PUPPY!
Ahem.
We adopted a dog.
Back at the end of March I predicted that it would take me six months of steady campaigning to convince Jason we should adopt a dog. In truth, it only took five months. We adopted Arthur/Ragnar at the end of August. He’s part mastiff, possibly part boxer or lab, and at the moment he’s snoring, crashed out on the floor by my feet.
He’s a smart pup, though a bit skittish. We’re working on that and seeing major improvements.
You know what the trick was? To convincing Jason? Finding a big enough dog. Which makes sense when you consider that the only dog he has ever liked is a friend’s Great Dane.
Meet Ragnar, named in honor of a Norse pirate-king:
![Ragnar1](https://i0.wp.com/www.dianasherman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/308699_701768348574_13306858_36135896_4258269_n.jpg?resize=223%2C300&ssl=1)
![Ragnar](https://i0.wp.com/www.dianasherman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/300133_703205403704_13306858_36160793_1353688_n.jpg?resize=300%2C223&ssl=1)
In case you were wondering, he’s at most 10 months old and weighs 75lbs. We’re hoping he’ll at least top 100lbs by the time he’s full grown.