Penny the Puppy - The Newest Family Member

What an eventful week it has been. Mid-week Drew and his family were at a local park and this cute little puppy with a hurt leg came up to them with a soulful look as if to say "I'm hurt, please help me". She 'appealed' to others at the park, too, but it was our kids who all decided they would take this little dog home and see if they could help her. Before making a final decision on whether to keep her or not, they took her to the vet. Well, it seems her leg was severely fractured and had been that way for about 7-10 days. What's more it, would take some extensive surgery to fix the problem - this would be surgery costing close to $900 to fix a stray they had picked up the park a couple of days earlier. It would need to be done the next day or she'd be put down because of the severity of the fracture.

Our 7-year-old grandson, JJ, decided to get on the phone (unbeknownst to his parents) and call both sets of grandparents telling of their dilemma. They would all sleep on it and make a decision in the morning. Before going to bed, JJ prayed that something would work out and they could keep the puppy. Well, early the next morning, the other grandparents called to say they had not been able to sleep all night. They had decided they wanted to pay the total cost of getting the puppy fixed . It was important to them that the children had this puppy. Every child should have grandparents like that! The surgery took place that morning and the next day (Saturday), Penny was home again. - this time permanently, with her new family.

That afternoon Drew called to tell us that there was a home tour going on in their town and since we are planning a move over that way next year, it would be a great time to go see some of the local homes. Of course, with the exciting news of the new puppy, too, we decided we'd go, so yesterday we drove over (3 hours each way) and spent the day. We saw several houses and met our newest family member - Penny.

Here are some pictures of Penny with her new family and her own special doghouse.

Hannah and Penny

JJ trying out the new doghouse