Rosie

Rosie, the tiniest dog I have ever had

On Thanksgiving day, a new little dog entered our lives. She came with the name Molly, but that was not working out for me, so we renamed her Rosie. She needed a new home because she had recently lost her person to old age. I told her family that we would have her on a trial basis for a week and then would let them know if she was going to work out for our family. I can usually decide about a big dog in a couple of hours, but a small dog, I was not so sure. Well, after she worked through some poopy issues, I knew that I could not let this sweet little dog go anywhere else. She is about the same age as Shawnie, approximately 9 years old: a silly little mix of a chihuahua and some sort of terrier. Some people say she looks like a tootsie roll: she does.
Rosie, like Shawnie, has a healing power of her own, though I would have never expected such a big heart in a little dog: she is smaller even than the chihuahua boston terrier mix we had when we were first married. Rosie loves to cuddle: when I lay on the floor in the sunshine, she will stand on my back within a few moments and shortly thereafter will lay down on my back. She loves our little boy and since she has recently re-remembered how to play, she often asks him to play with her: it is sooo adorable. She sleeps in her crate at night, lets us know when somebody is at the door and tries to play with the cat from time to time.
It is true that God places pets (angels) in our lives when we need them, even if we do not know that we need them and even if we are not sure at first that we will love them: at first, she looked pretty ugly to me, but now she is what Ann Voskamp calls "ugly beautiful!" (Oh yeah, to anyone reading, I totally recommend the book One Thousand Gifts  by Ann Voskamp: a new favorite!!!). If you are seeking a dog, I encourage you to not pass up ones that seem not to be what you would normally choose: look carefully into the eyes each dog that you consider, and you will know. Yea for the small dog with a heart full of love!!!

Best of love to all of you this week, Katie