Onyx

I, Sylvia, claim responsibility for adding a dog to our home.  After many searches on Craigslist, this is the dog I (along with Elliot and Annaliese) picked up yesterday in Roanoke.  This is Onyx, a mix of the breeds Great Dane and Labrador Retriever.  She is around a year old.  She's big, weighs 100 pounds, but she's calm, quiet, and friendly.  Just my kind of dog!  

Frankly, I never thought I'd ever own a dog in the city, especially one that lives inside our house, but here, nonetheless, is a dog that we own and that lives inside our house, in the city.  Change is good, right?!

P.S. A sweet story about Elliot:  On the ride home last night after picking up this dog, Elliot said "Mommy, I think Onyx is scared, so I gave her my blanket to snuggle with."  And sure enough, I turned on the light to see, and Elliot had put his blanket down for the dog, right by her head, just like he snuggles with his blanket at night.