We get a dog

On Monday, the Hawaiian Humane Society called. We had put our name in to foster dogs and cats, and they had a dog that needed a place to stay for 10 to 12 days. A stray that was underweight.

I picked Maia up at school, and then we went to pick up the dog. An earlier call from the Humane Society had been about puppies, and Maia had thought it was puppies that we were going to foster. She was disappointed at first, but had gotten over it by the time we were waiting to pick up the dog.

She didn't have a name.

When the attendant brought her out, he said,"She's rambunctious." She was very friendly, not aggressive, and very excited. She was wagging her tail so hard she hurt it on something, and it was bleeding a little.

Maia was excited.

She rode with her in the back of the GMC as we made our rounds to pick up pet food, a leash, and some other things.

She wanted to know how long she was going to be with us. Ten days, I told her.

She wanted to know what was going to happen to her after the 10 days.

"Well, she'll go back to the Humane Society, and someone will adopt her."

"Why can't we adopt her?" she asked. "I want to adopt her, Daddy."

So it looks like we have a dog.

She really is a good dog. But our lives are going to have to change.

Maia named her, Koko.

John, Wednesday, August 11, 2010