We got a dog!

Chris and I have been talking/thinking about it for quite awhile now, and I have been looking at the various websites of the different SPCA/Humane Society/Shelter/Pound/Whatever's that I could find.

Well, out of all of the shelters in Alberta, there were 3 possible dogs we could adopt, all in the same 'society'. S.H.A.R.E.S. (Safe Haven Animal Rescue Edmonton Society) is the one we found Marley, Lexus and Mason at. Both Lexus and Mason were cocker spaniel crosses, female spayed and male unaltered, respectively.

Marley, however, was a female poodle crossed with what they thought might be bichon frise. (Once I saw her... holy shamoly, definitely bichon frise). The website had no pictures of Marley, as she is camera shy (still is).

But Chris had an appointment in Edmonton this afternoon, so I went along, and we made arrrangements to meet Marley and Lexus. (Lexus had another potential adopter coming already, so they said that she might not even be an option. I was more interested in Marley anyway.)

Long story short, we now have her here at home. :)

Some of the bad to go with the good: her hair was very badly matted when we met her, and her tail was sort of matted to her body. She was therefore very lumpy, and we weren't sure if we were hurting her when we were carrying her... I spent some time trimming the mats, well, most of them, and now she is much healthier looking! We also gave her a quick bath, and hopefully the conditioner we used will help with what we hope/think was just dry skin!

She is white ish... and surprisingly looks kind of like Pookie did. At times. When she is laying down she looks like Pookie, when she's standing, she looks like a bigger, white version of Ember. Sort of.

I will post pictures soon!

She weighs (guesstimate) about 7 lbs. She's very light. And so far, is a picky eater.

She is about 7 years old, or at least that's the guess from the people at SHARES. She is very well behaved, rarely barks or whines, is excellent on a leash, and they suspect she has been spayed, but they aren't sure. They didn't have any background information on her, but she is up to date with her parvo virus vaccination, and we have a 'coupon' for a free vet exam within 14 days of adoption. If the vet says that she isn't spayed, SHARES will pay for her to be.

She is still getting used to us, and I can only imagine what thoughts are in her head as we are trying to pet her and get her used to us.

(She has so far been freaked out by the dishwasher draining water, the furnace several times (it's loud), and ?the house settling?... she barked for no real reason...)

She is very shy, but I think that will go away with time.

But I have to work tomorrow morning, and will be home after 5 p.m.

To play with our new doggy!

Yay!