Monday, July 25, 2011

Meet Penny!

This is Penny.
She is the newest member of our family.
She is almost 4 years old, and appears to be a lab/shepard mix with maybe something a little smaller, because she's 46lbs at her full grown weight.
Originally, she was found as a stray. She was adopted by a family, and then returned to the shelter, where she has been living since October.
We brought her home yesterday, after visiting both a no-kill shelter and a kill shelter. She came from the kill shelter, which was more due to the fact that she seems to be a good fit in what we are looking for in a dog than because we actively wanted to adopt from the kill-shelter.
But it does feel pretty good to know that we saved one animal. Take that, Sarah McLachlan.
So far, Ariadne (our cat) is coping pretty well. Penny leaves her alone, until Ariadne enters her space. Then Penny thinks she's fair game.
It's a sentiment that Ariadne does not share. It has yet to come to drawing blood, but Ariadne has made her fair share of retreats in the last 24 hours.
Although, since discovering Penny's kryptonite (any flooring that is not carpeting), Ariadne has gained an upperhand, for now.
She also appeared pleased to find that we are not allowing Penny on the bed. At least, that's the interpretation I gathered as Ariadne paraded by my head multiple times during the night.


Right now they are both asleep, in the sunlight (Ariadne in her spot on the couch, Penny on the floor).
They might have more in common than they thought.


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