Our Sweet Penny Girl.....

Today we had to do something that I knew was going to be hard but now that I sit here and think about it my heart really hurts. We gave Penny away to a new family. She now lives with a women named Jo Lynn, her male dachshund Slinky, and her four cats. Penny was a great dog and we love her dearly but having a child sometimes changes your view on things. Dachshunds are known for being a breed that is not good with small children and she was starting to show the signs of being "annoyed" by Grant and his petting too hard or being curious about her tail. She would sometimes growl at him and we knew that this could only lead to trouble in the future. We knew that we wanted to find her a nice new home that she would be happy in so we put an add in Matt's companies classified adds. Not 15 minutes after we placed the add Jo Lynn called and was very excited about meeting Penny. She said that her dachshund needed a playmate. It was a perfect match from the start.

When Penny went over for the introduction today she was a very good girl and loved to explore Jo Lynn's house and the cats. (She has never been around cats before!) She was looking at one of the cats under the sofa and the cat pawed at her and scared her...so that is going to take some getting used to. She was also very good with the other dog...they sniffed at each other and ran around the backyard together. Then we all went inside and Penny discovered the doggy toy and chew bone basket! We didn't have many doggy toys around because she would destroy them....so she was in squeaky toys and chew bone heaven! She immediately picked one up and started to play.

Although this was a very hard and stressful decision we think that Penny could not be in a better place. She is with an owner who will love her dearly, a new dachshund friend, and a few cats to run and play with.

The Lord totally blessed us by sending us Jo Lynn and her sweet heart for our, now her, Penny.