Dog-Gone Crazy

As many of you know, we Dudleys have typically been categorized as 'cat people'. Most times, I think folks are either cat people or dog people - not both. While we've always had at least one cat, we also had two dogs a few years ago... they were cute and all that, but our kids were too little to appreciate them, we were too busy to deal with them, and in the end - we gave them to better homes. We've since reverted to cats only.

Now that we've moved, we've been entertaining the idea of getting some outdoor animals - sheep, cows, chickens... something. The kids have also been begging for an indoor cat. Well, Ben will have none of that, so he suggested an outdoor dog. Hmmm .... I wasn't so sure. He said we'd get a big kennel outside and train it, etc etc. We started talking it over as a family, and it seemed like everyone was interested in having a dog again.

Well it just so happened that a few days later, a free dog came available in town. It was 1/2 border collie (what I wanted) and half lab. (Funny thing is, that's the 2 breeds we used to have - a border and a lab). Freaky! Anyway, this pup needed a home, he was cute and he was free - so we took him home.

Here he is: TIPPY

Cute huh?

BUT, since we don't yet have an outdoor kennel, and it's been below zero, we set up a kennel INSIDE. Yeah. We've had him almost six days so far. He's only had a couple accidents, which isn't too bad, but the howling at 4am to go outside is about to drive me INSANE. Every morning, when I hear the whining, I can't help but think, "what were we thinking?!?!?!". Ugh. But then there are moments like today when I see Jake and Tippy sitting side by side at the glass door watching our crazy cats out on the deck, and Jake giggling while slinging an arm around Tippy like old pals. Haha. For being deathly afraid of most dogs, Jacob sure loves Tippy.