And then there is Burka. A mutt of mongrel crossbreed background who was not overly friendly and yet not shy either. And when folks who handled her and fed her and such came around she'd perk right up. I checked her over and talked with them a bit. Not much background known, she showed up a little while back with one eye hanging out of the socket. They put it back and other than a bit of swelling still she looks fine and apparently suffered no permanent damage. So we paid for shots and worming (about $15 or so) and in a few weeks we're to take her back to get spayed as well as to finish up her series of shots.So we headed home. Got here, let her out a bit so she could relieve her bladder, took her upstairs and gave her a warm bath followed by a blow dry. She's a very calm pup and took everything except the soaking in stride. Once we got the pound smell off her and got her warmed up again we took her down and fed her. They'd already fed her they said, but she acted like she'd not eaten in days.
Well, she took to the crate with no problem and we took her out several times during the evening to romp and explore the back yard. She's responding well and usually comes right away when we call her. And the first night wasn't bad, considering she's used to plenty of other dogs around. We could hear her playing with her toys in the crate but she didn't whine much until an hour before official wakeup time. So out to the back yard she went to drain her radiator. She sniffed around a bit, but wasn't doing anything more than her usual exploring so back to the crate for another nap attempt, didn't work she was restless, so down to the breakfast bowl she went then outside to relieve intestinal pressure. This time she went back in her crate for a brief snooze before the alarm told us it was time to REALLY start the day. Although we've had her for less than 20 hours, she shows a lot of promise. She'll be a small to medium sized dog and looks like she'll be a part of this family for a while to come...Oh. And as for the name? Dogs tend to react better to simple, one or two syllable words. I don't care for using people names for animals so this one seems to work fine.
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She sure has a pretty face & like her markings too. Later on you can teach her to tote your ammo sack...nothing like a buddy in the field! 
