Charlie's new family

Our short month and a half with Mr. Charlie Brown has flown by, and he has found his new family. They found him on the AFRP webpage, and fell in love with his adorable mug. We took him out to their house last week, and they fell in love with him even more. Tonight, he gets adopted by them and officially leaves our home. I am so happy for him, I think his new family will be great and he gets to have lots of growing up adventures with their 7 year old son, but I am sad to see him go. He has been so happy and goofy, and challenging at times- he has taught me a lot about what I like to call "puppy patience". Cheers to a great life for Charlie! Yay for people who are wonderful enough to adopt rescue dogs, and to the organizations who rescue them in the first place.

these kids really love sunbathing...

Pty's favorite pass-time is sunbathing. Apparently, Charlie has caught on to this, and has taken it up as well. They run outside and plop down right in the nice sunny patch near the garden. They can stay laying there for hours if we don't disturb them, they love it so much. I like to see Charlie calm around Pty- he was so excited to play with her at all times for the first few weeks, and Pty, though being one of the most patient dogs in the world, was starting to show her frustration at his continual playing. She would just run inside when he wouldn't stop wanting her to play, and plop down on our bed to get away from him. Now, it seems like they worked it all out- I can just see Pty saying "okay, Charlie, see, sometimes we like to play and sometimes we lay out. But there is a time and place for each thing..." Don't underestimate the power of a great dog to be a great teacher to other dogs. Pty has probably taught Charlie (and Penny) more then Jared and I ever did.