Most of you know that Lar and Matt adopted a dog, Toby, about a year ago. Well, it was more like he adopted them by coming to their back door everyday until they let him in. Of course Lar and Matt looked into taking Toby with them to Scotland but 1.) it’s crazy expensive to ship a doggie and 2.) dogs shipped to the U.K. are quarantined for six months. SIX MONTHS! So without hesitating (or checking with Troy – sorry Troy!) I offered to take Toby – a super hyper active, untrained, scared-of-everything dog. I’m crazy, but I have three things going for me:
1.) Troy is a huge dog lover and has an immense amount of patience for training Toby.
2.) Toby is the sweetest dog ever. He was clearly abused as a pup, but he doesn’t have a mean bone in his body.
3.) Look at his cute face!
Welcome to the family, Toby!
The family includes me, Troy, Wheatie and Toby in a 900 square foot house. It’s pretty tight quarters, but we have a large backyard by Decatur standards and live within walking distance of a dog park.
I spent most of the weekend doing school work. I’m finding it a little difficult getting back into school. It’s been six years since I finished undergrad and I’m a little rusty. Juggling work, school, blogging and an extra dog is not turning out to be so easy. I’m trying to enjoy the few moments when I’m not working – like taking the dogs to the dog park.
Outfit details: Head scarf is a piece a fabric that Lauren gave to me, Target shirt, Blank pants and Jeffrey Campbell boots.
I love that the weather in Atlanta is finally getting cool enough to wear a sweater. There was one person at the dog park today bundled up with a coat and knitted hat in 55 degree weather – I love Southerners!
Back to the dog situation. If Troy and I weren’t already crazy enough to have two big dogs in our little house, this weekend we’re dog sitting for some friends. That’s Kubrick below. He’s pretty darn big. Needless to say, my clothes are completely covered in dog fur and my house needs some major Fabreezing.
I just talked to Lar – she found a great Chinese restaurant in Edinburgh tonight. I think before the year is up we’ll be posting some Atlanta and Edinburgh AsianCajun city guides.
Hope you all had a good weekend!
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Oh all the doggies are so cute! My husband and I wanted to look for jobs overseas, but were so terrified about the quarantining thing for 6 months -_- we have 3 cats and just cant stand the idea!
Who could?!! That must be torture on the animals – and super expensive for humans!
Adorable! Great pictures 🙂
Best,
Nicole D http://www.vantagepointvintage.com/blog/
Thanks. Troy took all of the photos 🙂
You’re such a good sister! And Toby is lucky. I hope he finds new playmates in Wheatie and Kubrick. Six months quarantine is nuts! I looked into moving to the UK a few years ago but I saw the quarantine laws and it prevented my ex and I from going there.
Yeah, I definitely couldn’t do that move. I’m so glad I was here to take Toby for Lar!
Kitcath, you and Troy are the bestest! And I can tell Toby is so happy to be with you guys! He is the luckiest pup ever!
p.s. I recognize my shirt – you make it look far cuter than I ever did 😉
LOVE,
Lar
Whatevs! You always put together the best outfits!
love, cath
Ah! Toby is adorable! And I love your dog park style. Those boots are adorable.
The boots are from Lar – she left them for me 😉
Lar and Matt could have solved the Toby issue the way Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton did when they were filming in England in the 1960s. She did not want to be parted from her dogs so Burton bought her a 150’ yacht. They traveled to Britain on the yacht, anchored in the Thames, and lived there with the dogs for the duration of the film project. Easy-peasy.
Love it! Clearly Lar and Matt need to get on that, pronto! 🙂
They do! How did we not even think about the yacht option? One can learn so much from Elizabeth Taylor!
awwww yay for a new pup!!! how adorable!!!
How could you NOT take in that pup?! So cute! What are you back in school for? I’ve been tossing the idea of grad school around in the back of my head for a little while, too. I think I’d be an even better student now than I was back in the day!
I’m getting my masters in public administration. I really like it so far. I think I have the potential to be a better student than I was before, but I just have to get over this initial hump of getting use to the school atmosphere again.
Awhhh.he’s super cute. I definitely remember that story
Yes, Toby has had quite a year!
What a good sister agreeing to live with all that dog hair! Your schedule sounds super overwhelming but that’s good you can get some fresh air and decompress at the doggie park. Oh and congrats on going back to school! I am really getting the bug to do that too. I can’t remember if you mentioned this a few weeks ago but what are you going back to school for?
Masters in Public Administration. Not the most exciting thing, but I’m really enjoying it so far. And I’m pretty impressed with GSU – especially since it’s so close to Miso 🙂
aw Cath you have such a good heart. I hope Toby’s settled in and super happy! I totally hear you on the large dog/puppy training since I just went through that with Nala. Glad your Troy is so understanding about it.