should we get him?

So life moves along in Bridgetown. Lately our focus has shifted to animals in a few different ways.

First of all, I stupidly looked on Petfinder just to see what rescue groups there are here in Nova Scotia, and sorta fell a little bit in love with a particular dog. He's a difficult dog - he's young and was surrendered to the rescue group by a frustrated owner who was not intelligent enough to notice that the dog is completely deaf. The little guy learned to BITE to get attention while under the care of this owner. He has since been adopted out and returned, so it's clear he's not an easy dog. PERFECT for us.


I'm not saying we're adopting him, but I'm saying we're thinking about it. There's something about him that really draws me to him... Mark, on the other hand, is nervous of becoming a "small dog person". I really don't think either of us is a small dog person in particular, but if ya get enough small dogs, it kind of looks like that. My sister thinks Mark is discriminating against this little guy.

What do you guys think? Should we try to adopt him, or run at full speed in the opposite direction?

Next on the animal agenda is the fostering of cats for a local group. We've been in contact with them and any day now we're expecting to get at least one and possibly two or three cats. The animal rescue group in these parts does not have a shelter facility, so dogs and cats awaiting homes are farmed out to volunteers who keep them in their own houses until an adoptive home comes along. I'm pretty excited - it's been almost a year since we had our last foster animal, so it will be nice to be doing it again.

Our April road trip is evolving as well. Kristie's sister and her husband have decided they're going too*, and want to come along with the three of us. The car we were planning on renting has now turned into a minivan. It will hold five adults, three dogs (our two plus Tanya's cute Shih Tzu puppy Maya), everyone's luggage, everyone's wedding clothes, and some dog kennels. It really is gonna be fun times on the Trans Canada!

And for those of you who think ahead, no we will NOT take three of our own dogs on the road if we own that many in April. There are lots of options, but we'll figure that out when/if we need to.


* It turns out everyone was actually invited.