Coming, Going and Being Counted

Our Mamma Wren and Babies Have Left the Nest

Thursday was an extremely busy day at Our Little House. I had a lot of writ­ing work to do and I had for­got­ten that Buddy, our fos­ter Beagle, we adopted out a few weeks ago was com­ing for a visit.

Although his name is no longer Buddy, his new owner calls him Arkie. The gen­tle­man who adopted Buddy, er, Arkie, wanted to attend his 65th high school reunion. He asked me if he should board our boy at the vet, but I told him ken­nel­ing a dog is the most stress­ful option. I had vol­un­teered to watch Arkie any­time he wanted to travel, so I invited him for a stay, which will last about a week this time. We will also have him back at the end of the month for a cou­ple of weeks.

After being sniffed soak­ing wet by the Fearsome Four, Arkie got back into the rou­tine he knew dur­ing his six weeks with us.

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