The Captain and the girls act as though they've always been together.
Gracie is a dog, and she's only been here a couple of hours, but I think she will be happye here. This is her story: My nephew called me a month or more ago. His wife's parents were both married multiple times, so she has a large number of siblings, some related by blood, others not. I have never met all of them. One of her sisters moved to the east coast and is living with relatives for the time being. She couldn't take her dog along. Another sister has agreed to keep the dog, but was now threatening to take her to the pound. My nephew called to ask whether I could take her. I said, only as a last resort. He called me back a couple of days later to tell me that the sister was going to keep the dog after all.
Then this morning I got a call from him - he and his wife had just found out that the sister who was taking care of the dog had been foreclosed on and has to vacate by tomorrow and was planning to take the dog to the pound. So we ended up meeting halfway, and after a four hour drive, Gracie was here, in her new home.
She's part lab, part boxer, black with a white bib. Some **** docked her tail. She's a year and a half old, has a great temperament, intelligent, and needs to be worked with. A really good dog, but not one who would have stood much of a chance at the pound. The initial introductions with my existing three went pretty well, and things are progressing nicely. The cats like her, which is a good sign - they are excellent judges of character.