jasepanda and I have been spending the holidays in the Midwest with our families and friends. We had not planned on adding to our family again so soon; then we visited several of my friends and their dogs. After that we weren't so sure about waiting 'til summer! Yesterday we drove out to a farm to look at some young terrier mix puppies and went to the wrong one - but lo and behold they also had puppies! We went to the "right" place, too, but we really fell in love with the girls at the first one. They had two left, mostly boxer-jack russell mix, 8 weeks old, one the 'classic' boxer faun color, the other a lovely brindle. We were both inclined towards the latter color, and she seemed just a bit mellower than her sister which should be great. She's still incredibly sweet and playful.

She got to meet about half of my family before we left to spend our second week in Chicago and they love her. His folks are not the most enthused about animals, but they've been appreciably tolerant. She was amazing for these first four hours on the road which is great because we have another fifteen ahead of us at the end of this week!