New Dog

What is he thinking!  I am referring to my eldest son who just showed up at my house with a dog!  Now, before any  animal rights people show up at my door, I will say that I like dogs, I really do.  I just don't want any.  I already have one dog that we have had for 12 years.  I like him a lot.  He don't eat garbage or tear up stuff.  He is old and easy, but this new creature that my wayward son brought home is 7 months old.  Do you realize what chaos a young dog can create.  We do not need another dog.  We have bad history in the dog area around here.  It has been pretty bad.  We had one that always relieved itself when we had company, another that barked until the neighbor came down cussed me out, made my sitter cry and threatened to have me reported to the sheriffs office.  My husband and son would chase that dog through the woods in the middle of the night just to get it to shut up.  It was a nightmare and I was pregnant at the time.  It keeps going, another had a seizure disorder and the last one my husband ran over, with our big van, as we were on our way to church.  It was tragic. The kids were all screaming while the dog lay jerking in the highway. It lived by the way, and then died later for what, not I'm not sure.  If  the new dog was smart it would high tail it out of here real fast.  The odds are against him.  His name is Rufus and a friend of my sons gave it to him.  I told Jonathan that if Rufus was not a Dufus the guy would have kept him.  Who gives away a smart dog? Exactly what I thought too, nobody!  Time will tell, given that Jonathan goes away to college in Florida in the fall I hope Rufus don't prove me right.  My son wanted me to add that it is a full blooded, with papers, trained Mountain Cur and to give him a break.  WHATEVER!  He says he deserves it given his sad dog experiences.  Sigh.......