Lucy and the mouse

Please welcome the new member of our family: Lucy!

We adopted this little chihuahua/Italian greyhound mix from Animal Education and Rescue (AEAR). AEAR is the charity Lorrie added as one of our gift options. AEAR was having an adoption event at the Libertyville Farmers Market and their booth was next to the area where Libertyville Toyota had their display. Lorrie has to be on hand during these events ever since she pointed out that at a previous Farmers Market the truck was wide open with no one around. Lucy was one of the dogs they had on hand at this adoption event though at that time her name was Vixen. In fact, Vixen is mentioned in this article about the AEAR being at the Farmers Market.

Lucy was rescued from a house in Pleasant Prairie that had more than 60 dogs in horrible conditions. She responded to foster care quite well. She is under 5 pounds and maybe 8 inches at the shoulders. She is actually smaller than our cats.

Today was the first day we had her. She is getting used to her surroundings right now and is very skittish. We set up her kennel in the office and now that is her homebase as she explores the rest of the house. Gradually she is moving farther and farther away from it on her own but she will follow Lorrie all over the house. She attached herself to Lorrie right away. I, on the other hand, being the big, scary, bearded man still get the occasional growl. So far there has been no real drama between her and the cats which was a relief to both Lorrie and I.