Gene and Maximus

Our dog, Gus, has never been particularly happy at our house.  While we got him as a puppy, we didn't really have a house to live in, so with being in Dar to have Baylor and trying to finish our house, we didn't end up up having him live with us until he was 8 or 10 months old.  He'd been living with his sister, Eames, at Carson and Holly's house and constantly tried to get back there.  He's a master of escape.  Well, over the last couple months he'd been disappearing more and more, usually found with Eames at the McNeal's, until one day, he never returned.  He wasn't with Eames; he wasn't anywhere.  Perhaps he's found a lovely lady dog to settle down with.

To be honest, Brett and I weren't so upset at this development.  Like I said, he wasn't ever happy with us, so he was a bit troublesome and not at all a good guard dog.  But dogs are needed here, so we went on a search for a pup.

The dog of our friends in Mwanza recently had puppies and their dog is great, so we decided to take one from them.  Then we decided maybe it would be better if we took two from them.  That way our doggie would have a playmate.  So last week Brett went to Mwanza and returned with two very adorable puppies, who we named Gene (after Auburn's football coach -- which one of picked that do you think?) and Max (short for Maximus).  They seem to be great dogs and to enjoy being a part of our family.  They especially love Baylor, who now loves them too, though at first would run away whenever they came near her.

I tried to get a good picture of Baylor and the puppies but one-year-olds and puppies are not particularly cooperative with sitting still.