New members of the family

Well, we did it again.

We loaded up all our crazy this morning, gave Dutch his anti-gas cookie, and headed south. Our mothering, fretting, worrying dog Sophie in tow.

You see - we're suckers. We know that our dogs are getting on and that Sophie is easily bored with no one to mother over. And Dutch - well, we know Dutch is nearing the end of his time with us, so we want to be prepared for the transition.

3 hours later - we're headed home - two dogs the better for it. We returned to the animal rescue organization where we adopted Dutch - Pets Alive, in Middletown, NY.

Without further ado, we'd like to introduce you to the young ladies who were "Sophie approved" to join our family for the next couple of decades:

We'll start with the entertainer - our own Baby June. "Duckie" (don't worry, we're changing it) came in with four of her littermates and is a 7-month old Terrier mix - we think there's some beagle in there. She is the class clown and the tomboy. She loves to get under the bigger dogs and give them kisses until they growl at her.


Duckie is in constant motion when awake - and the cutest little angel when she's asleep. But you know you're in for round two when she wakes up.


Then there's our little "lady," - Nikki. (Working new name: Blarney - thoughts?)

Anyway, she's the shy and prim little lady our mothers wanted us all to be. She's tiny and sleek and refined. She arrived at Pets Alive from Tennessee with a litter of four. She, too, is about 7 months old.



Here's proud papa, Brian, playing with his new little girls (and being slightly overwhelmed by them, in actual fact)

And here, the girls are paying their respects to Dutch, our elder statesman. He seems vaguely aware of them and actually seems to like the constant kissing he gets from Duckie.



We haven't had any cat chasing as yet - please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we adjust to this newfound level of youth and energy in our pretty stodgy household.

Come see the puppies! They want to meet you!!