Meet Kona

We are officially fostering Kona until she is over the pneumonia and then we will hopefully adopt her. What we know about her - she was probably born in March, she is not spayed, she was given to a person as a gift and that person did not want to pay the apartment fee for having a dog, and that's it. She is super cute but I have to admit its strange having a dog around who does nothing but sleep. She is a totally worn out sick little puppy. She did venture outside a few times yesterday and met two of the neighborhood boys. The first noted that it was weird how so many people were getting two dogs and the other, after I explained she had a doggie cold, told me he didn't think she would die. Kids are funny.

We picked her up from the Humane Society yesterday and learned a few fun facts since.

1. Adopted doggies can be VERY dirty and thus washing them can be quite the complex task
2. Doggie coughs are kind of intense and resemble the sound of retching
3. Some doggies (not Gracie) will learn that yummy treats and food are hiding pills and will not help you by eating the yummy treat or food and pill
4. Administering two pills twice a day for 10 days thus becomes no fun for everyone
5. "Look at those paws - that dog is going to be BIG" - according to three people at the humane society and one neighbor so far
6. Keeping two dogs in the same house from interacting (pneumonia is contagious) is like orchestrating a series of successful downs in football - each time we move Kona, we have to come up with a game plan for how to keep her away from Gracie

So its been a fun and interesting 18 hours. We did make a pretty awesome dinner yesterday in the midst of all of that. Roast pork shoulder braised in apple sauce with fennel, onion, and apples, and onion and bacon gratin. Gratins are our new favorite food - so yummy.