It's Another Girl!

My good friend Megan works at the Humane Association here in Albuquerque which is where Pete and I got our old dog Izzy. We've been thinking about getting another dog, but weren't really conducting an exhaustive search. I told Megan that I'd love to get either a Boston Terrier or a Pug. They have those little gremlin faces and those goofy, googly eyes that I love, they don't really shed, and they are smaller and therefore easier to take places. Well, Megan called us this morning to let us know they just got a really cute Boston Terrier in, and we should come in to see her.

Long story short, we totally fell in love with her. She was uber-friendly, played with the kids that were there, didn't care about the cats, was pretty carefree and easygoing, and was absolutely adorable. At first we had some concerns, though. She is nine years old, so we'd have to go through the yuckiness of losing a pet again in the next few years. She also has a cataract in her left eye so there's a possibility of her losing her vision all together at some point. After mulling it over, though, we decided to go ahead and adopt her. Despite the cataract, she is in amazing condition for a nine-year-old dog. On top of that, Megan wanted us to have her so bad that she offered to pay the adoption fee as a "present for the baby". Because she is old the adoption fee was only $35.

Anyhoo, we adopted her and took her home a couple hours ago. We're loving her so far. She is totally housebroken (HALLELUJAH!) and has pretty much avoided the cats. She took a nap on Pete's lap and I snapped some pictures. I think she'll make a nice addition to our family!