Rags

So I got a new friend today. I came to the conclusion that my life was not complicated enough or expensive enough so I adopted a dog. I love doggies and have been wanting my own for quite some time. I had been searching the shelters and humane society web sites and visiting them for a couple weeks and today I met Rags. The one year old Shar Pei was just to cute and too lovable to leave and I had to have her. In typical Oregon fashion it was raining like crazy outside and surprisingly crowded inside. The under-staffed Oregon Humane Society people were very helpful but things went very slowly. A few hours after arriving though I had my new best friend and we were on our way home.

She slept most of the way home and was a perfect angel while we were around her. She doesn't jump up on people, seems to be pretty well house trained and was otherwise a big cutie.

I needed a lot of pet supplies (not knowing before then what sort of dog I was going to adopt I didn't buy anything before hand) and a trip to the pet store was in order. The problem was, what to do with Rags? The people at the humane society suggested not taking her with me until she had a few days to adjust to her new home and people and she was so sleepy I decided she would be ok for a short while so I could buy things like food, toys, and a kennel (emphasis on that last on there).

Upon pulling back into the driveway I noticed she had not been sleeping the whole time I was gone. She undoublty did not approve of my leaving and decided to let me know by eating my window blinds tearing up my door frame and leaving a big pile of poo in the kitchen.

Needless to say, I regretted the decision to leave her alone with free reign of the house and put together her new kennel. She isn't fond of it but she tolerates it well when I have to leave now. I gave her some food and toys and planned my attack on replacing the now somewhat sad blinds. A trip to Lowes was in order! I kenneled the dog much to her disappointment and then proceeded to lock myself out of the house. Yep. As if my day wasn't complete enough I locked myself out.

Fortunately, I had given someone a spare key and they were able to get it to me to get back into my house (after spending $$ at Lowes on new blinds) and I was able to spend a nice relaxing evening with my new friend, a cordless drill, and new window blinds. She is now currently back to being adorable and a couch potato.

Awwwww aren't they cute?