with four toy horses, six soft rabbits and approximately 111 teddy bears, we thought our house was a little short on pets, so we went to the local RSPCA shelter to look at the rabbits.
so we walked past the dogs and looked at the rabbits and the hamsters and the cats, and i fell totally in love with a cheeky male who reminded me of my parents' old mog -- leo the dog-cat. the husband refused a bird killing machine, and i had to agree, we didn't need that in a garden as twittery as ours.
then we went back to the dogs. then the husband took our daughter back to miaow to the cats while i spoke to the dogs. then our daughter took me to miaow to the cats while he checked out the dogs. and then we went and arranged a home visit to see if we'd be suitable owners for a dog.
they got us connected with a volunteer with amazing efficiency, and we'll be vetted (heh) tomorrow. the toughest part was convincing our daughter that she wanted a dog rather than a cat or a rabbit. but if she can live without live bears or horses, she can probably manage without those. however, we've still got some work to do to make her consider something else than a brown dog.
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