As luck would have it, she was coming to visit that very same evening. Our son was going to pick her up in the city. We all decided not to tell her about our new addition so we could see her reaction. Our hope was that our son would not have that "smirky" expression raising questions on their ride home. She's pretty sharp about picking up on those "tells". Our son naturally has a "cat ate the bird" expression whenever he's trying to keep a secret.
At 8PM, they were home. I was in the family room with "Whatshisname" in our old broken recliner waiting for her to say hi. When she saw this dog, she screamed both in shock and glee. Shock because "Whatshisname" and Ollie (and "Ginger" too) are/were of the same size and general color. She thought Ollie came back from the dead. Glee because she really wanted us to get a dog (don't exactly know why unless it's some kind of payback for something we did to her when she was growing up).
"Whatshisname" had been ours for 6 hours by then. Everyone immediately fell in love with him. He hadn't made a peep during all that time. I wondered if he was unable to bark (wouldn't that be great)! You could tell he felt he was at home already as he explored his new digs.
But what were we going to name him?
Stay tuned.....
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