A lot can happen in a morning

[havejoy]

I am in Texas and the foster dog I've had is now headed to a family in Connecticut. I'm sad for me but really happy for her. Her new family will consist of parents and 3 kids, ages are 12, 14 and 16. They also have a Lab.

The even better news is I now have the half lab/half sneaky neighbor dog puppy that had to have her front driver's side leg amputated. I'll probably have her for 2 months before we start looking for a home for her.

The problem is that the combination of her puppy smell, her overall puppiness, her missing leg and the fact that she still has stitches and is sore has my maternal instincts all up and in high gear already. I'm going to be a mess in 2 months.

I'd like to get her house broken while I have her so my plan is to take her outside every two hours or so and wait for her to go potty and then praise her a lot and give her treats.

I'm going to try and figure out how to post a pic because she is completely adorable.

[john doe]

Her front driver's side leg? I know dogs drive in cartoons, but I've never seen them drive in real life. Could you post a picture of that?

[havejoy]

It's her front left leg. Still trying to figure out the picture posting thing.....

[MichaelCraig]

I would rather see the John Doe version, driver side leg. I like that. :) Havejoy, would you by chance be originally from the state of Ga or another southern state? We make up all kinds of cool sayings like that. I'm not making fun of you, I'm really not. I LOVE it when I hear folks say stuff different, out of the box kind of sayings and we have a lot of those down here in Ga, Tn..Alabama. I had a girlfriend back in the day that I could sit and just listen to her talk for hours at the time and just LOVED IT! The words she would say like the stuff on the top of our head, hair, she pronounced it, "higher". I kinda miss that country gurl sometimes.

[havejoy]

I'm originally from Ohio but I've lived in Texas for over 30 years. Add to the mixture that my parents are from Kentucky so I grew up with my dad saying things like, "It's so windy I saw a chicken lay the same egg 3 times" and "it's so cold I saw two hound dogs trying to jump start a jack rabbit" and you get me. I'm almost impossible to offend but I'm sometimes almost impossible to understand.

[havejoy]

Here's the pic

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[pam]

Ohhhhh so darn cute.

[Nikkie85]

very cute! Missing the leg gives her character!

[havejoy]

She's a character all right. She has pulled her little bed over until it's partially under my chair and now is chewing on my ankle instead of the 3 different kinds of chew toys that are right next to her.

I wish I had the same affect on men.

[john doe]

It's her front left leg. Still trying to figure out the picture posting thing.....

Good thing we got that straightened out, in the UK or Japan it would have been the right leg. I just didn't want to confuse our right-hand-drive members.

[Bini]

Adorable :]

Great work, havejoy!

[havejoy]

Good thing we got that straightened out, in the UK or Japan it would have been the right leg. I just didn't want to confuse our right-hand-drive members.

Thanks. I would not have thought of that. Here in Texas we don't really believe the rest of the world exists.

[pam]

I've always thought Texas was a foreign country in and of itself.

[havejoy]

Oh believe me, it is.

When I first moved to Texas I flew in late one night. The next morning I got up and decided to go out and see this little town. With all the cowboy hats and western wear I thought there was going to be a parade.

I have been known to wait in line at a bank, in the business drive thru, behind a horse!