What a blessing

I struggled with whether adopting Roxy was in her best interest, but her happiness this past week has erased any second thoughts I might have had. She is revealing her "all basenji" personality with all the good and bad that that entails! And I love it all. At age 8, she's quieter than a younger basenji but she still has loads of energy--and she's still a morning dog (I'm a night person!). I've gotten her to wait until 5:50 a.m. to start bugging me to get up, though I keep hoping I'll get the extra 10 minutes when the alarm goes off.

Roxy is now proving to be such a comfort to me in ways I could never imagine. I have had some unexpected orthopedic problems which may take months to resolve. I had a brief surgical procedure on Tuesday and was confined to bed Tuesday and most of Wednesday. Roxy didn't leave my side. She stayed with me and slept at my head (her spot) showing the loyalty and love that I knew she would give her forever family. I am just so lucky it's me.

I am sad that the looooong walks are on hiatus once again, this time for my health issues, but I am doing my best to make her glad she chose me for her family. I can't imagine life without her.