K-K-K-K-Katie

Katie is the newest addition to our family. We picked her up at S.C.R.A.P.S., (Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service). We stopped in Friday afternoon to "just take a look" and become familiar with the place and the adoption process. Unfortunately, we were gently "ambushed" by a volunteer who told us she had a favorite "just down here". We must have had "suckers" written all over our faces. The next thing we knew we had this dog on a leash and were taking this sweetie for a walk outside. I'm sure the volunteer used some sort of stun gun, hypnotism, weak will making type of dohickey on us to weaken our resolve and make us instantly love the dog. We did have the strength of will to say we wanted to think about it over night. However, by the time S.C.R.A.P.S. opened the next day, I was nervously pacing the house trying to get Joel out the door so we could be there as soon as the door opened. I just knew someone else was going to get OUR dog. Sure enough, when we got there, we saw about 20 cars in the parking lot and families of people lined up at the door! You would have thought it was a 50% off sale at Macy's. I had my elbows sharpened, however, and my running tennis shoes laced up and ready to go. Not to worry, though. The dog was still there and we were able to take her home. She's 2 1/2, listed as a laborador but she's smaller than a lab. She has a reddish coat. Her name was Coco but we've renamed her Katie, as in Katherine Hepburn, due to the redness of her coat. She's a well behaved doggie and loves to be scratched behind the ears. She doesn't bark or chew. It said she was taken to the shelter because she chased the neighbor's chickens. We think she was framed. Guess we'll find out when the quails come around.