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I'm terrible! I've been browsing Craig's list. Which is a bad, bad thing for me.

One of our rewards for getting out of debt is that I get another dog. The idea being that once out of debt, we'll be moving to a house with plenty of land for five dogs. I have pretty much settled on getting a collie from rescue. The one I was looking at in Houston has been adopted and I am really glad about that. So now I can look at females. I really want a female collie at this point. Unfortunately all of the ones I like are male. We already have three of those.

On Craig's list, there are at least six dogs I wish I could help:

-Two 1 1/2 year old German Shepherds. One is black with tan markings which I think is just such a beautiful coloration. This person has obedience trained the dog and everything, but is going to law school and can't take the dog. (A reason I think is invalid, but at least they are trying to find a good home.) The other German Shepherd has to go because the owner is having a baby. (Yep, that age old lame excuse.)

-There's a 15-16 week old Collie. He's purebred and beautiful! Just a $100 rehome fee because she can't afford him anymore.

-Then there's a female Golden Retriever that doesn't get along with the male in the home because he's jealous. (This is just an issue of not integrating the dogs--dominance issues. The older dog thinks he can attack the newer dog and the owners don't know how to deal with it.)

-There's another Golden with a small animal rescue group, but he's with a rescue group so I'm not worried about him too much.

-There's a beautiful pair of short-haired dachshunds. One black and tan and the other tan with fluff on his tail and ears. No reason listed for giving them up until you call or email. These guys will probably make it into rescue. They are gorgeous. Apparently the owner's aunt bred them.

Now we do have a collie rescue and a golden retriever rescue, but I'm worried the Golden Retriever rescue might be full. There aren't many collies right now and a puppy would be way too easy to rehome just as long as this person gets it there. However, there are no local German Shepherd Rescue groups. I don't think we even have one in this state.

I just read the stupidest ad. I know these people can't help it because it's a free site and all of the sad pet owners turn out, but seriously. These people just downsized their yard and need to rehome their outside dog. Wow.

We can't take any of these dogs, but it especially breaks my heart when my favorite breeds are in trouble. Not to mention the dozen or so other dogs listed. And 3 dozen cats.

In future, I hope to be able to foster dachshunds and cocker spaniels. Maybe I could see about setting up some kind of German Shepherd rescue even. And we'll definitely be rescuing animals near us when move, but until then I just get to be sad at the listings.

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Eureka is back! I would love to bring Carter to the island. He'd find it all so status quo. Haha So the character changes are silly, especially the engagement. Yuck. But otherwise, I like it. Oh and I don't like the Corporate Fixer either, but she isn't meant to be liked.

I washed the dogs today. Chakotay learned to attack the water like Tucker. Only Tucker goes for the water, Chakotay just goes crazy. He bites the hose and then get frustrated and bites the water. He bit my foot today so it's no more water hose fun for him. I have too little bruises and holes in my foot like I was bitten by a vampire dog.

I was rough housing with him last night and he play bit my knee. Of course German Shepherd play biting is a no-no as well. So that was also put to a stop immediately. I also kneed him yesterday when walking. He didn't move out of the way and we collided.

Then on my way out of the bathroom (after my very necessary shower from washing four dogs outside), I whacked my palm into the door frame.

So now I have bruises on both my knees, my palm, a mysterious bruise on my arm and vampire marks on my foot.

I am so accident prone. XD