Weekend Visitor & New Permanent Resident of the Keeney Household

I wanted to introduce our weekend visitor to everyone, Minnie Pearl. She's a two year old cockatiel. She loves to tweet, but isn't in the slightest bit annoying. We've kept her in the front bedroom. Logan is curious about the sounds coming from there, but hasn't whined about it. [Note: I need to tell you about Logan too!]


A friend of mine from work, Margaret (whom the phrase "World's Biggest Animal Lover" can be attributed), gave her to us for transport. Margaret's sister passed away earlier this year from cancer. She took in her dogs and bird, while her niece took her cats. Unfortunately, in a house with 3 cats, 4 dogs, and 3 grandchildren.....something had to give. She's heartbroken that her pack of animals haven't adjusted to the bird (as she had hoped). So, she sought out to find her a new home that she could be loved on. I passed on the information to a friend of mine in Vet school at MSU. A professor there saw her picture & immediately wanted her. So, we are babysitting till they pick her up this afternoon.

Admittedly, I always thought that birds would annoy you to death, squawking etc.. but Minnie Pearl has been an excellent house guest & is welcome back any time.

Now for Logan: I've completely neglected to post about Logan. After the loss of Jack, we were very timid about bringing in a "replacement" dog. However, we knew that we wanted another Dobe to fill the void left by Jack's absence. Jack was not only our companion, but our protection. While we live in an "up & coming" [ie half rental/half home owners] neighborhood, we've never felt in danger...but we always had Jack. So, after filling out some applications with 2 Doberman Rescue Groups (one in Memphis & one on the Gulf Coast), we met two wonderful young Dobes.

After much debate, we decided on a young 2 year old Fawn named LoLo from Baton Rouge. We fell in love instantly, all three of us. Logan [as we have since renamed] is a pure joy. He's full of puppy energy and eager to give kisses or have his belly rubbed. He is a velcro dog if there ever was one. If Jack was a Daddy's boy, Logan is a Momma's boy. He won't leave my side the entire time I'm home. He likes Daddy (David) too because he feeds & walks him. But if he has a choice, he'd rather have Momma's undivided attention. David believes he's instinctively protective of me because I'm pregnant. He's very smart & picks up training very easily. Unfortunately, because of his young age....he gets bored after 15 minutes and is ready to just play. We have him in obedience classes. He tends to whine/bark when other dogs are around & we want him to be a good social dog. [Jack was an amazing social dog & could befriend any dog any size (if they were willing)]. We can leave Logan in the house all day unsupervised, and he has not once gotten in to anything....not once!! He loves stuffed animals even more than Jack did, and loves to hide them all over the house...then, find them again later & bring them all out to play at once. He's just as cute as can be. Although, keeping the toys picked up for guests is now an impossibility. So, don't be surprised when you come over to our toy kingdom!! LOL

So, every morning I awake to a big kiss from our new boy Logan. How can anyone not love that?!