Valla Begins

Two more years have passed with not a post--marvellous how time flies! We have a new dog, the mighty Valla, formerly Vanilla, straight from Oromocto SPCA where she languished for about a year. Not much languishing--they have some fortunate deal with a dogfood company, so Valla was fed to bursting. She hasn't lost much since arriving, in spite of Sally having taken a few good bites out of her rear. Valla started it, of course.

She is difficult to restrain; if you advance, to cut her off, she advances. The only tactic that works is running away wildly in the hope she will follow. This is not very dignified.