Meet Roxy

August 4, 2006

We finally took the plunge and adopted a really sweet dog from the SPCA. This photo shows her out on the deck with Matt (who's visiting right now). Against my gut instincts, we adopted a pitbull. She was rescued from an abuse situation and had been adopted by another family, but in her new family, one of the children was terribly allergic to her and they very reluctantly returned her to the SPCA. The SPCA said she is extremely mellow and gentle, and we have certainly found that to be true - she hasn't barked once since we got her home and although our cats have both given her a piece of their minds, she ignored them. I'm especially relieved that she hasn't chased them or even shown much interest in them. She's great with the kids and they're already very fond of her. And Larry is quite smitten also. Roxy on the other hand, seems partial to Matt, but unfortunately for them, she's staying here with us when he heads home later this month.