More of little Butch Napper and where she got her name

Well, her second name anyway:

She does like to NAP!!

So a continuation of the story that led us to this moment- the Friends of Animals ladies just disappeared, the phone was disconnected and everything. So finally last week I went over to the neighbors to tell them that and that I was still interested in the puppy. She came running out, but the white one wasn’t there. She had been stolen because she was pure white. The fellow thought he knew who stole her, so he told us to come back in a week and if he could find her we could have the black one. I was planning to go by tonight. After my little afternoon nap I went out onto the balcony and the fellow was on his roof and he whistled at me to come over.

Here’s Mama Dog (Rasputina) a few days ago.

He looked so sad when we got there Mama Dog was very happy to see us, but the puppy was quite shy. We sat around for a bit and he told me that they couldn’t find the white puppy, but he wanted us to take the black one anyway - right away. She has huge paws and looks like she is going to be pretty big. So even though they like her, they decided it would be better to give her a good home, than it would be for them to have two big dogs. He even had a little bag of dog food ready for us. He decided not to get Mama Dog spayed yet so he can try again, for a white one, I guess. It was a sad farewell. I almost cried looking at his big sad face.

Butch is adjusting well so far - mostly sleeping and a little exploring and whining. I feel like I am covered with fleas, so we will do some basic maintenance and make some purchases tomorrow. I suppose a trip to the vet is on order as well. Yikes - what a big responsibility. But can you even stand how cute she is?

And handsome, yes?

Meet Butch Napper

We now have our own dog for our own balcony (we don’t have access to our rooftop.) Thanks all of you who sent puppy thoughts this way. Our neighbors just decided that we can have her and here she is in our house - all of a sudden. I have more to post but no time now, and some technical difficulties with the camera. Stay tuned.