Last week, a Good Sam saw a little beagle running down the highway in NC. She stopped, opened her car door, and the beagle hopped in. The Good Sam took her home and reported her as found to the county shelter. She kept her at her house for the mandatory holding period except for a trip to the shelter to be scanned for a microchip. Since no chip was found, the dog wasn’t wearing a collar and no one reclaimed her during the holding period, I adopted her.
I drove to NC on Saturday, believing I was picking up an adult dog. As it turns out, she is a puppy. She has all her adult teeth but she is absolutely a puppy. Wall to wall carpeting=wall to wall chew toy. Box of tissues=box of toys. Going potty is something the humans like to take you outside and talk about while you sniff around, waiting to get back indoors so you can actually go potty.
But I’m not complaining. I love her. She is very sweet and very perfect. She uses the house as a race track at 5am. And various other times. She is tiny, weighing just 13 and 1/2 pounds this morning, and Cheerios are the right sized treat for her. We will fatten her up a little though with regular meals of good food, which it looks like she hasn’t been receiving, out on the highway at least.
We don’t have many pictures of her yet but this too will be remedied. After extensive discussion, we finally decided on a name: Newt. Did I mention I love her?
Thank you to reader Lisa for working the phones and finding this beagle in need.
Watch this space.
Of course I LOVE this post ;-)
OMG, that face! She is adorable.
Yay for Newt! Live long together and happy a happy life.
Your joy/happiness came through loud and clear in this post. :) I also LOVE this post. So glad Newt is now a member of your family!
It’s called the Circle of Life. After all the recent sorrows a new phase is dawning. Long live Newt (but please don’t tell me she’s named after Newt Gingrich!)
We were thinking in terms of small things. Thus, Newt. But if she is to be named after any other Newt, it would be this girl:
http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/Rebecca_“Newt”_Jorden
What an awesome namesake — one of my favorite characters in one of my favorite movies! Congrats on Newt’s arrival, she’s adorable!
Hooray for new additions! I’ve always said that the best way to honor the memory of a pet is by rescuing another one.
If nothing else, she’ll distract you!
Congratulations!
You’re right, this IS important :) Congratulations on the new family member. Now we’ll get weekend Jade and weekend Newt updates, yes?
omg, the pressure…
That’s such a wonderful story, and Newt looks like a baby doll.. Give her kisses,
She will be a handful till training is over, but you can do it, “Happy life now” for her.
Yay for you, and Billy, and your pack, with its newest happy dog!
Congrats to you and Billy and your pack on Newt! And Congrats to Newt who I am sure will be spoiled rotten as she should be :)
Congratulations! She is adorable!
Thanks for the great news on this Monday – she is perfectly gorgeous.
thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! Woof!
Congratulations on your new pack member! She’s adorable!
Oh, a puppy! Congratulations on adding this cutie to your pack. You know you will have to update us on a regular basis now . . . just the remedy for a broken heart.
Great news!
Absolutely precious!!! So happy for you and I know is Surrey is smiling.
Congratulations to both of you! Wonderful news