to NOT have a dog here in our home. It will be a long time before I will get over the loss of Brandy, but I think she wants me to help another dog just as she helped all those cats. There are so many dogs in need of a good home. So in her honor after running the gauntlet of Craigslist and all the people out there trying to make a living by breeding puppies and saying it’s just a rehoming fee. I mean come on- a 3 month old German Shepherd male, they wanted a mere $1,500.00 He was unregistered, which is not what Craigslist stands for at all.

I have seen 12 dogs in two days and this morning, I fell in love with a beautiful mutt. She is 9 weeks old, she was more than affordable. She is a cross between a Weimaraner and a Collie. They called her Ella, we are calling her Zara.

She’s smart. she has met all the cats and Glory smacked her, so Zara is very respectful of cats now. They race by her nose and she watches, but she doesn’t chase. Those of us in the dog world know that she should still be with her mom and littermates, but the woman who originally adopted her has had her for only two weeks. So she has some separation anxiety, she is not potty-trained nor crate trained. We are working on crate training at the moment. Right now, the door stays open and she runs in to get toys and treats but shut that door and she howls like a wolf! LOL

She has had a big day. She went to the hospital to meet Mike, she met my friend Haley and her two boys, she went to Wilco and to another store that allows dogs. She will balk on the leash at times, but I can coax her along. I don’t know if she rescued me, or I rescued her. I guess time will tell. But I really didn’t want a puppy! LOL She has huge paws, the long legs of the Weimaraner.It will be interesting to see how she develops.

Here she is exhausted from her big day.