World, meet Milli

World meet Milli - the newest member of our family!


Milli is a Shetland Sheepdog - aka a Sheltie or Baby Lassie. She is about a year and a half old and mostly healthy.


She came into our lives about as oddly and out of the blue as Chad and I found each other. A couple weeks ago, Chad and I were invited to a party by a friend, whose friends were hosting it. When we walked into the strange house, with all the strange people, Chad and I just kind of chilled in a corner and hung out with their dog - their Sheltie named Mandy. As the night unfolded, we started mingling, and having a good time - and Mandy just followed us around sitting with us, wanting to be pet. The owner came up to us at one point saying "Hey, she really likes you." We responded with a casual "Yeah, she is amazing! We're actually looking to get a dog at some point, maybe a bul..." We were quickly cut off with a "OH! Really? Do you want her? I have her kennel upstairs! I can go get it for you"


We readily accepted, but had a vacation to go on, and said we'd come get her in a couple weeks. The weeks passed, they still wanted to give her to us, and here she is!! They just didn't have time for her anymore - a young, fun couple - all of us so happy with how it worked out.


As you can all imagine, Joule was not exactly happy with the new addition... He kept a solid eye on her all evening, always from the high ground, with the occasional hiss and swat. By bedtime though, they were both sleeping in our room, Milli on a towel on the ground, Joule on our bed. And now here we are, a mere 12 hours later, and the both of them are sleeping next to me (opposite sides) on the couch.

So here goes to Day #2 and already am pretty sure this is going to all work out :)