Today I acquired a new dog. She is a 6 year old German Shep/Huskie mix. She is awesome. Very well mannered, relaxed, just very cool. Right now she's laying on the floor beside me napping before bed. Her previous owners have 5 kids and 4 dogs including her. The guy I spoke with basically said that this was his dog and he didn't want to give it up but his wife couldn't give up any of her three ankle biters and this dog wasn't doing well in their new home because they didn't have as big of a back yard for her to run in.
Background story: This family got her when she was 3, so they've had her approximately 3 years. Same situation with the other people. They couldn't keep her anymore. She used to be a running dog with the guy but she slipped on some ice when she was exiting the house and ended up tearing her ACL in her left-rear leg. It was repaired and the vet says it's fine minus some arthritus but she's not supposed to run anymore. I tell ya, aside from a limp when she's just walking around the house, you couldn't tell she's got anything wrong with her. This dog can pull a tractor. She is strong.
Anyway, just before we got ready to leave to go see the dog we found out that some kittens at my parents' house apparently lost their mother. My parents don't know what happened. So 4 kittens are here now, too. They're a week old and we're going to try and keep them alive... grr. I hate nursing cats but my parents don't have the time and Katie does. Oh well.
That's all for now. There's obviously a lot more that I could talk about but I'm tired of typing for now. Maybe later.