WELL, WHAT DO YA THINK?

SCHNAUZERS SEEM TO BE FALLING FROM THE SKY THESE DAYS!
THIS LITTLE SWEETIE USED TO BELONG TO ONE OF ROXI'S NEIGHBORS. TO MAKE A LONG STORY VERY SHORT, THE COUPLE IS DIVORCING AND THE DOG HAS BASICALLY LOST HER FAMILY.

SO ALONG COMES KRIS...INNOCENTLY VISITING HER GRANDKIDS...AND POW!
I'VE BECOME A DOGNAPPER! THE WOMAN BEGGED ROXI TO TAKE THE DOG LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK SHE WAS BASICALLY ABANDONED. THAT IS UNTIL I DROVE IN THE DRIVEWAY.

THE POOR LITTLE THING RAN RIGHT TO ME...BAD SIGN...AND NEARLY CLIMBED MY LEG TO GET INTO MY ARMS. NOT A BARK, OR A WHIMPER, JUST FAMISHED FOR LOVE. WELL, THE OLD HEART MELTED AND SHE WAS IN THE VAN, CAGE, PAPERS AND ABOUT 20# OF FOOD BEFORE WE COULD SAY ''BOO''.

LOOK AT HER PICS AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. THESE ARE HER ''BEFORE''
PICS. SHE GOES TO THE GROOMER TOMORROW AM. SHE IS SO TERRIBLY MATTED THAT SHE ACTUALLY HAS SORES UNDER THEM AGAINST HER SKIN. AND... WITH HER ONE EAR UP AND THE OTHER DOWN, SHE LOOKS LIKE A PIRATE!

BUT A MORE LOVING ANIMAL WE'VE NEVER HAD. SHE HAS A PRETTY GOOD CASE OF SEPARATION ANXIETY GOING ON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE WOMAN'S ABRUPT DEPARTURE...HER MAMA LEFT HER FLAT. AND THE HUSBAND DOESN'T LIKE LITTLE DOGS...SO OUT SHE WENT INTO THE YARD TO VIRTUALLY BECOME COYOTE HOT LUNCH. SHE ISN'T PERFECT, AND I DOUBT THAT WE WOULD EVER BREED HER BECAUSE OF THE EAR DEFECT. ALSO HER NOSE (MUZZLE) IS A TAD SHORT AND HER MOUSTACHE ISN'T VERY FULL. SHE IS DARKER THAN BOB, BUT I WON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE UNTIL WE PICK HER UP TOMORROW FROM THE GROOMER.

NOW...DON'T FREAK OUT AT THE NEXT POSTING...OF THE ''AFTER'' SHOT BECAUSE I'M SURE THE LADY WILL SHAVE HER DOWN TO NEARLY BARE SKIN...SHE'LL PROBABLY RESEMBLE A CHINESE CRESTED RATHER THAN A SCHNAUZER! BUT I'M LOOKING FOR NAME SUGGESTIONS. SHE WILL BE 2 YEARS OLD LATE IN APRIL...HER FAMILY CALLED HER ''SCARLETT''...A MORE INAPPROPRIATE NAME FOR A SCHNAUZER I'D BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND...SO LET'S GET HER NEW CUTE ONE...OK??

I'M THINKING OF ""LULU", "SCOOTER", "BEAZER", JUST TO NAME A FEW..NOTHING SEEMS TO FIT QUITE YET SO HELP ME OUT. "VIVIAN" AND "HORTENSE" HAVE ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED.

AND BY THE WAY...I DID ASK BOB AND DAD AND THEY BOTH SAID OK!! I JUST HOPE THAT BOB REMEBERS.