it's a... DOG!!!

since about the day we moved in together Jamie has been bugging me about getting a dog. 

I didn't want the hassle. 

All that sprang to my mind was: 

dog hair everywhere, 

smelly dog food in the house, 

wet dog smell,

complicated planning of day trips and 

what to do with it when we go on a holiday 

AND the POO - oh dear oh dear - 

I could NEVER clean up that smelly mess!!! 

And then I met Paul. 

He is a stray from Romania and was trained by his lovely owner Isabelle to be a Therapy-dog (scroll to bottom) for disabled people. 

He's amazing! 

Since then - about a year ago - I warmed up more and more to the idea. 

But I didn't want a puppy - 

because there is just not enough time 

for the potty training and dog school etc. 

I found out about Elke Hietl's work 2 weeks ago and was just browsing.... 

and stumbled across Trevor. 

And my heart went out to him and I cried about his poor life story (he's5 and spent nearly all his life in an animal shelter).

He was now living with a foster-family in Vienna and on Sunday we went to meet him.... 

..... and took him home with us straight away.

We are so much in love - it's unbelievable.