Stray dog begone?

Mom brought a stray dog home last Saturday morning. She's a cute puppy, part lab, and I'm guessing she's in the six month age range. She's a little thin and favors her right front paw. Other than being soaked and a little muddy, she was in pretty good shape.

Our plan is always the same with stray dogs. Put an ad in the paper. If that doesn't work, and it almost never does, turn them over to ARF in hopes they'll eventually be adopted by an animal lover. Sometimes the ARF part of the plan is realized. On at least one prior occasion, we kept the dog ourselves.

It's too early to say what will happen with this particular mutt. The ad's been swinging less than a day. No takers thus far. Mom really likes the puppy. My grandmother is always for getting rid of them. She's already been quizzing me about buying a pet crate for the beast, which she says will make her ARF eligible. Personally, I hate sending animals to ARF. They are a "no kill" organization, and I guess that's a good thing. On the other hand, many of their rescued pets live the vast majority of their lives in cages, and I know I'd rather be dead than live like that. Of course, I'm not a dog, despite what one of my ex-girlfriends claims.

If New Dog will sit still long enough, I'll get a picture of her and upload it here. She'd make a fine pet for one of you out there in blogosphere. Of course she won't get very big and isn't destructive. ;^/