The Newest Member

Jo and I have been pondering the idea of a new dog to keep Butch Mbwa company for the past few weeks. We thought perhaps we would adopt from Best Friends, but they had very stringent requirements that even we did not meet. On Friday (Nevada Day = no school!) we went down to the local SPCA shelter with full intention of getting one of the many boxer or bull dog mixes they have at the shelter. As we walked through the tight corridor of kennels the cacophony of dog barks assaulted our ears. We looked around for dogs that met our criteria: 1) 7 or older 2) good with other animals and 3) not barking when every other dog was barking.
We saw a few puppy mill mommas that broke our hearts but could not live with other animals, so we had to pass on them. All the boxers or bull dogs seemed to be too big for Butch Mbwa and we worried about putting our timid Kenyan with a dog bigger than he. Then we stumbled across Bianca. Huddled in the front corner of a kennel with 3 other dogs was a small brindle chihuahua/terrier mix. She met all our criteria: She is 10, she was reportedly good with dogs and passed her cat test with flying colors, and she didn't seem to even want to bark when other dogs walked past.
We went and ran a few other errands on Friday with plans of taking Butch down yesterday to meet Bianca. On Saturday, when the two met sparks did not fly per se. This is mostly due to the fact that neither cared that the other was around. We payed our adoption fee and brought Bianca home on Saturday morning. Waiting for her at the house were her new bowl and new bed.
She is doing well, in fact she is asleep in her bed right now. She seems to be warming up to Jo and me and really seems to like going on walks.

Here are a few photos:





Bianca roaming around the living room. She likes to do laps before going to sleep.







Bianca in her bed. Notice the lovely pink blanket.










Bianca and I snuggling.