The boys have been wanting a dog for the longest time. Since we no longer have the responsibility for
Muddie, we were all open to getting a dog for Christmas. We knew from the start that we wanted to adopt a dog that that had been abandoned and needed a good home.
For the past several weeks we have been scouring the local shelters on the internet to see if we could find a good match. We finally found a dog that we thought would fit into our family on the net and went to visit her on Saturday. She was at a local shelter named
My Heart's Desire. From the moment that we walked in, we were so impressed with the staff and volunteers there.
The dog that we wanted to meet is an 8 month old female Schnauzer/Australian Shepherd mix. She was rescued from another shelter and was at that shelter because the family that had her couldn't take care of her. We went to her pen to get her so that we could take her outside and spend some time with her. She put her paws up on the edge of her cage and wagged her tail as we started petting her. We went for a walk and immediately noticed what a sweet, calm dog she is. Those characteristics matched what we were looking for perfectly. We fell in love and decided that we just had to have her.
The boys named her Gwen, which is short for Guinevere, who is one of our favorite characters on
Merlin. It is four letters like the rest of our names, so that was a plus. Welcome to the family, Gwen!
The boys loving on our new dog.
First day home!
Drying Gwen off after her bath.
Sweet Gwen giving Chad some kisses.
Todd loving on Gwen.