Introducing Hobbes

Well, I have to admit that I never, in a million years, thought I would be creating a blog.  I have various reasons for feeling this way, although, primarily, I don't tend to be very public about my life.  One day last week, however, my husband mentioned that he was being encouraged to blog.  How silly!  We talked about what we possibly could have to say that anyone would ever care to read.  Then we looked toward our dog, Hobbes.  Hobbes is unique in so many ways, and his presence has changed our lives, for both good and ill.  I thought, perhaps, someone would find our life with Hobbes useful, and maybe even interesting.   

So, this first entry is an introduction to Hobbes and his family. 

My husband and I live in central PA with our two older cats: Tigger (11) and Clio (16), and our three dogs:  Sasha the Samoyed (7), Jada the Samoyed/Finnish Lapphund mix (8), and Hobbes (15 months).  Before Hobbes, all of our "children" were either adopted or adopted us  After the passing of Kody, our Sammy/Great Pyrenees mix over a year ago, however, we thought about purchasing a puppy.  The picture above to the left is of our canine family, pre-Hobbes.  Kody is on the left, then Sasha and Jada.

 I was about to begin a six-month sabbatical--the perfect opportunity to get a puppy.  My husband and I fell in love with the Finnish Lapphund side of Jada (a rescue from a collector in Delaware, where she lived with 65 other dogs and minimal care for the first 5 years of her life), and decided to explore this rare breed.  We connected with the person who has taken the lead in bringing Lappies to the US, and were able to purchase a male four-month old from her in February 2007.  After a 19 hour drive from Tennessee back to our home in Zion, Hobbes joined our family.