New Dog

As I was out visiting people tonight I received a text message that Stevie, a dog that needed a home. I had looked at Stevie a few months ago and expressed an interest in providing a temporary home as a test. However, an eight year old that lived a the home could not let Stevie go.

My thought was that we need someone to make noise as we have an alley behind us and occasionally strange people walk through or hang out. No one wants to hang out with a dog barking at them, so I had an interest in a dog.

So this evening I made the couple block walk to the former home of Stevie to pick her up. I will need to get the full story on her name. As she is an short haired English Setter from what I can tell, she is white with light brown freckles for lack of a better term. She also has two light reddish brown spots on her back about seven inches in diameter. As I walked home, I though we could get her a gold chain around her neck and call her “Two Spots for Sure.” When I mentioned the “Two Spots for Sure” name, my daughter gave me a strange look. Charles, our neighbor chuckled at the thought.

As for Stevie, I am fairly certain that she will keep her name. She is well mannered. Her only bad trait is desiring to get out and go on a runabout for 15 to 20 minutes. We cannot have that as that is how she became a “rescue” because she caused a problem with a cat that someone was walking. I will not ask why someone was walking a cat. However, to a some dogs, that is like bait on a string. So, if she remains good mannered and does not run out the back gate every morning as I drive my truck out into the alley, she will have a happy life and she will be permanently rescued.

As for Stevie, Elizabeth has taken a liking to her.