the pup hunt is over!

weekends have been busy for us over the last month. after we got the okay from our landlord to get a small dog, we immediately started searching. every weekend, and evenings during the week, we went to shelters. we got crushes on several sweet little dogs, but those dogs usually had some problems that we weren't really ready for (immediate $6,000 surgery, missing one eye, history of biting, etc.)

it was a discouraging hunt, especially given our apartment's size restriction. i felt like everyone in chicagoland was looking for the exact same thing we were, and it was hard to see the big sweet dogs in the shelter and know that they couldn't come home with us.

on saturday, we drove about 50 miles south to a shelter in chicago ridge. we had seen a little dog on their web site who seemed to fit the bill.

he is a little 11 lb. yorkshire terrier / miniature poodle mix. he's a handsome shade of silvery gray with giant eyes and a snaggley bottom tooth. he has an embarrassing haircut right now, because he was so matted when the shelter received him and all they could do was shave him. he was immediately affectionate towards us both, and was laying on his back within seconds waiting for steven to scratch his chest. with the funny tooth and everything, we think he looks like an irish prize fighter.

we had to leave him there that night so that he could be neutered today, but we are picking him up tonight. we've already bought some toys & a bed & a tag with his name on it.

his name is frankie, short for franklin. we can't wait to spoil him, and we are eager to snuggle him like he has apparently never been snuggled before.