The newest addition to the family! The kids have been so upset about leaving their beloved pets in Tanzania and have asked repeatedly about a dog and a cat. Personally I couldn't take another bout of leaving pets behind, either, so it was either no pets anymore, or more transportable pets (read, small). So, after spending quite some time supressing our feelings about a really beautiful Golden Retriever that met none of our current living conditions criteria, we (Noah) found Peter.
The look on his (Noah's) face says it all. Peter is a lot of Beagle with a splash of either Chihuahua or Pekinese. He's about 2 years old and by all accounts is going to be a great little guy!
Little Peter survived a car ride, a bath and blowdry and very enthusiastic children, all on the first day. He has probably lived most of his life at the shelter, yet he strolled into the house and made it his own immediately. No nerves, no wondering, no shyness. This little guy was born to be in someone's home. The kids found out quickly he loves to fetch and so he's getting a lot of exercise indoors and out. Which is good, because he's a little tubby.
He will be joined by another addition in the next couple weeks as Cameron found several cats that he liked (unfortunately long-hairs, which is not my favorite, but...) and he is very much more a cat person than a dog person. Hopefully Peter will think there's enough room in "his" house for someone new!
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Welcome home Peter..
funny we are looking to add to our family too.. Hannah wants a cat too.. don't know how Grets will do with that??!!
Shawn, I might be careful with a kitten...greyhounds are notorious for being trained to race on small fuzzy things. Once when we were at my mom's house, she had a kitten--we kept Gretel in the cage, and the look on her eyes every time that kitten wandered into the room was the way someone might eye a good steak. The next year, Gretel was on the couch and the cat walked in. Gretel hopped down for a looky-look, the cat slapped her and that was that. She wouldn't make eye contact with that cat for a million dollars! Maybe now that she's a bit older, she wouldn't be so fixated on a kitten, though...
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