Mogli

We have talked about getting a dog for years.  The timing has never been right though so we keep putting it off.  Over Spring Break we fostered a sweet rescue dog from Crete.  His name was Siggi and he really was just so sweet.  He was part Rottweiller and part Sharpei.  We all fell in love with him and got a very small taste of what it would be like to have a dog. 

The fabulous woman from JFK that connected us with the rescue person on Crete asked me to make up a wish list for a dog and if she came across one she would let me know.  We both agreed that after we return from Seattle in August would be a good time to start looking for a dog.  But I knew we have a trip to Portugal scheduled in October so maybe we wait until after that.. but then we might want to travel at Christmas so maybe after that.  You see how it goes.  It has gone like this for years.  And the kids, especially Josie, has been pining for a dog for YEARS.  And apparently I said that when Benjamin was in Kindergarten we would get one.  Ooops.  Never ever promise anything!

Well, all that to say Marchel, the JFK connection to the rescue people emailed me a couple weeks back saying she thought she found "our dog."   To be honest I ignored her email.  Clearly, this would be the WORST time to get a dog.  We are moving out of our apartment at the end of June, we are in Seattle for nearly 6 weeks, we move into a new (to us) house upon our return from Seattle but that house is under construction.  NO!  Not a good time.  But then  I told myself that if the dog looks like a golden I might consider.  Well, not only did he look like a golden but he ticked every single box in what I said we were looking for in a dog.  But.. we were leaving and moving and just no!
I showed the family and they knew and really I guess I knew.  This was our dog.  And after a series of emails and video chats with the family that rescued him we figured out that he really would be our dog.  He was to fly to Berlin on June 19th.  Again, terrible timing but when it is the perfect dog you deal.  Marchel even put me in touch with a FABULOUS woman how lives in Berlin and wants to try dogs to be seeing eye dogs but her German isn't good enough so she is taking the summer off of work to learn German and really wanted to take our dog while we are in Seattle.  She is lovely and so excited to have him.  I asked her how much she charged and she said that she doesn't want money, she just wants the chance to have a dog for the summer.  Oh, she said, maybe you could bring me back some Trader Joe's peanut butter pretzels.  Haha!!  What a find.  Of course we will pay her but clearly she is not doing it for the money.

Josie and Benjamin created paper chain countdowns and chore charts and we went shopping for supplies and Josie had a count down calendar on the fridge.  Now all we needed was the DOG!!
Before we knew about Mogli we had all agreed that our dog would be named Banjo.  Agreeing on anything in our family is a big deal so we were fairly certain this would be our dog name.  But Mogli looked like such a Mogli we all agreed that this should remain his name.