A Day With The Dog

We are not really pet people. But we already had the two kids, the house, and the picket fence. So when the dog showed up on our porch last August and refused to go away, we thought, "Why not?"

That is the really nice version. In reality, we tried to make her go away. Then we hauled her into the animal shelter. Then after much talking and debating, we decided maybe having a dog would be good for the kids.

So we brought her back home.

After paying a hefty fee to adopt her.

My friend says that her pets tend to emulate the personalities of her children. This is true in our household as well. Our firstborn is a little, well, firstborn. He's a worrier, an over-thinker, and a little skittish at trying new things.

Our firstborn dog is the exact same way. Frankly, I'm surprised she survived the winter. We tried to lure her into the garage when it got really cold, but she would not have it. She is too scared of people (mainly my husband) and of walking through doorways.

The last time we had made any progress with this dog was on this day.


Until this weekend! This was way more work than the picture shows, but she has a collar, a leash, and is within 10 feet of the scary man!

Doesn't she look SO relaxed to be near him? Someone give that dog some Xanax.

And just for fun....here's the pouting child because he was not getting a turn with the dog on the leash RIGHT.NOW. Someone quit giving this kid the steroids.