04 January, 2009

New Addition to the Family

Don't mind the terrible picture, I'm sure there will better ones taken in the future.

This is RUSTY, our new dog. We rescued him from the local Animal Shelter. When my husband asked what I thought about getting a dog the first thought that entered my was we'd better go now. We went to the shelter that day and found this rusty color Labrador-mix (matches Kaitlynn's color to a tee). Elizabeth seemed to bond to him immediately. The workers offered us a deal since he had been there a while. They had to keep him overnight to neutered him and we picked him up the next day. OH, was that hard on the kids! I'm still not sure who was more excited Greg or Joe.


So far he has fit right in. Kaitlynn is more stand-offish right now, but she usually is with most animals. Elizabeth is right in the mist of the action, usually getting bowled over since he has to wear the "cone." Brianna is brave unless it involves getting too close to his mouth, smart girl.

Welcome Rusty to the Porter clan, we love you already.

3 comments:

The land of Vegas said...

That is a nice looking dog. Be glad you chose an adult and not a baby. You have enough.

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Cristy said...

Congrats on the new addition! He looks like a sweetheart! Dogs are the best!