The Harmelings

The Harmelings make 5, originally uploaded by charmeling.

We went to the outlets this weekend to get DJ a new pair of shoes, and ended
up with a dog. She is an 8 month Shepard mix, and looks just like a yellow
Otis. We adopted her from the Carlsbad Animal Shelter ­ who really do a nice
job. We are pretty sure she is a “foreclosure dog.”  We tossed around several
names (like Jack suggested “Bucket”) but decided on Leni. (Named after our
friend Sarah’s mom, Lenny, who is really named Nel, ­ but that’s another
story.) She is very sweet and mellow,­ but needs Uncle Otis to teach her
some basic good-dog behavior. She was a bit skittish and nervous at first
but in just 36 hours it is obvious she has found her home.