If you are thinking I'm announcing I'm preggers, think again. Believe me, you would have heard the screams from whereever you are! Could you imagine? I'm almost 50. If I had a baby now, I'd be in a nursing home by the time he or she graduated from College - literally! Yikes! Doesn't even bear thinking about. Change-of-life babies are God's idea of a practical joke.

Anyway, to get back to the main subject, we do have a new member of our family - a new dog! Meet Jojo:



As you can see, he's already found a friend:




So far, we're really enjoying him. He's three years old and we bought him from a guy on Craigslist. He had a new baby and really couldn't afford to keep him. We did end up having to take him to the vet right off, but the guy told us he had an ear infection. However, he didn't tell us how bad it was. It was $200 worth of bad, actually (wince). But once we get him all fixed up, he should be just fine.

Why a Saint Bernard, you ask? Well, we like Saints. They are great dogs. They're mellow, playful, great with kids, get along well with just about anybody or any other pet, and are generally pretty easy to get along with. Here's our previous dog - Sasha. We lost her about 3 years ago to a gastric torsion, but she was our best girl ever!


I personally would have liked something a little bit smaller, say Cocker Spaniel or Shih-tsu sized, but Tony has a definite idea about dogs - bigger is always better! So far, we've had a Rottweiler, a Malamute, 3 German Shepherd mixes, a Golden Retriever and two Saints. And I can't count the times he's tried to talk me into a Great Dane or a Mastiff. He just loves the big dogs.

I don't mind them so much, but I made it clear that I'm not having anything to do with another damned puppy, so I was happy enough to settle for a giant dog as long as he's got good manners. Jojo needs a bit of obedience and leash training and he's a little skittery in the house, but he doesn't jump up, bark, or tear stuff up and that's a big improvement over our last puppy, the Golden Retriever.

Welcome to the family Jojo!




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