Animal House

I have always been loved animals. I have one dog, Brutus Sebastian Francis Rose, and I've been thinking about adding a brother or sister to the mix. So, while casually browsing Craigslist (for hours each day), I noticed that a lot of people advertising stray dogs they found around town. I started wondering why I never see any stray dogs. After each craigslist session of ooh-ing and ah-ing, I'd whine, "I wanna fiiiiiind one."

It's probably time for me to get a job.

Another thing I wanted to do is foster an animal. Fostering involves volunteering to take a dog or cat into your home until they are ready for adoption. Today I called to see if they needed any animals to be fostered and the foster manager told us to come in before closing and pick one up. So after Chris' class we went in to see what animals were available. We ended up picking out an adorable black kitten named Lace who has an upper respiratory infection (basically a cold, not contagious to non-cats). Food and litter were provided so we made a stop at the Petco around the corner from the shelter to get a litter box and a toy.

On our way home after Petco, Chris spotted a dog running on the train tracks up the road from the shelter. We were feeling all humanitarian-like (animalitarian?) so we parked the car and set off to save it. We soon discovered it wasn't one dog but a pack of dogs and a couple puppies (awwww). Unfortunately none of the pups would let us come near them and we weren't dressed appropriately for dog wrangling. I'll have to call the shelter tomorrow and have them rescued or I may have to create Hotel for Dogs, the sequel. (If you haven't seen it, don't).

Lacey is now home and all set up in our empty guest room. She's very affectionate and very playful; you can barely tell she's sick. She acts more like a dog than Brutus does! We have her for three days until her medication is finished. It's nice having a new addition to the house. Chris goes to Real Estate classes during the day so now I'll have two animals to keep me company. She's definitely gonna be tough to bring back this weekend.