We have always been cat people. I think it’s because cats are low maintenance and don’t smell bad. We like critters around the house, but it’s gotta be easy…or so we thought.
We were watching the evening news (mistake 1) the other night and they did a bit on the Kanawha/Charleston Humane Association animal shelter. Since it is Spring, they have apparently had a huge influx of animals. I may be making this number up, but I think the news said they had over 200 dogs when it aired. Anyhow, I am a softie (and not just in the head) so I thought it might be interesting to go see what the shelter was all about (mistake 2). I had no intention of getting any pets…I am a cat person after all and we already have 2 inside cats (and 4 outside strays have us).
Two weekends ago, Emily had an all-day meeting at her school so I was solo with the kids. For some unknown reason, I decided that not only did I need to see what the shelter was all about, but also that the kids might enjoy seeing some dogs…sort of like a trip to the zoo (mistake 3)!
Being a softie and also having Abigail with me, we “oohhhh-ed” and “awwwww-ed” and it was then that it struck me…”hey, we need a dog!” (mistake 4) The only trick was, I had to convince Isaac and Emily, neither of whom like dogs…or so they thought. After much debate and searching, we happened upon “Lucy”. Lucy is a mixed puppy around 5-6 months old. I finally broke through Emily’s cold hard heart and convinced her we needed to rescue poor Lucy from her certain fate.
Again, after more debate and many “deals”, I was given clearance to adopt the dog…but we had to change her name. Emily didn’t like that someone else had named her new baby (ahhh…see, she’s caving in) so we pondered and consulted the seers and came up with the name “Ginny” as in “West Virginny”.
Ginny came home after being fixed and otherwise poked and prodded on Monday. She promptly christened my car and has apparently claimed us. I think all of those “mistakes” have turned out pretty well. Ginny is so sweet and will eventually be house trained…
Anyone else have “pound dogs”?