Our New Addition

After we lost Zombie back in April, we were thinking of getting another puppy. We visited the local shelter in Fayetteville and were waiting for a breed that we would be comfortable with. Sadly, many of the breeds at the shelter are larger dogs that have more aggressive traits - probably why they are at the shelter to begin with. More so, we were planning a big trip up to New England over Christmas break and certainly didn't want to do that with a new puppy in tow. So, we waited.

Until some friends from Austin called to let us know of a Basset Hound puppy that needed a home. The puppy was living at a workshop in Dallas and the owner couldn't keep the dog. Sharon called the owner and stated we wanted the puppy. The owner stated that he has drivers that go through Fayetteville all the time on their way up to St. Louis and he will send the puppy up with one of the drivers. Sounded easy! Well, "all the time" turned into one week, then two weeks until Sharon decided over the long Thanksgiving break to drive to Dallas (5 hours) and pick her up!


We named her Jenny and she is a bundle of energy! But thankfully all this energy often leads to long naps!

Bubba is taking to her slowly. He's an old cantankerous dog and is not very keen of a puppy running full speed at his face to play! But they are getting to like each other, especially when they are doing the thing they both like the most - sleep.