Laika

Friday, came home from picking up Kirk from school to find a little black and white puppy on the verandah, the poor little thing was scared to death but didnt try to run away. Kirk and i talked to it and soon it was approaching us and relaxing. The little dog resembles a Dalmation and although only a puppy i feel it is close to full grown. We bathed and fed the dog and it scrubbed up well although it took two washes to get her clean and she ate half a large tin of dog food, we then wacked a flea collar on her and hey presto! Just like a bought one! We have had the puppy all weekend now and no one has come looking for it, it seems to have been dumped. I will check the papers for a few days to check the lost and found but i think shes staying which is just fine the three of us have bonded well (except for the toilet training part). I feel a certain amount of fate may have befeld me as coincedently i have been thinking about getting a dog for company as i live alone and felt a dog may add something to my life and she is just what i wanted, and i had already picked a name ages ago...Laika, named after the little Russian dog that became the first creature in space (from this planet anyway).