New Member of the Family

Well, all my trips to Animal Control, we have adopted a dog.  I had been looking for a mid size dog, maybe a Boston Terrier/Mix.  Did not happen, we ended up with Beau, a 97 pound lab mix mutt.  He has been here almost two weeks and Ed and I both agree we have been lucky.  Beau was turned into Animal Control due to a divorce and both parties having to move to apartments.  He is very mild, we have not even heard a bark out of him, so much for "watch dog"  He has had two minor incidents, I had him tethered on the front porch with his $$$ leather leash, and he heard us in the back and decided to join us, chewed right through the dang thing.  We put up a pretty good size kennel for him especially at night, during the day he wanders from front to back. Anyway one morning the kennel was not exactly how it should have been, one entire section was inverted and at first we thought some huge animal had to be after Beau!!! NOT!!!!   When we were putting up the kennel there was one clamp that needed to be put on and we were too tired to deal with it, so Ed put a heavy duty pull tie, which he got a hold of and pulled in.  We found the evidence and he looked a bit sheepish that morning.  He has a place behind the barn that is his potty place, (no poop scooping)  y'all really needed to know that right? hehe...  He listens pretty well and follows me everywhere.  I think we made a good choice and he seems quite happy here.