far and Alex keeps trying to play, but she just becomes submissive - I am posting some pictures so you can see how they are all getting along. The thing that really convinced us was, when we were at the shelter, we had time to interact with her out in a yard. Lukas was playing with something near the fence and she went over to him and laid down beside him and licked him! She seems very gentle so far and seems very comfortable in her new home. When we got home and they were all in the yard Katie said "There you go, you home now!"
We are still deciding if her name will stay Joy or we will change it. She doesnt seem to recognize it, as she was a stray and I think they named her at the shelter. Katie likes "George" from her favorite book Bark, George! so we are considering a female derivitave of that.