Our new dog

for a few days was this little guy, Dylan.  He is the second child of our friends Jack and Janet.  They were taking their older son to New York City for the week and needed an emergency pet sitter.  Enter our family…we adore dogs, but for obvious reasons, will not be adopting another one just yet.

Now that Dylan has been with us for a few days, and even learned how to 'sleep-in' a la Caitlin (maybe it's something about her room?), the kids have remembered that having a dog requires a great deal of responsibility.  

To quote Kelsey, after taking Dylan out for the 5th time on Tuesday, "Having a dog is a lot of work!"  She loved taking him out though and spent this morning lamenting the fact that he never spent the night in her room.  Perhaps he, too, was flummoxed by the never ending supply of Barbies and books clogging the available floor space?  It was enjoyable work, though, as I was able to combine my exercise needs with Dylan's for several days with a few very long walks.  Win/win!

Kelsey's utterance, however, is the reason if we do get a dog anytime soon, it will not be a puppy.  I can handle an older mutt, but puppies aren't even a consideration until the Little Guy is quite a bit more…mature.  Sadly, I wasn't able to get the most fabulous pics of Dylan, but here are a couple of the little guy happily settling in for a few days with the family.