Lost and found

The boys and I got home from College Station late on Sunday night to find this little guy waiting around on our back porch for us.....

We thought it was VERY strange. We've never seen this little guy before and he ran off as soon as we got home. But funny thing is...he shows up now every night at like 12:30 am. Jackson whimpers and sometimes even barks out loud at him. Talk about middle of the night heart attacks! Nothing like a dog barking to wake you up with a heart beating out of your chest! So this morning, the dog was still around. Curled up on a towel on our back porch. Jonathan picked him up and feeling his ribs and skinny tail, took it upon himself to feed little poochy. Uh oh! So, I did the only responsible thing to do.... I passed the buck! Call your dad and ask him what to do. So Michael says "It's ok to feed it" (Whew!) "But make a sign that says 'FOUND' and put it by the mailboxes. If no one calls, we'll take it to the pound". Well, needless to say the boys were heartbroken about the pound. They felt that was just like signing a death warrant for the little guy. But after reminding them that we would NOT keep this dog in the house anyway, I told them that he's cute and sweet and would probably be adopted quickly and would avoid the "trip through the one way door". But in the mean time, Jeffrey retrieved a cat house from up on our loft. It's just the right size. So now, in our back yard, we have a precious little long haired dachshund eating, drinking, and making himself at home! Jeffrey and Josiah wanted to name him. I strongly advised against it saying, "Don't name the dog! We're NOT keeping him!!" but the bleeding hearts won out, so "Doc" it is.

Isn't he cute!!??!!

And in other animal news, Wave (the faithful trusty ultra low maintenance Beta fish) has a new roommate next door....

Welcome to Phillip. Jeffrey used his money a couple of weeks ago and brought him to the farmily.

Now if all pets were as easy and painless as Betas, we'd have a houseful!