Ella joins the family

Since Lilly died Jenny has been in a state of depression and needed to care for another dog.  We thought about a smaller dog and looked at all sorts of breeds, mainly cross breeds with strange names. Cavoodles, Westshits, Labradoodles and a whole heap more but none of them seemed to be a good substitute for Lilly.  A number of friends suggested that we have a look at some of the dogs at the Lost Dogs Home or the RSPCA so that we didn't go through the puppy stage again and a friend of Jenny's even turned up at the front door with a beautiful cocker spaniel puppy.
We thought we would wait until early next year.  Then last Tuesday we had some spare time in the afternoon and went to the RSPCA to see how the process worked in adopting another dog.  Jenny promised not to fall in love with one of the dogs and make a rash choice so off we went.
We eventually found the adoption area and started along the cages of barking dogs when we came across a beautiful boxer puppy.  She was 11 months old and had been owned by a couple who lived in Bacchus Marsh and had surrendered her when they got divorced.  The only problem was that she had a sign on her cage saying "Adoption Pending".  We took her for a walk and it turned out that she was available so we are now the proud owners of another boxer puppy called Ella.  She is red and white with a sweet black face and a calm temperament.  She has settled in well and has some big shoes to fill but she's already making her mark.
Photos to follow.