October 22, 2006
New Family Member
OK, I admit it. I'm an idiot. I was downton on Friday to go to work, (well, intern work - I don't get paid, I get course credit). I had parked the car, paid for the day, and decided to take a walk because I was early and I need the exercise. I was in the middle of the highest concentration of buildings and traffic when I saw this little white dog. First he was following someone, so I figured he belonged to him. But then I saw him following someone else who was trying to shoo him away. Then he turned and followed yet another person.
I couldn't help myself. I called him over. He was very friendly, but when he figured I had nothing to offer him, he found someone else to follow. I followed him with a piece of my lunch sandwich in hand. It took a while for him to realize that now I did have something. But once he did, it was easy to just pick him up and carry him off.
I have two dogs and three cats. What the hell was I thinking? Aside from the fact that I couldn't bear to see him smashed under the wheels of a bus, that is. Anyway, I wound up getting back in my car and heading for my vet, who said the dog looks healthy, appears to be about 6mos to a year old, and he gave him all the appropriate shots. Once you've spent that kind of money, the dog is yours.
He was coverd witrh mats and burrs, so his pretty cream-colored fur coat had to go away for a while, so he looks pretty scruffy right now, but here he is:
It took two days of arguing, but we finally came up with a name all three of us will tolerate. Meet Achilles, the final member of the trio that includes Athena and Apollo. Posted by Alexandra at October 22, 2006 08:50 AM