David and Katherine Goodwin

On Saturday (yesterday), we visited Birmingham Dog's Home. They had so many dogs there - a number of who could probably have been a good fit for us. Thankfully they also weren't stupid and anal about not providing dogs to people with children less than 5 years old and suchlike like other places are/were.

Anyway, the good news is that we've settled upon a German Shepherd cross (possibly collie, as she's about that size, with GS markings). She has a few ginger tints, so that should mean she'll fit in quite well. She doesn't have a name (yet) - so Kat and I spent a few hours discussing names. I think Kat decided upon one, but I've already forgotten it (Meg? Chantel? Ci? Kitty?)

So, German Shepherd Cross, approximately 2, name unknown, appeared to be very friendly and well behaved - but is rather thin, so we'll have to fatten her up somewhat. She seemed to fullfill the necessary requirements (house trained, not a puppy, able to run between 4 and 14 miles, not a 'rat', not too big, malts lots to annoy Kat etc).

Anyway, "they" are coming to inspect our house on Tuesday - so I've had a quick tidy up of the garden (painted Chateux Mongrel (which probably needs renaming now) and burnt/removed lots of rubbish etc).

So - all being well, I'll be able to fall back into my routine of running every morning and 'walkies' in the evening. Oddly I've missed not having a walk in the evening - although it has given me more time (which lately has been much needed with a project going live tomorrow).

As a bootnote, "they" say she's "free" but also ask for a "donation" of 20 quid. (In my eyes, this means the dog is definately not free.. but there we are).

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