Yay dogs!

A follow up to that ... we got a new dog! We went to the shelter and found a dog that seemed really laid back. We played with him for a bit, and my two year old son played with his tail and his paws, stuck his hands in the dogs mouth, and poked the dog in the eye. The dog could have cared less. Don't get me wrong, we aren't going to let Xander abuse the dog and we stopped him as soon as we saw him (for example) poke the dog in the eye, but a two year old doesn't know that's wrong yet, and it was REALLY good to see that the dog was so laid back. And my son really seems to like having a dog, so it's been an all around wonderful thing.

He's a 65 pound black lab mix. We found out that it's very rare for black dogs to get adopted, so that made me even happier that we took him. He's a sweetie and is fitting in well. He clearly wasn't really treated well before given to the pound - among other things he doesn't really know how to play. We're working on that. :-) He's been a great addition to the house, though, and at bedtime he already has been seen making the rounds checking on the kids. My wife and I like that.

We named him Thurston. I asked Karen if we could name him Elvis, since he ain't nothing but a pound dog, but she said no.

Here's a picture I took of my family plus the dog ...