Hello Dolly!

O.k., so we went and picked up our little Dolly from the only home she's ever known. She is really cute, and seems to have a very mellow temperment. She is not a pure-bred, but seems to have a lot of Welsh Corgi in her. She is six years old, which in dog years makes her the oldest in our family. That's nice for me, because Ben loves to point out often that I'm the oldest, so now he's got to change his tune.



I think Dolly is still wondering, "Why did these nice people take me away from my family??" She is really good for us, but her little tail hasn't been a-waggin'. I hope she adjusts soon, and accepts us as her new family. I'm also hoping that her mellow temperment isn't just the result of having her world turned upside down.



Ben simply adores her, and, according to him, he's given her no fewer than "a thousand" dog biscuits today! He had two friends over today and they played out back with Dolly off and on all afternoon. At one point, when they had been inside for a while, I heard Ben announce, "I'm just going to check on Dolly. She's my dog, so I need to check on her." He also told them, "I just love Dolly. Even though she's a girl, I still love her!"


Brianna is very cute with Dolly. It was about an hour car ride back home after we picked Dolly up. At first Brianna seemed terrified. But soon, she was reaching her little hand over, and tentatively petting Dolly. Today, every time she saw her, she would get so excited. If we were outside with Dolly, Brianna would come right up to her and pet her a little bit. She kept bending over and "talking" loudly to her. It was very funny. Maybe Dolly is hard of hearing and Brianna's the only one who's figured it out!

I forgot to take pictures before the kids went to bed. So, I tried to get a few of just Dolly, but she wasn't very cooperative for her photo shoot. This was my best picture, unfortunately, it shows the awful condition of our deck. Hopefully that will be fixed by the end of summer!


Dolly seems to be very clever. Today she figured out how to open the screen on our sliding glass door. And she also managed to carry her food dish all the way down the deck stairs without spilling all of it! She did spill a little, but more stayed in the bowl than was lost. I was pretty impressed. I'd like to see a human carry a bowl full of food in their teeth, head-first, down a flight of stairs and not spill it. In fact, I don't care if they do spill it, if they're willing to provide that kind of entertainment for me!!


Oh, one funny story. I called James today to tell him that Dolly seems to be favoring her front left paw. He said, "Great. It's just like when we bought that car, and the transmission went out the next day." He's so funny. She seems to be o.k., but we'll watch that paw!