Meet Dixie

A couple of weeks ago Randy called me and said, "We MIGHT be getting a new dog". (Notice the MIGHT, it's important.)

Now I have been offered SEVERAL chihuahuas lately and I have been a very good girl, NO THANK YOU MY HUSBAND SAYS WE HAVE ENOUGH...

So of course I want to hear about this "might" dog... well, says Randy, remember Christmas time, that puppy my sister got her kids? You mean, the Jack Russell Terrier, that you asked her did she research the breed, since they have cats... and she said but it's such a CUTE puppy, and you told her, when the dog gets older and you can't handle her, let me know...

Yeah, guess what, sister can't handle the dog, she is way too wild and won't leave the cats along... and called Randy to ask if he was serious when he said that...

And foolish woman that I am, I can't say no, because he STILL talks about Haley, the JRT we got him for Father's Day several years ago, that got out of the yard and got hit in front of the house in October that same year :'( (Side note - it was the roommates' fault, and in almost 9 years of living right on a 55-mph road, the only dog we have lost - we DO try REALLY HARD to teach them all, YOU DO NOT GO OUT THAT GATE!!! In fact a few years ago when Hilary tried to take Tank for a walk, on a leash, she gave up and took a smaller dog she could carry for a little ways, because she could NOT get Tank to walk out that gate!!)

So, back to the present, where is the MIGHT in all this? Not really any, other than he agreed with me that before he took the dog from his sister, she was to understand that a) if our pack wouldn't accept her or b) if she was too rough on our tinies, she would go right back to the sister, it would not become our responsibility to find a new home for this dog if we couldn't BE the new home... see we have "several" dogs {tongue in cheek here} and we have found in the past that while the pack will accept a puppy and raise it, and it becomes part of the pack, it is virtually impossible to bring in an adult dog... this one is about 6 months old so not an adult but not really a puppy any more either, so I have no clue how it will go... AND, because JRTs are notorious for hunting smaller critters, I was also concerned about our Chihuahuas and Yorkie... and rightfully so since she was already after the sister's cats...

So the very next day, Randy brings the dog home. She is a wire-haired JRT, looks a lot like a fox terrier... and thankfully, she puppies down to EVERYONE right away, even the 3-pound Yorkie... so no one sees her as an adult or a threat, one hurdle passed...

We watched her carefully with the tinies but since they are all older than her, and she is immediately puppying down at the slightest growl, it appears this is two hurdles passed, and she will likely stay. It took me a while to find time to take pictures though, but without further delay, here she is:


Well, OK, so she was there a second ago... seriously, this dog is NEVER still unless she is asleep... let's try again:

Maybe a butt shot? Nope, still blurry...


Called her name to get her to look at me, instead she comes running...

Finally, a piece of trash blowing in the neighbor's yard caught her attention and I got one that isn't blurry!

I'll have to try again when she is sleeping!!!