A896978

Okay, I went out and did it. I bought another dog. I shouldn't have done it. I now have an illegal number of dogs, but I feel so much better now. The obsession is over.

I have spent a ridiculous amount of time searching the Internet for dogs. I haven't been able to sleep at night thinking about all of the dogs out there who need homes.

Yesterday, I raced across the desert through a dust storm, dodging tumble weeds on a remote road in the high desert. All before work. All to look at a couple of cockers.

Today, it was a trip to downtown L.A. ,actually, two trips. Kelsey had a doctor's appointment downtown. The shelter was nearby, but Kelsey couldn't go in the shelter and it was too warm to leave him in the car, so he had to be taken home and then I had to come back.

It has been so hard looking at all of the sad faces. So many of them would have been happy going home with me, but I could only have one.

It was a blond cocker spaniel with freckles on his nose that I chose. Our eyes met and it was magic, like love at first sight. He is such a sweet little doll and he sort of looks like me which is important. He is a stray and his owner never found him. The owner couldn't have tried too hard if he never checked the shelter.

So, A896978, is now mine. He doesn't have a name yet, just a number. Boscoe, the name on the ad is just a temporary name that someone at the shelter gave him. Before I can bring him home, he has to have his balls cut off. I understand the pet over-population problem, but couldn't they just do a vasectomy? Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow and then he's mine. Of course, that means another trip down town.

I'm thinking of naming him Teddy because he looks like a little toy animal. There are going to be some jealous pups around here tomorrow, but I bought everyone a new collar to make up for it. We'll see if that works.