Elmer

After the disappearance of Clyde, Jeremy wanted to get another male dog to even up the ratio of girls to boys around here.  After scouring craigslist high and low and going to the shelter and basically obsessing about it (don't tell him that tho!) he found one.  The puppies were advertised on a the board in the Sportman's Warehouse in Loveland and he picked up the number.

His name is Elmer.  He's half lab (his mama was yellow lab, no less), half red heeler and looks all black lab.  He's got a bit of white on his chin, his chest, his toes and the very tip of his tail.  And he's very much a puppy; playful and pees everywhere!  Now Nicky, our rat terrier, is a little more social (she pretty much was a grump after Clyde disappeared).  About 5 years ago we had a black lab (who ran away, is there a trend here?) who's name was Simon.  There have been several slips with the name.

We are modifying the front yard, putting back fence that we had taken down (go figure), so then we can just kick his butt out the front door in the morning instead of having to take him to the yard, 'cause we're lazy like that, lol!