Sweet Boy Blue

Yesterday, just before the rain hit hard, I parked the car in the lot at Dog Paws in Arlington. Safely on the curb, there he was, our newest Sweet Boy foster. He looked so happy! I asked the guy holding SB if this were he and he said, "I don't actually know." But I did. He looks just like he did in his star-making video on his Petfinder page. [Update: Oh man, they took the video down!]

"Are you a foster or an adopter?" the guy holding the gorgeous dog asked and then warned me that there's something especially special him--and I might not be able to let him go.

And there is! Plucked off the streets of West Virginia by the kind people of Ritchie County and given to me for safekeeping by the kind ones at Homeward Trails, he's happy and loving and beautiful as can be. He listens very well and sits in his crate without a peep (though he's not too keen on getting in). He wants desperately to play with Bella, but I suspect she knows Mom's in love--and she's a bit jealous. So far, she's been telling him the house is hers--That bone? Oh that one's mine. Yes, and the other one too-- but they played well at Shirlington dog park, where we decided to wander on Sunday after I realized he wasn't all that tired after all.

All Saturday I tossed around names... and one finally stuck (for me--his forever family may very well find a better moniker): Blue. As in 'Dont Be.'

Blue's thrilled to have a place to rest his head and a bowl of food to eat but he'd prefer to kiss you--literally. He'll leave the bowl and the bed to follow me around and lay his fluffy head on my lap and look up at me with those amazing big brown eyes.

Bella knows it too--Blue is a wonderful catch and she has this to say:

Humans! Take this dog before my mother forgets all about her beloved first- adopted wunderpooch (me). He's handsome and smart and he really should go live with you as soon as you can make that happen!

Ok, Bella, that's enough.

Hope you'll come meet Blue soon!

Oh, and he's supposedly *not* housebroken but he's followed Bella's lead and done his business only outside so far....Didn't I tell you he was smart?

grumble...

Bella!

Bella is *yawn* sooo bored by Blue's sweetness



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Blue is a male Australian shep/hound mix. He's 37 lbs (not 50, like the Petfinder page says) and about 1 years old. Loves people. Loves other dogs. Haven't seen him with cats yet. He was non-plussed around a baby and interested in sniffing some little kids, but didn't jump.