The evening before Courtney was to begin her sentence I brought home a seven week old foster puppy. It had been Jessica's idea. She had been looking at the Boxer Rescue website and saw that a temporary foster home was needed for a few puppies until the new owners could pick them up. The woman who had been fostering the litter needed a break because she had a total of 13 dogs in her house. Edward was 75% Boxer and 25% Australian Shepard. The puppies in his litter had been named after the characters in Twilight. Edward was white with some large brown spots. He had a brown patch over his left eye and what looked like black eyeliner that went over his eye and extended a little over an inch past his eye. His hair was a little longer than a Boxer's and it was unbelievably soft.
Playing with a puppy is a great stress reliever and I certainly needed one. Seven week old puppies in particular will keep one very busy. They like to explore and try to eat anything and pee and poop anywhere. They do not want to be alone, especially at night. We all took turns putting Edward on our lap for a nap, it was his favorite place to sleep.
The young man who adopted him lives in Arkansas and would not be able to pick him up until the next weekend. The only problem with keeping a puppy for ten days (other than lack of sleep) is that you get so attached to them. We tried to keep in mind that we were watching him for someone else. Our other two dogs loved playing with Edward and we knew they would miss him too.
Edward's new father changed his name to Turbo Nacho and has sent us a few pictures and updates on him. Turbo also has his own website now. It was really a relief to know that Turbo has a dad who obviously has fallen in love with him. But now that he is gone that leaves more time for me to worry about Courtney . . . .
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